Earthcache?

[Dark Lord Ganondorf]

Hi folks,

 

I was wondering what an earthcache is because there is

one near where I live, so I would like to find out.

 

Thanks!

[Pup Patrol]

http://www.geocaching.com/about/cache_types.aspx

 

EarthCache

 

An EarthCache is a special place that people can visit to learn about a unique geoscience feature of our Earth. EarthCache pages include a set of educational notes along with cache coordinates. Visitors to EarthCaches can see how our planet has been shaped by geological processes, how we manage its resources and how scientists gather evidence to learn about the Earth. For more information about EarthCaches, visit http://www.earthcache.org/.

 

From the Guidelines:

 

8. EarthCaches™

 

Groundspeak partners with the Geological Society of America to administer this educational cache type in which cachers visit a unique and specific geoscience feature. Additional guidelines and rules are listed at EarthCache.org. For additional guidance about EarthCache development, see our Knowledge Book articles.

 

3.2. Logging of Non-Physical Geocaches

 

EarthCache™ Logging Guidelines:

 

EarthCaches are designed to be educational, so visitors will be asked to log an aspect of their visit that demonstrates they have learned something at the site. Unlike physical caches, where "additional logging requirements" are optional, an EarthCache requires geocachers to comply with all instructions in order to log the cache online. See EarthCache.org for more comprehensive EarthCache logging guidelines, including that photographic logs must be optional for all EarthCaches.

 

EarthCache website:

 

EarthCache Knowledge Book

http://www.geosociety.org/earthcache/knowbook.html

 

The EarthCache subforum:

 

http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showforum=67

Edited June 20, 2012 by Pup Patrol

[Dark Lord Ganondorf]

Thanks, Patrol!

Now I go caching