Indoor caching!

[+rutson]

[edit to make a sensible size!]

Edited March 9, 2010 by rutson

[+t4e]

i hope not, geocaching its an outdoor game

[+ChaceGuild]

Hmm... on the one hand it's intriguing, as it generates the possibility of caching somewhere that is nice to visit, but doesn't necessarily have grounds/local area suitable for a cache. However, as "t4e" says Geocaching as a hobby is an outdoor thing, and as such it has far less security issues than if caches were indoors.

 

It also creates the possibility for lazy CO's to setup in places they visit all the time, just for the sake of it. That would severely degrade the whole thing, as it wouldn't be as interesting as going out into say a park, to see what's there.

 

As such, I'd say I stand fairly 80/20 against on this - more things can go wrong with it, but there's a little room for it to be viable

[tiiiim]

That'd be interesting - imagine ALL the possible hiding places in a building!! Though I guess there aren't too many public buildings to be within the GC rules...

 

Interestingly, GNSS (in a certain form) has been used on commercial airliners for donkeys years - typically, ring-laser-gyroscopes (RLG) are used as accelerometers to sense movement from an initial position, and GPS signals are used to supplement this data as the accelerometers have a certain time-dependent inaccuracy. This is especially true over large ocean routes where there are no radio towers to provide position updates. Currently, using just GPS as a navigation device on board an aircraft is against regulations, hence its use as a secondary navigation source. So, the technology's been around for a while, but as the article mentions, its size needs reducing!!

 

Also, as the previous poster says, geocaching is currently used as an excuse to get outdoors...

[+Jonovich]

Yay! At last! I'll be able to hide this cache/safe that's disguised as a tin of beans, along with all the others in my local supermarket!

 

K

[+Yorkie30]

It would put an end to all those damp log books.

Yorkie30

[+Shiggaddi]

Another advantage would be good GPS cover when you're heavily covered with trees.

[+milvus-milvus]

Now that Google Streetview has been extended to cover 95% of the UK, you'll be able to find a lot more of those outdoor caches from the comfort of your armchair too!

[+ChaceGuild]

Is that "will be extending to 95% of the UK"? Or "has been extended"?

 

Because if that's past tense, I guess we're in the 5% that's not going to be covered - a little demeaning if anything else, given we're not exactly in the back-of-beyond

[+ChaceGuild]

Ignore my last - just been on Streetview, and our house is there

 

However - it is OLD imagery! For our street, it's at least 9 months old, as it shows our old car