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Generally, this sort of thing is not available. There are tools available to convert scanned maps to GPX, but the process is time consuming and not easy. If you don’t want to take that route, the easiest way is to walk the trails and then save the track log as a GPX. (You want to lose weight, right?)
@Scrappy Scout wrote:
Ok good i thought i was the only one confused. I didnt know what to do. lol i mean is this a free cache anyone can just say they found it and log a smiley if so then this one is no fun lol.
Shhh, someone from Germany will hear you!
Post a NM and it will be taken care of.
@BigJim60 wrote:
But if someone wanted to order from Cafe Press, they could go to http://shop.cafepress.com/wisconsin-geocaching and place an order, right?
Yes, if they wanted to order stuff with the old logo, that site would still work. If I remember correctly, that site was setup by an individual and does not provide any profit to anyone (except Cafe Press).
In the left hand side, click the link marked “WGA Store”. Or if you want the two click route, at the top, select Modules, then WGA Store.
Not sure about a Magellan, but when my Garmin got stuck, taking out the batteries and waiting 5 minutes solved the problem. (I was stuck in Sheboygan, eek!)
Can’t really help you with this one. I suggest you contact the Cache Owner instead.
I have spoken with the folks at Summerfest on this and they are excited to have us help out. Last year’s scout day had about 100 participants with virtually no publicity, so we can expect attendance on the order of 200-300 people. The geocaching event would be one of many activities available to the scouts, so we can assume that we would get around 150 people wanting to geocache. Assuming we group them in teams of 5, we are looking at 30 “expeditions”. If we put out the caches in such a way that we can complete them in a half hour, we are going to need a minimum of 8 people with GPSs to lead the teams, plus another to act as the coordinator at the starting point.
So far, we have had the following people volunteer
Scrappy Scout (1 person)
rcflyer2242 (1)
Averith (2)
Beezers958 (1?)
me (2)rcflyer also said that his scout troop might be interested in acting as hosts. If that happens, we should be good on volunteers (assuming that most of them have a GPS). Otherwise, we clearly need a few more people.
Please note that the Summerfest people will be providing passes for all the volunteers, so if you are looking for a way to get into the festival for free, here is your chance. Again, we are having this on July 9, from noon until around 2 PM.
I don’t have any insider information on the upcoming rules, but I can speculate on how this will be controlled. Most likely, there will be a LOT of scrutiny with regard to “Could you place a cache somewhere in the immediate area?” and “What is special about this area?” This would tend to exclude most historical markers, “count the steps on the fire tower”, “get the number off the parking lot sign”, and other generic virtuals. Think similar rules to Earthcaches without the need to stick with geology.
Dood County?
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There is GC2084E.
@CodeJunkie wrote:
Here’s an interesting thought on this whole thing. What if the caches would have been placed in a large open (and public) area of the desert in a large grid pattern? The caches could be arranged 100 / square mile requiring only 10 square miles to contain all 1000 caches.
Safety? – Should be almost a mute point because they aren’t along the roadway.
Numbers? – A 1000 caches is still a 1000 caches.I’m not suggesting I’d be a fan of this approach either, but …
Assuming they were laid out in a square, you would need a 3.1 mile square area, which you would need to traverse 31.25 times to complete, assuming 32 caches in each row, plus 3.1 miles walking between rows. That adds up to a 100 mile walk. Something tells me that there would not be a lot of takers for finding these (even using a dune buggy or similar vehicle). You could probably reduce the distance somewhat by placing them in a spiral pattern inside a circle, but I am much too lazy to do that calculation.
Remember that the idea of this “series” was for people to get a bunch of finds in a relatively short period of time. Placing them in an area that would actually require some sort of physical fitness, wilderness survival skills, or even off-road driving skills would not meet the goals of these particular cache placers. If their goal was to showcase the desert, you can imagine a series with caches every couple miles at sites of particular interest. Of course, there are already lots of caches out there which do that.
That said, these caches were placed within the guidelines (with the exception of permission from the land managers, apparently) and are not different from any other geocaches with respect to “counting”. This is why people create things like the Deep Southwest Geocaching Project, which was introduced to me by my friend, UWS22. If the concept of the ET trail offends you, you might want to consider setting up something like this in the midwest.
OK, the new list and map are posted. The cutoff date was 6/11/10. Please be patient until our distinguished webmaster can get the new list loaded to the reporting page.
Actually, Neon, there are a lot of us who hate to see any cache get archived. As one who got called upon to help with the task, I can say that it was not pleasant. The issue here was that many of the finders were not respectful of their surroundings, ruining it for everyone else. When people seek numbers to the exclusion of all else, we will get these situations. I only blame the owners to the extent that maybe they should have anticipated these idiots.
Actually, apparently most of the people seeking this series were parking in the middle of the road, blocking traffic, including snowplows, at least according to the complaints made to the DOT. I guess getting a big number takes precedence over personal safety.
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