Cache Placement Etiquette

[Child Of Atom]

I've had several puzzles held up from publication because NYA was having difficulty following the puzzle descriptions. Most recently Inventors Gate. I gave what I felt to be a very thorough set of solving instructions, and obviously they followed them to test the puzzle because they emailed back with the very question that seems to be the most challenging aspect of that puzzle so far. Maybe it is similar to the new Challenge Cache rule, they have to make sure that the puzzle is actually solvable?

[EastVillageFamily]

[addisonbr]

[peeves79]

So if GC.com is not supporting KMl files from Google Earth, then how are we suppose to do "cache along a route"?

[addisonbr]

They're still supporting .kml generation, just not the dynamic network .kml function - where as you scroll around, GE queries the groundspeak database and shows you the nearby caches.

[Tatanka49]

I did my first Route PQ 2 weeks ago. I had mixed opinions. The route is gradually being changed to an interstate from a US highway. (similar to NY17 going to I86) It sent me to cashes along alternative routes or re-numbered routes. some caches were as much as 5 miles from what the requested route was due to the renumbering. And when a route disappears in an urban area..sometimes it gives you all the caches nearby (It gave me alomst 50 in the Memphis area) or almost none in other urban areas (1 in downtown Birmingham) Same highway.

I found it was a good tool, but I really had to go in and check each entry.

[BLAA]

I still see the "Download Google Earth KML" as an option for my bookmark lists ... I found this very handy in creating a custom map for a new area I'm hitting.

Is this option scheduled for the bone pile?

[addisonbr]

From everything I've read, no. It's just the dynamic plug-in that's getting the heave-ho.

[scuba4jews]

Used Google earth to place my first cache and so far no complaints.. but wont work for where I want to place larger caches so....