I seem to have run into a mini-epidemic of people intentionally violating the guidelines by placing traditional caches which are not at the listed coordinates. Please note that I am NOT referring to people who do a poor job of measuring their coordinates or accidentally enter the coordinates incorrectly. I am referring to intentional dishonesty. In some cases, people are doing this to place their cache without getting a required permit or permission from a landowner. In other cases, people have done this to place a cache very close to airports, schools, or some other restricted areas. Some people have done this to get around proximity violations, while some others do it just because they think it is funny to give people bad coordinates. This sort of behavior is not acceptable and is considered a violation of the Terms of Use of the geocaching.com website. I would have hoped that people would conduct themselves in geocaching as they would in the rest of their life, that is with honesty and integrity.
If you have not read the guidelines, please take time to read them before you submit your cache. If you are unsure about how a certain guideline would apply to your cache, please contact Becky or myself to get clarification.
