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Hi guys, Thanks for all the post. I shall make myself clear before proceeding further. My project (if it is being executed) will be 100% free to the public. There is a chance to include more variant to the game in the future for more fun but the good old geocaching version still stays. I strongly believe that GeoCaching activities can be further pushed in Singapore thus I will be getting schools to help spread this great game by organising geocaching activities for their students. And also for such activities, it is to increase awareness and to help spread the fun. It is not for public playing thus you won't be fighting with those kids finding treasure. Our goal is just to get those kids know the game and eventually get them into the game just like you and me if they think it's fun. I don't see any problem if more people joins in the game in singapore and we have more caches everywhere. On another note, regarding the idea of getting site owners to give us permission. It is to be noted that all NParks controlled area and public places, we are not allowed to place any cache without any permission. My goal in my project is to sit down with them and explain to them the merits of geocaching activities for their site and to get them to grant us the permission to place caches in their site freely (but with their guidelines). I believe this is the responsible way to do it. For information purposes, all the cache listed on geocaching that is located in parks and nature reserve in singapore does not have any permission from NPark themselves. Cheers and thannks!

Hi guys, Thanks for all the information. Yes, I am asking for permission for anything I do before I use the pictures just to be on the safe side and also out of respect for the owner of the pictures. I have receive 1 great geocachers permission to use his pictures and have explained to him the usage and purpose for the pictures and will be awaiting his final approval. The site I will be building will be non-profit for the community but do have plans for premium membership and also to provide geocaching classes to students in my area so I have explained fully to the people who gave me their permission before I put the pictures up. thanks And for those who wish to help me , please do contact me as I need nice geocaching pictures to spice up the site and attract those students to try out the activity.

Hi guys I'm creating a site in singapore that offers geocaching courses and event for schools in singapore. However, before I complete the design, I will like to know if anyone is willing to give me some free pictures of their geocaching activities as I respect the copyright ownership of pictures posted on the site and will like to seek the owner approval before I use any of them. Please send the pics to me at yizhe-at-yizhe-d/ot-com. Thanks

Hi there I will be planning something for the holiday season. Just back from a meetup with a couple of pals and they are giving positive reaction to this. I will be targeting schools to organise geocaching events for them during the holiday so those people can learn geography(map reading), science(clues based on science qns in nature park) and even some new technology(GPS). Best place to get people interested. I might be hosting one for free to try out the idea. Currently I need to get the final approval from the site owners before I will proceed on full force to push this event out. Just a check, based on your experience, -what is the range of people involve in geocaching in singapore? -do you think school will welcome the idea of this activity (i believe this is a very enriching experience for kids to learn about the wildlife and also learn some navigation skills and problem solving skills)? Cheers!

Hi EdZuchini Thanks for your encouragement. What I intend to do is to probably get people to cross-post between my local site and geocaching.com so that their cache can get a larger exposure (where most intl people using geocaching). Will be interested to explore this idea with geocaching.com if they are interested. I need to maintain a local database of cache on my site as I will be implementing new features to this game with the partnership of some sponsors and corporates. (e.g. offering some fun games along with geocaching where the FTF guys might get a free mobile phone). This is the reason why we need to have a local site as the current geocaching site is extremely good, but we just can't implement our own stuff into it. Majority of my work will be coming up with treasure trails and campaign where the FTF prize will be something worth soaking in the rain, walking 10clicks and fried under our afternoon sun. I will be finding corporate sponsors for these campaign so that people can have a much rewarding treasure hunt (real treasures!) and also organise event similar to geoteaming. I am thinking of spending a few thousand getting cheap etrax out into singapore to rent to people who love to try out this game and to let school try out this fun and educational activity (e.g. organise a hunt in some nature park where the clues will have to be found by reading about wildlife in the park). It is really sad to have a good geocacher like you leaving our little island. However, if possible, we may still need your help in the future if were to get the garmin sets from States (they are cheaper there). I have talked to quite a few people about the ideas in store and have rallied a few friends to help out in this project. Will be coming up with our first event very soon at one of the biggest nature park in singapore. cheers!

Hi everyone, To update you guys on the progress of my project. I've contacted quite a few site and most of them are interested in what I am doing. Some have invited me to do proposal for them on holding geocaching activities on their site. One of the big organization that I have manage to gain interest is the NPark of Singapore which is the governing body for most of the parks and nature reserve (good site for geocaching) in Singapore. I've spoken with the people @ sugei buloh park and they have since invited me to give them a detail proposal on a nature-theme geocaching activity on their site. I will be working hard on this to make it work. On the point where sungei buloh has a cache, it is to be noted that it's illegal and also it's damaging to the wildlife if it's not well designed.(we don't want to do that right?). What I wish to do now is to provide a legal way for geocaching to take place by asking permission from those site owners and extending those permission to geocaching players in singapore. Those site owner can also help look out for our cache and maybe event put some nice items in those cache. I will also be doing some events for them to help promote this activity. In the meantime, I am designing with a group of people a new varient of this game that can be better fit into our local context and will keep you guys posted. In the meantime I have also contacted quite a few manufacturer to bring in new low cost gps sets (garmin) and walkie talkies. Finally, I will really love to know if all the effort i put in or will be putting in the future is worth it? You guys think this is a good idea before i proceed on? Cheers!

Hi guys My company is going to push for geocaching adoption in singapore and is creating a new varient of it that is suitable for our local context. Have been contacted some wonderful places in singapore (e.g. zoo, birdpark, sugei buloh nature reserve) and is working to get them to partner with us to offer their site for geocaching activities. You guys think this is a good idea?