+Zonker&co Posted January 17, 2008 Author Share Posted January 17, 2008 This is a really neat idea if I understand it right. A cacher picks up a postcard from a GPO cache and moves it to another appropriately sized cache. So on and so forth until it reaches its goal. Does the postcard's goal have to be another GPO cache? Yup, you've got it right! No, the postcard's goal does not have to be a GPO. If the goal is a regular cache, just make note of it on the postcard. Quote Link to comment
+OEnavigators Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Are there any GPO's in Arkansas? Quote Link to comment
+OEnavigators Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 (edited) Oops...double post Edited January 17, 2008 by OEnavigators Quote Link to comment
+bonkers18 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Are there any GPO's in Georgia? Quote Link to comment
+Zonker&co Posted January 17, 2008 Author Share Posted January 17, 2008 As far as I know, there are no geo post offices in either Georgia or Arkansas.... Quote Link to comment
+team lagonda Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 i,ve seen this type of thing befor a long time ago they used QSL post cards ..when one ham operator makes a contact with another overseas ''talkin skip'' they send each other a qsl card to verify the contact.... Quote Link to comment
+Zonker&co Posted January 17, 2008 Author Share Posted January 17, 2008 i,ve seen this type of thing befor a long time ago they used QSL post cards ..when one ham operator makes a contact with another overseas ''talkin skip'' they send each other a qsl card to verify the contact.... Yup, the difference is that the QSL cards passed thru the regular mail. With Geo Post Office caches, the postcards move through the caches themselves... Quote Link to comment
+MaliBooBoo Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Hey Zonker&Co, thanks! Quote Link to comment
+NYPaddleCacher Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 This is a really neat idea if I understand it right. A cacher picks up a postcard from a GPO cache and moves it to another appropriately sized cache. So on and so forth until it reaches its goal. Does the postcard's goal have to be another GPO cache? Yup, you've got it right! No, the postcard's goal does not have to be a GPO. If the goal is a regular cache, just make note of it on the postcard. About a year ago I grabbed a postcard from a TB hotel in Amsterdam, NL that had a goal to get to a non-geocacher in British Columbia so this practice has been going on for awhile. Since there *isn't" a cache category for GPOs I was wondering how you keep your list up to date. I've been looking for a fun application to implement in a Content Management System I want to evaluate and this might be a good one. If I could build a database of GPO listings from gpx data I could create a web application that allows searching for GPOs by location, coordinates, and even produce a Google Map of all GPOs. The tricky part is getting reliable data. Quote Link to comment
+Zonker&co Posted February 29, 2008 Author Share Posted February 29, 2008 (edited) About a year ago I grabbed a postcard from a TB hotel in Amsterdam, NL that had a goal to get to a non-geocacher in British Columbia so this practice has been going on for awhile. Since there *isn't" a cache category for GPOs I was wondering how you keep your list up to date. I've been looking for a fun application to implement in a Content Management System I want to evaluate and this might be a good one. If I could build a database of GPO listings from gpx data I could create a web application that allows searching for GPOs by location, coordinates, and even produce a Google Map of all GPOs. The tricky part is getting reliable data. I try to keep the bookmark list up to date... I search every week or so... I think it's pretty current, you could use that... Edited February 29, 2008 by Zonker&co Quote Link to comment
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