[Cheese-Wis]

Speculation #2:

The submitter of the cache listed WY as the state (one entry away from WI on the list) and it fell into the other reviewers list of work. That reviewer probably just cleaned it up and approved it instead of chastising 😉 the submitter.

Cachers can’t type.
We won’t talk abooot revieuers keybraod sjulls/.

[Cheese-Wis]

Caches that require special approval like Earthcaches are done at a higher pay level. I’m assuming thats what you saw. Cheese-Wis and WGA2 are currently the only two active reviewers.

[Cheese-Wis]

The quote:

The coords. on this one are purposly not exact. They will bring you to the center, but thats not where it is… Or is it???

The coordinates are as exact as any other cache. I discussed the changing to a puzzle cache if they are not. The hider assured me they were accurate. Otherwise it would not have been published.

[Cheese-Wis]

I reviewed the cache in question.

Before it was published, I had an email conversation with the placer related to the coordinates.

It was determined that no guidelines were violated.

It is cache text hyperbole.

[Cheese-Wis]

Background:
When a cache that has multiple waypoints (puzzles, multis…) is submitted, you need to post a reviewer note with the intermediate/final coordinates. This is to make sure puzzles and multis don’t land on other caches or otherwise violate the guidelines. One simple traditional cache submission in a congested area may require the plotting of 1, 2 or more other caches. A relatively new feature on the cache sheet is the waypoint list where you can record the points equally as well.

Marc is asking: should the old data be transferred to the new mechanism?

It would be helpful, but there are many existing caches that will record that info in a reviewer’s note forever, so don’t skip breakfast to do it.

Also, at this instant in time, the tool that Groundspeak provides to the reviewers does not include the ability to download the intermediate waypoints, so the reviewers still need to copy and paste from the reviewers note or the waypoint list. Hopes are high that this ability is coming soon.

Because of the need to copy and paste the coordinates, you become painfully aware of historic and home brew coordinate formats that need to be edited by the reviewer before they can be used in mapping programs:

N42 10.123 W89 12.987 Perfect (no editing needed)

N42° 10.123 W89° 12.987 aka the 2nd Degree
N42.10.123 W89.12.987 aka go for the 2 pointer
N42*10.123 W89*12.987 aka ‘the Sixties’
W89 12.987 N42 10.123 the Non conformist
42 10.123N 89 12.987W the traditionalist
N42 10.123
W89 12.987 on two lines
N42 10.123, W89 12.987 the silent but deadly comma.
N42 10.123 and so how is your mother doing, the weather is nice W89 12.987
Unrelated info mixed into the coordinate.

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