Dec 6th update

• Added new info page for parks and police officers at geocaching.com/parksandpolice

This one is cool, except that the new coordinates don't show on the map and apparently there is nothing on the page that tells you that the coordinates are not the originals.

Update Mystery and Multi-cache Coordinates

Now with Pocket Query support!

In the last release we made it possible for Basic and Premium Members to add "corrected" coordinates to Mystery and Multi-caches. Visit the cache page and click the pencil icon next to coordinates, paste your new coordinates in the field and submit. That's it! The new coordinates will be hidden from others so there is no reason to fear spoiling the final location. When you download the GPX from the cache or generate a Pocket Query your new coordinates are included.

I wonder if the police will check the site before sending out the bomb team to dismantle a reported device scare.

Unfortunately, I think this one is a fail already. I really can't see many agencies setting up their own page on GC.COM.

Hopefully I'm wrong though!

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Originally posted by ltblarg:
This one is cool, except that the new coordinates don't show on the map and apparently there is nothing on the page that tells you that the coordinates are not the originals.

Update Mystery and Multi-cache Coordinates

Yeah, I like this feature too. Looks like the new coords do show up on the little map on the cache page but not if you click "View Larger Map". And if you update the coordinates, they change to italics.

I wish they'd allow this for traditional caches too though. Then I could update them when someone posts better coords in their log or writes something like "found 45' east of posted coords". GSAK handles that in the meantime.

Being a cop, I try to educate as many officers as I can about geocaching. A few things I have done:

1. We were caught one day searching for a cache behind an old business. When I asked the officer if he'd heard of geocaching, he said that he had. Sweet!
2. I've talked to a few more officers on the street and actually showed them a cache near our location at the time.
3. I held training at an agency because a friend sent me an email about his geocaching encounter with them. Not a good encounter...
4. My boss ran across some cachers one night. Since he heard of me talking about it, he knew what they were doing.

Contrary to popular belief, not all cops are a-holes.