[GeoStL] Re: Buxley's Geocaching Waypoint Website
- From: Glenn Nash <Glenn.GeocachingAdmin@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 09:23:53 -0600
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Even I dont use the GC.com maps. They are not the best. Tehy are
chnaging map compinies again. the new maps are starting to show up but i
dont thnki that they are any better.
gLennn
Mike Lusicic wrote:
> -
> Google Earth with the Geocaching plug in is pretty cool and it is free.
> Mike Tollefson wrote: - I've had too many problems with GC.com maps and have
> frequently seen missing caches on the map (not just now). I can always
> visualize them by hitting identify and looking at the numbers. What a hassle
> and I never really liked Buxley's either. That's why now I do all of my map
> visualization using mapping software. I use Mapsource (which came with my
> GPS). I can easily see everything, zoom, pan on the fly, etc. I know many of
> the cachers on the list use other (better) mapping software. Almost any
> mapping software is better than GC.com maps(even when the caches show up!)
> Mike (tollybrew) --- Eric East <christianherper@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>[1] wrote: - I
> used it too, but gc.com shut him down last year for 6 months or longer. I
> think it was because they were jealous of his maps. They finally let him
> haveaccess to their info again, but it seems that they only did it as a
> tease. Because the website was only up and running for a couple of months
> before gc.com made all of their big changes a couple of months back which
> puthim out of commission again. It seems that now Buxleys is only showing
> dash points &navicache caches. Too bad gc.com didn't hire him to do their
> maps, it would'be been a win/win. Eric ----- Original Message ----- From:
> "M.Bollinger" <lazylightning3@xxxxxxxxx>[2] To:
> <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>[3]Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 8:25 PM
> Subject: [GeoStL] Buxley's Geocaching Waypoint Website - Does anyone still
> use Buxley's Geocaching Waypoints Website? I use (used) it alot, but now,
> most of the Geocaches are gone off the map. I liked it because it was easier
> to see the location of the caches than the Geocaching.com maps. Does anyone
> know why most of the caches are gone off the maps?
> --
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