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Different types of notes and logs


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When I go into the notes and logs section of my geocaching app there are 3 different tabs designed to hold the different types of notes and logs. They are labelled as “personal”, “field” and “log”.

 

If I understand correctly the personal notes are just notes that only I can see and can help to store little notes and reminders for myself. I can see these on the Geocaching.com website as well.

 

The log section is for when you want to report back if you’ve found or not found the cache etc and leave a little comment. This is what appears at the bottom of the cache and you can see what everyone has written so is public.

 

So that leaves “field”. What is a field note and what is it used for that you can use the other two notes\logs for? Also is it private or public? I don’t see where these might be stored on the geocaching.com website.

 

Thanks

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I use field notes with my smartphone app. After a cache find when I'm in a thorn thicket or a parking lot full of muggles, I don't feel like typing a long log on my tiny phone keyboard. So, I enter a field note with the information that will help me remember the cache and any details I want to put in my log. A field note saying "cute camo but loose lid = wet, saw hawks" will turn into a website log that averages 110 words in length, written back home at a normal keyboard while sitting on my comfy recliner.

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Thanks for the replies but I’m still not clear on the difference between the different note types. For instance it sounds like you’re using field notes like I’m using a personal note, e.g “cute camo but loose lid..” Why don’t you use a personal note for this?

 

What I do currently is make quick little notes when I’m in the field using personal notes for my own use and then later create a log which appears on the Geocache.com page when I want to log that I found or didn’t find the cache. So in this scenario what use is a field note? Why not just have personal and public logs?

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Thanks for the replies but I’m still not clear on the difference between the different note types. For instance it sounds like you’re using field notes like I’m using a personal note, e.g “cute camo but loose lid..” Why don’t you use a personal note for this?

 

What I do currently is make quick little notes when I’m in the field using personal notes for my own use and then later create a log which appears on the Geocache.com page when I want to log that I found or didn’t find the cache. So in this scenario what use is a field note? Why not just have personal and public logs?

The field note is doing EXACTLY what you described. On the device, choose "field note" and make your notes. Send that note at that time, or send it later if you have no connection. Then, when at a computer, you access those field note(s) on the geocaching.com website and there you can concoct (edit) them into a full-blown log for submission as a log entry (be it "Note", "Found It", "DNF").

 

It works fine for situations where you have no data connection, it works just as well for when you don't want to spend time banging out a long log while standing at the cache coordinates -- Either/or.

 

Some Premium Members use a PQ saved as a list while geocaching. They do their caching totally without data connection -- not all have "unlimited data" plans. Once finished geocaching for the day -- or week -- or vacation, they upload those field notes en-mass.

This is the (near) perfect solution for them.

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