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Even when dealing with parks or private land where permission is obtained and documented in the cache description / reviewer notes, do you think it would still be a good idea to inform the local law about the existence of the cache? Has anyone done that before? I have not. I’m sure they would like to know the information but I’m also sure that they don’t want to be bothered by every little thing.
Maybe it would be cool it Grounspeak / GC.com had a template letter or something that a cacher owner could use to efficiently and accurately inform the agency about the cache.
Is anyone here IN law enforcement? What would be the best way to approach my local police department if I think I have a cache that may cause concern. (I don’t think I have any right now, but would be good to figure out sooner rather than later)
Maybe the best way to avoid concern is to just not place the cache at all, but sometimes it becomes common in cities where there’s fewer and fewer open areas.
One other thing, obviously the police are aware of this sport… I wonder how they feel about it at large? I hope it’s a good feeling. I hope we keep it that way. Thanks Team Deejay for bringing this to everyone’s attention.
@Trekkin’ and Birdin’ wrote:
The notion of travelling across those plains during the late season blizzard season isn’t appealing.
Yeah, I guess I should do my research better before making wild suggestions… Don’t watch this news video: 😉
http://www.onenewsnow.com/vidPlayer.aspx?videoId=8564In March? South… you want to go south! Anywhere south will do 🙂
Actually, South Dakota comes to mind. What little caching I was able to do as we drove through there this summer was really neat. Probably becuase the landscape was different. The hills are beautiful and the wildlife you see is neat too. But I think some of the wildlife are bears so might want to watch for that. But Mt. Rushmore is really cool to see if you’ve never been there before. The Rapids City / Keystone area where Mt. Rushmore is is a beautiful drive and there are caches everywhere. Lots of letterboxing if you like that too. And in the off season you should be able to find affordable lodging. There is a KOA near keystone that’s really nice.
Oh, and one more thing… TAKE ME WITH YOU, PLEASE!!!!!
Yay BHK! I just noticed this thread, nice job!
Wow, that is pretty cool. Especially since the contest had been going on for over a year. I wonder what cache that was and how many people found the cache while the car contest was going on… so close 🙂 It’s every geo-cacher dream comes true… find a REAL treasure! 😮
I’ve been sliding into this strategy as well lately as I ‘ve learned more about GSAK and how to use it. With my Explotist, I’m limited to 200 waypoints per file, but I can have as many files as I want (effectively). I usually bring down a wide pq then use the filter in GSAK to target the specific areas to fir on the Explorist.
I also have a handy utility on my blackberry called Cacheberry that will accept a GPX file and load it into a GSAK like view where the details, hints, logs, etc can be displayed. This also allows me to type in field notes and track found caches. With the web browser, I can also access the live cache page if desired.
This strategy has worked out fairly well on my last couple trips but what I still lack is an easy way to navigate a wide area, searching for caches while I’m in the filed. I’ve been learning how to use Street Atlas for this as it’s cumbersome to do on the explorist. But with the laptop and S.A. with the cache icons and a USB GPS, it makes it easier, but even the laptop is kind of bulky in the tiny geomobile.
I’ve got 553 which is about 82% of my finds. I started April 07. I was pretty happy with that number, though it doesn’t begin to compare to some other folks around here. 😳 That’s ok. I’ve got another 30 or 40 good caching years in me. I’ll catch up eventually 😉
Huzzah! What a great time! My first time at the park and very enjoyable! Thank you so much for all your work putting that together 🙂 It was wonderful.
@Team Black-Cat wrote:
Heh. GMO… Solved Puzzles…
Now that’s funny. 😆Yeah, puzzles aren’t my strong point, but I’ve gotten a few here and there. For the most part I’m pretty stumped when it comes to solving those.
@-cheeto- wrote:
Mathman is right.. no Garmin. I have a Magellan Explorist. Is it ok if I still post to the forums or do I have to withdraw my WGA membership?
Naw, I just heard the dues were more.
Yeah, twice as much right?
We’ll have to update that GPS on the WGA logo to be a Garmin I bet huh?
Well, something’s wrong with my Google Earth but YES! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU Abby’s Family! That Macro was just the ticket. I have to work on my GSAK skills and I have to open the KML file manually that the macro creates, but yes, that is exactly what I’m looking for.
I knew there had to be a way to draw the circle. So much to learn…
Hey, that’s cool, cat! Yeah, I knew those were wedged in there pretty tight because I measured with he GPS in the field. It would be nice to do it at the desk 🙂
I’ll look into that ExpertGps thing.. sounds interesting.
Cat, does that delorme software sell separately or just with the GPS?
Can you redeem it on their website, LB7?
Yeah, that would be a great commercial! 🙄 What program would that sponsor? “Lost”?
I’m actually looking for something like marc’s response using Streets and Trips… except I also want to use satellite images on the overlay. I have an older version of S&T but that is not a feature on that one.
I don’t have a specific area in mind really… just something I’ve been playing around with. I could have used it for the last couple caches I placed and the s|s one in downtown Wausau. I’d really like to be able to do it in Google Earth, but it seems to be lacking some basic scaleable drawing tools. Even the image overlay is a pain because you can’t lock the proportion when you resize.
Mathman is right.. no Garmin. I have a Magellan Explorist. Is it ok if I still post to the forums or do I have to withdraw my WGA membership? 🙄
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