There is a way. I have done it. I just have to remember how :-) Glenn Via iP-4s On May 28, 2012, at 8:23 PM, Laura Williams <pi.arent.square@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Mike, I know that with the android official app, if you go to the satellite view and then hit the menu button, it gives you the option to add a waypoint. I have no idea how it works on the iPhone interface but there's gotta be a way to do it. On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 6:04 PM, Mike Griffin <brawnybear@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Because that had never happened with someone with a GPS. I have the app and have used it to log caches for the last 4 months. I find them all the time and my accuracy is always as good as a gps. I would use a GPS to hide. The only downside to the app is you cannot enter coords. At least I have not found a way. So if you solve a puzzle and want to enter the final, you are kinda SOL. Mike Griffin Delivery Manager State Farm Account 314-308-0916 Cell Sent from my iPhone On May 28, 2012, at 2:10 PM, Edward Turner <n0wnv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am not knocking it for the finding part of it, but as far as people placing > caches with the phones or get out of cell range they suck. I ran across a > cache that is in the Harvester area of St. Charles County that at the > beginning they used a phone and the coordinates were at least 400 feet off > from the phone apps. and this is what makes the game aggrevating because of > the phone apps and this was placed by a cacher that had been around for at > least a year. So as far as Phone vs. GPS GPS wIns with me and phones are > supposed to be used for phone calls nothing else > > On 5/28/2012 1:52 PM, Laura Williams wrote: >> >> I'm sure if he wanted an actual GPS at this point he would have bought one. >> Or, ground breaking thought here, maybe he already OWNS a GPS and wants to >> supplement his caching. He didn't ask for snark, he asked for an honest >> opinion. >> >> I enjoy having BOTH the app AND a gps as it gives me the option to cache >> with focused purpose (on the gps) as well as fill in gaps between time slots >> in my agenda and as a quick pick me up during a trip where I may not have >> originally intended to cache on the drive there. People are so quick to >> knock the apps...and it really irks me. Especially considering that it was >> the apps that gets many people into caching and willing to spend hundreds of >> dollars on a GPS unit later on down the line. By discrediting the apps in >> general, I feel like people are not only being rude to those who use them, >> but also turning individuals off from the sport for ridiculous reasons. >> >> Zeke, to answer your question: I don't own an iPhone, but I like using >> the gc.com app on my android. I like the interface, but I know it's >> not at all the same as the iPhone interface for the official app. I haven't >> heard any complaints from my friend who does have the app for iPhone on her >> phone, however. I know for sure on the official app you can directly >> download PQs to your offline lists, so that's a perk that the other apps may >> or may not have. >> >> On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 1:44 PM, Edward Turner <n0wnv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> its called a actual GPS >> >> On 5/28/2012 1:42 PM, ZLA Solutions wrote: >>> >>> I plan to get the official $9 . 99 version unless someone says there ’ s a >>> better app out there. I ’ m not looking for a cheaper one, just the “ best >>> ” one. >>> >>> >>> Thanks in advance for all comments. >>> >>> >>> Zeke (ZLA) - owner of a brand new iphone >>> >>> >>