steve kc7byp Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 (edited) I am looking for info on setting up a Webcam cache. I have a Linksys model wvc54gca ethernet network webcam with sound. I have the webcam setup and working on my home network. But I never setup a live streaming webcam on the internet before. Any info would be gratefully received. Edited March 24, 2010 by steve kc7byp Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 You can't. You haven't hidden a cache in a while so I suggest you read the latest guidelines. Quote Link to comment
+ace862 Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Unfortunately, webcam caches are no longer published on GC.com. From the Guidelines Virtual Caches and Webcam Caches These are special categories of caches that ask the seeker to find a pre-existing item to log. We are no longer accepting new Virtual Caches or Webcam Caches. Caches which existed before November 2005 have been allowed to remain as grandfathered caches. You may try Waymarking. I believe they have a webcam section, but I'm not 100% sure on that. Quote Link to comment
steve kc7byp Posted March 24, 2010 Author Share Posted March 24, 2010 (edited) Why has webcam caches been baned from placment? What is wrong with finding pre-existing item? There is a bucket load still in operation, 13 in Washington state alone. You can't. You haven't hidden a cache in a while so I suggest you read the latest guidelines. Edited March 24, 2010 by steve kc7byp Quote Link to comment
+DENelson83 Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Because new ones are hard to find, plus you need to go through quite a bit of effort to set one up. Quote Link to comment
steve kc7byp Posted March 24, 2010 Author Share Posted March 24, 2010 Please inlighten me. I would like to know what is so hard about setting up an ethernet webcam and pointing it out the window? My webcam that I just setup on my home network was "plug in and run". Is there something that I am missing about running live stream video on the internet? This is new territory for me. Because new ones are hard to find, plus you need to go through quite a bit of effort to set one up. Quote Link to comment
+Markwell Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 (edited) Regardless of setting up a webcam, the webcam caches (like virtuals) were caches without a container. Geocaching.com discontinued listing them some time around November of 2005. Right now, since some webcams die out over time, there are only about 225 left in the U.S. The listing guidelines (linked by several people above) spell out that these are Grandfathered types, meaning that they are allowed to continue their existence, but no NEW webcams will be listed. This is a blanket decision by Groundspeak and Geocaching.com. If you are interested in setting up a webcam and marking the coordinates, take a look at this Waymarking category, (which Touchstone linked above) which highlights over 600 webcams over the world. There is absolutely nothing wrong with finding pre-existing webcam caches, as long as you follow the rules of the particular cache page, and as long as it's still active. Edited March 24, 2010 by Markwell Quote Link to comment
Mr.Yuck Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Regardless of setting up a webcam, the webcam caches (like virtuals) were caches without a container. Geocaching.com discontinued listing them some time around November of 2005. Right now, since some webcams die out over time, there are only about 225 left in the U.S. The listing guidelines (linked by several people above) spell out that these are Grandfathered types, meaning that they are allowed to continue their existence, but no NEW webcams will be listed. This is a blanket decision by Groundspeak and Geocaching.com. I would never argue with Markwell, but 225 might even be high. Assuming this bookmark list nailed every one in the U.S. when it was created, there's 294 on there, and I'll bet more than 69 of them are archived. I know I had to kill mine a few months ago, when the private homeowner who lived on the edge of a park moved. That webcam existed for over 10 years, before he moved. In addition to Waymarking, there are other alternative Geocaching websites who still accept them (I myself own a Terracaching.com webcam cache). But to be honest, with Waymarking or those other websites, hardly anyone is ever going to visit. Quote Link to comment
+wimseyguy Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 (edited) Please inlighten me. I would like to know what is so hard about setting up an ethernet webcam and pointing it out the window? My webcam that I just setup on my home network was "plug in and run". Is there something that I am missing about running live stream video on the internet? This is new territory for me. <snipping out incorrect response> Because it isn't a cache, it is simply an image of someone standing at assigned coordinates, and probably where a physical cache can be placed. The guidelines were edited to remove the option to submit new non-physical cache listings. Some types were grandfathered some were not. Edited March 24, 2010 by wimseyguy Quote Link to comment
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