CharliePossik

Exactly!! So you propose that we include an experienced geocacher per team, that sounds reasonable and actually great idea! Your second point is also great and it has to do with responsibility. Now, regarding to the "Underlying concept...." Well my idea is that a series of tasks can be carried out volitionally (if it makes sense) for the sake of the whole experience, and complementary to an encounter with a geocache. I appreciate your interest and comments and I would happy if I could have an experienced geocacher supervising each one of the potential 4 teams. My idea, among other things, is to take advantage of the possibility that geocaching offers for facilitating a kind of contributory exploration (in this case in terms of river monitoring, record ph as you said, keep a note on the log put it back and carry on with the adventure, or other types such as contribute your observations to iNaturalist project in the area) through that advantage of shaping "remotely" but in a technological and most importantly physical and tangible way, a task, an instruction. Very useful your points indeed, thank you!

Hi there and thanks for replying. Well, 1. Ok the team will craft a geocache, and a container where there is a log, and all the other elements descibed and surely a geocacher is free to decide whether to conduct a measurement of course or read a narrative segment or solve a riddle that is in the container. 2. The geocache will be designed and placed by a team, and the aim is that everyone has access to it, for sure. 3. It's not necessary to be a different geocacher that places the geocaches, and we are aware of the distance prerequesitive. 4. I don't understand that point. Is multi-cache a type of geocache like the idea I am proposing? In my idea each cache will have some components in the container. Anyhow, please clarify because this is something that may help. 5. This point sounds also important, I searched in the geocaching to see what a Bonus Cache is but I couldn't figure it out. I hope that so far you understand the idea. One geocache that has information, volunteering tasks, will lead the geocacher to the next until the final resolution. 6. Ok I ve sent to them. 7. Well I am not sure if my idea is even applicable until I m full informed.

Thanks, but I don't know what that material costs can be and please bear in mind that for example one team collaboratively create their geocaches and placed within the minimum distance required, and what I would like to know is whether then a simple member of Geoaching can find the geocaches. Finally, when I go to official Geo Tour there is a form only to somehow request that someone else develop such an experience, but what I would like to know at this stage is if there is someone I could talk to, to inform me of all the material cost involved, in supervising perhaps and in creating a Geotour but this Geotour will be created by citizens that will receive a training on the basics of geocaching as a part of a research program. In other words, I am asking if it is possible for a team of people to create a Geotour, with the aforementioned components that every geocacher can enjoy and what breakdown of costs might be involved so I can include them in the corresponding category, along with any extra training or supervision by a Geocache expert.

Can someone create e.g. 7 geocaches (containers) in a 1.5 distance that will be connected to each other, for example in a trail? Can he put for instance, narrative segments, and tasks (such as utilizing river measuring organology such as using a hidden ph meter to measure ph of water and then keep a note on the log, or measure temperature of the water, or whatever task, along with reading a story and trying to get to the final resolution of the experience)? What type of geocaches would they be? And can anyone create them and place them or must someone be a premium member? Finally, those are not premium geocachers, will be able to find the first geocache, so as to then proceed to the next one and so on, or anyway all the set of geocaches or must they be premium members? As part of my phd, my objective is to empower teams in 3 small towns near my homeland to design their own experiences that utilize crowdsourcing apps such as inaturalist, and organology for river monitoring while promoting the cultural heritage of their place through crafting narratives that combining local legends with museum artifacts, and therefore creating their own unique geocaches that will be connected to each other to guide a geocacher or geocachers to a final resolution. This way I believe that geocaching can work as great tool for environmental education and heritage education as well, with elements of citizen science. A series of training workshops will preceed the development of the tours by the teams. Finally, if anyone could guide me regarding any costs applied regarding the specific type of membership if applicable, or about prerequisitives regarding the geocaches, etc. As I am at the stage of the proposal of my idea for funding and I should involve expenses in the budget, I would be grateful if anyone could help! Thank you and happy new year!