[Team Deejay]

One more clarification (this is not a change): the bonus for returning waypoints to the reviewers is a very limited opportunity and only available for 4 caches on the current list. There is no need to forward waypoint information on any of the other caches. Those caches are:

Eagle Lake – west of Racine
Goosey Larry – Sun Prairie
Horicon Marsh Parkway – Horicon
Three-Legged Dog Cache – Eau Claire

The waypoints for these caches were lost from the reviewer database at some point and need to be restored. You will note that these are some of the oldest caches on the list.

[Team Deejay]

To hear them talk about this at Groundspeak, they seem to think that “everyone” can grasp this level of technology. Its pretty clear to me that only programmer types will be able to manage the SDK they put out for this technology. They also seem to think that everyone will rush out to buy a Wherigo compatible GPS, such as the Garmin Colorado.

For what its worth, they don’t seem to be too interested in combining wherigo with geocaching. I think they see this as a) an opportunity to JV with Garmin, and b) an opportunity to build a profit stream by developing “cartridges” for tourism councils, businesses, etc. The “play” aspect of this is more of an easy entry point than a reason for being, that is, get the geocommunity to build play and tour modules to work out the bugs, then start marketing to the “real” customers.

[Team Deejay]

Just a quick reminder! If you are going to replace a missing cache, be sure to replace it with the same or very similar container type. If you can’t do this, either post an SBA note or contact the owner to get permission to change the container.

[Team Deejay]

I suppose I am the best to answer this one. Here are three easy, yet fun, caches to meet the county requirements:

Kenosha – GCYY4H (head out east on Highway 50 to a small hunting area on the left (U-turn required))

Racine – GC16885 (back west a bit to 83, then head north to Burlington, in Burlington, head east on 11, then N on W, turn left into the tennis courts.)

Walworth – GCY2TQ (South on W, West on 11, SE on 36, North on 120, park at the bike rental shop)

To get back to Lake Geneva, head south on 120.

These caches are all decent size, easy to find, and pretty clever hides. They are all hidden in a winter friendly fashion. They all require short hikes as well, so bring your boots. Of course, there are many other caches in all of these areas, so be sure to get a complete list if you might have time for more extended hunting.

[Team Deejay]

Claim it once, assuming you posted a DNF (or a Needs Maintenance, which is even better).

[Team Deejay]

Since the bears are usually hibernating in the winter, the challenge is somewhat reduced. Note, however, that the nearby wolf pack is usually hungrier in the winter, so this may compensate a bit for the reduced challenge.

[Team Deejay]

Optional seed caches are allowed; caches REQUIRING that you place a seed are not allowed. When considering a seed cache, please think about whether the area where you will place it will benefit from an explosion of new micro caches (or place a seed cache with bigger containers, such as GC100AX).

[Team Deejay]

Unfortunately this one doesn’t qualify (it is too new), but there are plenty in your area to look for if you want to give it a try.

[Team Deejay]

Anything, that is part of the challenge. (Otherwise, it would be a 3/5).

[Team Deejay]

As long as the cache is active, you can score points with either a find or a no-find, no matter how many people have found it. It is probably better to post a NM or a SBA note if you think it is missing, along with your DNF. I’m trying to keep this simple, and waiting for some of these people to take action would just take too long and introduce too much uncertainty.

[Team Deejay]

Thanks guys. I found them online in quantities of 1000, but I didn’t think I needed quite that many. I’ll check out those places.

[Team Deejay]

Dave has it basically correct. Some of the “modules” will be game like, while others are more of a tour guide. The big cache is that it will only be available for PocketPC. There are no plans to make it available for Palm, iPhone, Garmin Nuvi, or any of the other media capable hand helds out there.

[Team Deejay]

@-cheeto- wrote:

You should have waited a day! It was a “lonely cache”

Definitely sounds like a challenging cache.

-cheeto-

Not any more! 😆

[Team Deejay]

Not to be a nag, but you really need sunscreen this time of year, unless you are REALLY bundled (like a full face ski mask). The sun reflects off the snow and you can get burned in the winter, just like the summer. Of course, if you are just running from guardrail to guardrail, that is probably not necessary.

[Team Deejay]

[entering technical mode, all non-technical people please cover your ears and chant nananana until this message ends]

The trick to changing the icon of a POI is that, in the same folder as your gpx file, you need a second 16×16 bmp file with the same name as the gpx file. i.e. if you load all your caches in a files called caches.gpx, you would need a file called caches.bmp with the custom icon. You can probably see that this would be extensible so that you could have different gpx files for each cache type, each cache type and size, or any other system you can think of, with a separate bmp for each.

Here is a site with a bunch of applicable icons if you want to use them.

http://www.thepropers.com/geocaching/60SeriesCustomSymbols.htm

[exiting technical mode, you can open your ears and stop chanting]

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