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Wylbur · Geocacher Joined: 09 Nov 2007 Posts: 13

I'm looking for information on receiving notifications of newly posted geocaches via my cell phone. I am a premium member, and created a notification for published caches. I get the notification, but it does not contain enough information to find the cache. Do I need to get a web enabled phone? Adding the coordinates would be enough!

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bflentje · Geocacher Joined: 29 May 2006 Posts: 3652

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Wylbur · Geocacher Joined: 09 Nov 2007 Posts: 13

Follow the instructions here.
http://coord.info/textmark.aspx

You sign up for the service and register your phone on the GC.com website.

To get info on a new cache, send a text to 41411. Text is GEOC @[gc code]

You get a response almost instantly with
GC code
status
cache name
difficult/terrain
Coordinates
cache type
cache size

I get the GC number with the notification, and now I can find the cache! This does take 2 text messages, and plugging the coords into the GPS just to see if it is close though.

Check out that link, there are also other options, and you can add field notes this way too.

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joboo · Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 1:29 pm Post subject:

not 2 hi-jack this thread, but it seems like the place 2 ask my question... why don't i get the email notification of my local cache publications anymore? it's been over 3 months. i'm still a premium member, paying my 3 bucks a month. Peace
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Wylbur · Geocacher Joined: 09 Nov 2007 Posts: 13

The notification I set up is actually an email that gets sent to the phone as a text message. Your cvell phone has an email address associated with it, just use that email to get the notifications send to your phone rather than your email account.

The email from GC.com that goes to the phone contains the subject but not the body of the email. Take a look at the message source from a notification from GC.com, the body is generated from some code in the email.

So no you don't get the coordinates or the distance/direction from your home in the text message.

I am using a Siemens CF62 phone - a model from about 5 years ago. To get an email notice, then send a text to get the full details is pretty good considering.

Wylbur · Geocacher Joined: 09 Nov 2007 Posts: 13

The right solution would be for GC.com to provide notifications via email or SMS. Anyone ever heard of this idea being presented to GC.com?

It seems they have a hard enough time keeping the site running. This is by far the slowest - most unresponsive site I have encountered - and we pay $30 per year for this lousy service!

GeoPierce · Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 1:42 pm Post subject: Re: SMS Notification

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