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Why is Geocaching misunderstood? I feel that part of the blame rests upon the use of words such as, treasure, treasure hunting, booty, hoard, buried treasure, swag and basically other words which imply digging and are more appropriate for a pirate movie. Many articles both good and bad use this type of language giving the impression of finding something of value and buried, even if the "no buried rule" is explained. We are all guilty of this when explaining our activity to others. I try to use "cache" "hidden", "camouflaged", "concealed" and "search" when describing Geocaching. CACHE - a hiding place or a place of concealment. This does not mean treasure or buried. Here are some quotes from articles posted on Geocaching.com that use misleading language. "Don't bury caches. You can put them up in a tree, so long as you're not disturbing anything, but don't dig up the earth to bury them. You can bury them under a pile of rocks or logs, but don't dig for them." "Instead, the hikers stared at cell phone-sized gadgets in their hands: GPS devices, directing them to the end of a treasure hunt." "The object of Geocaching (pronounced geo-cashing) is to hike the outdoors and seek out a treasure box, hidden from sight, using only the GPS data." There are many other examples, but my purpose is to start a discussion as to how we can improve the public perception of Geocaching. faire winds jaktar

It would be helpful if Google would fix the 30m error. Caches and the road overlay plot approximately 30m east of the actual positions. faire winds jaktar

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Here is a page that may help the adoption process. http://www.geocaching.com/adopt/ faire winds jaktar

Some thing else to consider. No matter what system is in place for dealing with abandoned caches, there will always be the opportunity for abuse. Trying to protect and be fair to every cacher and cache may almost be impossible. No matter what action is taken, you have to be prepared to deal with the consequences of making a mistake. Under the present system there is a recourse for dealing with abandoned caches. If a cache is perceived to be an orphan, then apply to adopted it. Once the ownership has been transferred, you can maintain it or archive and remove it. This process may take awhile, but is preferable to another existing option of removing it, reporting it muggled and waiting for it to be archived. faire winds jaktar

Some of my thoughts on abandoned caches. My understanding is that Geocaching.com is a listing service. An Archived Cache is one that is not listed for use. It only indicates that the owner is no longer using the services of Geocaching.com for listing the cache. Geocaching.com makes it clear that maintenance of the cache and surrounding area is the responsibility of the owner. If you can not maintain a cache, then you have two choices "find someone to adopt it" or "remove it". No matter how active, popular or unique, these are not reasons to leave a cache. An abandoned cache, no matter the condition is geotrash. There is no stipulation saying a cache has to last forever. Proving a cache has been abandoned could be tricky. Monitoring activity, logs and visits can only be used as indicators of a situation. An owner may be using the cache for other purposes or listing it elsewhere. A group or organization can supplement the Geocaching.com guidelines, but it only has the authority to enforce over its membership and not the community at large. An individual or group could sponsor an event which includes checking on a Archived Caches in an area, then reporting on the situation and the action taken to Geocaching.com. faire winds jaktar

Love it! Can't wait for the movie. This will mean a special caching trip.

It may be appropriate to add how Geocaching benifits the community through the cito policy and in particular the site in question. If you go through the logs there is reference to some CITO having being done by cachers at this site. faire winds jaktar

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I have given up using postal codes for searching. I have found Maptuit (http://www.maptuit.ca/) to be very handy. Enter Centreville NS in address boxes and do a coordinate search for caches from the seek a cache page (http://www.geocaching.com/seek/). faire winds jaktar

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