floridabiker1

Do you have a reading disability or something? Or are you just so special that rules do not apply to you? If you can not use a GPS to record coordinates for a hide, DO NOT PUBLISH the hide. PERIOD. People like yourself do more damage than good to the geocaching community. If the coordinates end up working, then it's fine. Also, I am taller than Chuck Norris so rules MAY not apply to me. I'm not sure about that, though.

Just go ahead and place a micro.

Actually, you can for some hides also. If you can see the location of your cache well enough in Google Maps, you can right click on the location, select "What's Here?", and you'll get a decimal version of the coordinates. You shouldn't do this if your cache is hidden under a lot of trees. Please, feel free to show me where this quote from the Listing Guidelines says that it is OK to use Google Maps. In fact, the first line of the descriptive paragraph says otherwise. Unless of course, I am missing something in your use of the term "some hides". Just what types of hides would it be OK to use some method other than a GPSr to obtain coordinates? If you can see the location of your cache in Google Maps, it's fine. Coordinates are coordinates are coordinates. No, it's not fine. Online maps can be off by a significant distance from the actual GPS coordinates. It is absolutely, positively against the Guidelines to hide a cache without obtaining GPS coordinates at the cache site with a GPS device. Gitchee-Gummee quoted you the exact guideline which states this. What part do you not understand? If there is a big empty field, and your cache is an ammo can right next to a bush, and you can see that bush on Google maps, and there's nothing around it in all directions for 100 feet except grass, people can find it and no one will know the difference.

Actually, you can for some hides also. If you can see the location of your cache well enough in Google Maps, you can right click on the location, select "What's Here?", and you'll get a decimal version of the coordinates. You shouldn't do this if your cache is hidden under a lot of trees. Please, feel free to show me where this quote from the Listing Guidelines says that it is OK to use Google Maps. In fact, the first line of the descriptive paragraph says otherwise. Unless of course, I am missing something in your use of the term "some hides". Just what types of hides would it be OK to use some method other than a GPSr to obtain coordinates? If you can see the location of your cache in Google Maps, it's fine. Coordinates are coordinates are coordinates.

How far does a geocache need to be from school grounds for a reviewer to let the listing pass? Thanks, floridabiker1

You don't adopt it. You make a new cache and a new listing. It shouldn't be an issue with the 0.1 mile rule.

Actually, you can for some hides also. If you can see the location of your cache well enough in Google Maps, you can right click on the location, select "What's Here?", and you'll get a decimal version of the coordinates. You shouldn't do this if your cache is hidden under a lot of trees.

Is there a rule about the maximum distance between stages of a multi-cache?

Google Earth wouldn't work too well. I tried opening your TB's path in Google Earth, and the virtual globe is too round and can't show the whole path from any one specific angle. Perhaps, you could go to Google Maps, take a screen shot of that map, put your screenshot in a picture editing program, and then draw the lines of its trip.

By schools I mean public schools owned by the government. I went to a geocaching workshop and the coordinator said the two places where caches are automatically not allowed are schools and national parks.

How far away does a cache need to be from a school or school property?

How well do you think an easter egg (with a hinge) would work for a geocache, even if you need to put it in a bag?

Can someone give me detailed instructions for how to navigate to the coordinates of a geocache using a Garmin GPS V?

It did the job and is very rugged, many of us old timers started on it or the III+. Turn by turn directions are only if you have city select program ( or what ever newer version is called, city navigator, maybe $85 for that )and it might hold the Orlando area, 19 megs total. If I remember right it only zooms to 50 feet on the maps so from 50 feet out it would show your on the cache. You would be better off taking the money your putting out for it and the city navigator program and getting a more modern unit for that same investment. Heck if you have a smart phone and can get the geocaching phone app ( only $10, unless it went up) it gives you more bang for the $$$. Even a refurb garmin nuvi ( for your car ) gives more bang for the $$. Does it tell you how many feet or meters away you are from your destination, and can you enter coordinates on it?

The Geocaching.com reviews for this device are recent from 2012 and say it's great and works every time, so there's no antenna problem. The only thing I care about is that it is able to get me close enough to a ccache (10 feet) in order to find it. I don't need tons of fancy stuff. The Geocaching.com reviews for this device can be found at: http://www.geocaching.com/reviews/gps_garmin_gps-v_p1

So how good is it actually for geocaching? If I need another model anyways, what good inexpensive models are there, preferably under $70, preferably $40 or less, even if I need to get them used?

I am considering purchasing a Garmin GPS V. I've read it gives you turn-by-turn directions. Can you use it for geocaching to get within 10 feet of the desired coordinates?

I found on their website that if you wanted to make your own custom caches, (that are for teaching purposes and not real), you can get the update kit and manually input coords.

I am considering buying a Geomate.jr. I have read plenty that it comes preloaded with a lot of caches. I'm wondering though, can you manually enter coordinates onto it? If so, do you need an update kit?

According to Ground Speaks guidelines for placing a geocache, you can not dig to hide or find a geocache. Geocaching is never supposed destroy nature. Okely-dokely!!! What if the land owner specifically allows it, though? And what about scuba-diving?

Thank you for the suggestions. I am trying to make sure this brochure explains things very simply. Most property owners aren't going to have the slightest idea of what geocaching is, and since most people have a starting concept of treasure hunts what is why I choose to say streasure hunt, but I can see the issue of people thinking things might be buried. I will try to mention that caches are not buried. Also, with a brochure, any web addresses have to be retyped and the most people do not want to retype long address and don't trust redirection services like Tiny Url. Well, some caches can get pretty extreme. I have heard of ones that need scuba diving to get to them. So I think that they would be able to be buried, but you probably wouldn't want to bury one.

So are you saying I should contact the agent Cary Anderson?

I am considering hiding a cache in a specific parking lot in Seminole County, Florida. The address of the parking lot is 5655 Red Bug Lake Road, Winter Springs, FL. The main store in that lot is a Publix, however it is shared by other businesses, such as RadioShack. Since I wasn't sure who the parking lot was owned by, I looked it up at the Seminole County Property Appraiser's Parcel Map, which is located at http://scpaweb.scpafl.org/v3/ . When I looked up the property, it said it was owned by "US REGENCY RETAIL I LLC C/O PROPERTY TAX DEPARTMENT". This doesn't look like it should be who to ask for cache permissions. Can anyone find out who to contact for cache placement permission in this specific parking lot?

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