Snipejag

How close is the final to the last position for acquiring the final coords? I understand that I don't know the area and it is possible that there just isn't a good location but with 12.5 square miles to work with it strikes me as unlikely. It is within 500 m since a larger distance would have led to complaints by most visitors. 8 years ago I could have hidden the cache in some green area 2km or more from the key area which is going to be shown by the cache, but nowadays that does not work out any longer. So I had to choose a compromise hideout in an area which is urban and where there always will exist the typical muggle issues. In such areas I would prefer to set up virtual caches. I am not expecting however that the new concept of virtual caches will cover what I have in mind. Cezanne Bummer, the bonus to today's caching is also the drawback. Caches can be hidden under foot and caches should be removed by the finder ( away from muggles ) to a safe zone to update log and contents. I see too many finders cowering over the cache whilst signing and sifting through as muggles peer on. Grab, run, write, replenish, replace. Too easy.

I doubt this site needs to have virtuals to stay competitive as a geocaching site. Waymarking, OTOH, could be in real trouble if virtuals takeoff on one of the alternative sites. I would like to see the new GC virtuals listed on the Waymarking site along with Benchmark Hunting. I like the Waymarking site better than this one. Photos upload better, the site is not slow on weekends, it's easy to use, ect.... Isn't that what Waymarking is? The old virtuals plus? No, not really. But Waymarks, EarthCaches, virtual listings, and benchmarks are not true geocaches where you have to sign a log. I enjoy them all, but why not just list the non physical loggable ones on one site? That would mean that new virtual listings would have to pass through peer review, which would take some of the load off of the GC reviewers. You know that we are going to flood the site with virtuals, so I hope GC has good clear guidelines for the reviewers. I don't think it is gonna be quite the flood you think. Yes, there will be a few who go overboard. However, I suspect that once the novelty wears off things will slow down. I don't have a problem with them coming back. I just don't want to see people placing a virtual on every street corner. No, I don't belive the new virtuals will be as common as waymarks. Many have asked for a "history' cache. I think that there will be a limit on what is acceptable to list as a virtual. I agree that a WOW factor is much needed. Split it off. Use different criteria and profile stats.

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