+blackhorse221 Posted October 4, 2012 Posted October 4, 2012 I recently saw the following area discussed on a local Facebook group and thought this was just the neatest thing. I'm not sure I could ever be so creative or have the time to put in the effort. at http://www.geocaching.com/map/default.aspx?lat=42.894167&lng=-116.099833 I thought this little sample of cache icon artwork was pretty cool. Has anyone seen any others like this? Quote
knowschad Posted October 4, 2012 Posted October 4, 2012 (edited) Wow! I've never seen that one, and it is by far the most elaborate that I can remember seeing, but do a forum search for "geoart" for more examples. Edited October 4, 2012 by knowschad Quote
+bflentje Posted October 4, 2012 Posted October 4, 2012 Wow! I've never seen that one, and it is by far the most elaborate that I can remember seeing, but do a forum search for "geoart" for more examples. Yeah, and drop it into satellite view and checkout the terrain. Quote
+Mike & Jess Posted October 4, 2012 Posted October 4, 2012 Holy wow. There is probably more caches in that photo, then we have within a 100 mile radius of the center of our city. Our now not so impressive GeoArt... GC map Quote
+Mike & Jess Posted October 4, 2012 Posted October 4, 2012 Wow! I've never seen that one, and it is by far the most elaborate that I can remember seeing, but do a forum search for "geoart" for more examples. Yeah, and drop it into satellite view and checkout the terrain. The terrain looks pretty forgiving. The space we used is all bush. No one has done all 41 caches in one day yet. Quote
Andronicus Posted October 4, 2012 Posted October 4, 2012 Wow! I've never seen that one, and it is by far the most elaborate that I can remember seeing, but do a forum search for "geoart" for more examples. WOW indeed. I can't believe they pulled that off with traditional and multi caches. Most large art I have seen are unknown, so that the physical container does not have to be at the art spot. Quote
+NYPaddleCacher Posted October 4, 2012 Posted October 4, 2012 Wow! I've never seen that one, and it is by far the most elaborate that I can remember seeing, but do a forum search for "geoart" for more examples. WOW indeed. I can't believe they pulled that off with traditional and multi caches. Most large art I have seen are unknown, so that the physical container does not have to be at the art spot. Looks like that were able to put some blue on the map using letterbox caches. 1000 caches in the Railroad geoart (most still have not yet been found). 700 more on the nearby trail and several other smaller "series" nearby. woopee. Quote
+Mike & Jess Posted October 4, 2012 Posted October 4, 2012 Wow! I've never seen that one, and it is by far the most elaborate that I can remember seeing, but do a forum search for "geoart" for more examples. WOW indeed. I can't believe they pulled that off with traditional and multi caches. Most large art I have seen are unknown, so that the physical container does not have to be at the art spot. Physical caches are pretty tough depending on the terrain. It looks like they where lucky with a nice area with no lakes or swamps. We had to do a couple unknown caches because the required cords put the cache in water or swamp. Quote
+blackhorse221 Posted October 4, 2012 Author Posted October 4, 2012 Wow! I've never seen that one, and it is by far the most elaborate that I can remember seeing, but do a forum search for "geoart" for more examples. Thanks. I didn't know what the term was. I'll hunt around for more Geoart. Quote
+Too Tall John Posted October 5, 2012 Posted October 5, 2012 (edited) Snoopy Oh! Just realized the Snoopy caches are all on a of bookmarks on Geo Art. Edited October 5, 2012 by Too Tall John Quote
+humboldt flier Posted October 5, 2012 Posted October 5, 2012 The Choo choo train was put out by the same group of cachers who put out the fighter plane just a tad north. Met some of those fine folks near a certain town along Hwy 375 in Nevada. Quote
+Johnny Rango Posted October 5, 2012 Posted October 5, 2012 We usually don't bother playing on the forums but someone pointed this thread out. Thanks for the kind words and noticing. We worked closely with the BLM to place this art and it was a few months in the planning. A lot of that was deciding where the art could be placed and what size would allow enough detail to be recognizable. Working with the BLM allowed us to get direct input on where boundaries were and make sure we were off private property and out of sensitive areas. We went to the area and reviewed it before deciding to place caches. As someone mentioned the terrain is fairly forgiving but not always. There are several spots where you are going to have to climb a half way up a hill to get a cache. About 50 percent of the caches are accessible by motorized vehicle, another 20 percent are about 100 to 500 feet of motorized vehicle access and the rest are walkers well outside of 500 feet from vehicle access. We placed this art (The General)- http://coord.info/GC3FA3B and the Owyhee Uplands Byway trail - http://coord.info/GC3JQ03 and released them as part of the Locomotion event on the 28th. 2012 released during the two weeks up to and including the day of the event (1000 of them (the geoart) released the night of the event. If you include everything that went into preparing containers, the art, the trail, reviwer time, etc, etc, etc, about 2500 man hours from ouver 30 people went into the trail ,the art and the event. Here is a good satellite overlay of the art, the image we prefer since it shows the use of cache types to create color art. Quote
+blackhorse221 Posted October 5, 2012 Author Posted October 5, 2012 Absolutely amazing, Johnny. My compliments to you and your colleagues. This is definitely taking creative hides to a new level! Quote
+Don_J Posted October 5, 2012 Posted October 5, 2012 Absolutely amazing, Johnny. My compliments to you and your colleagues. This is definitely taking creative hides to a new level! 173 Letterboxs and 49 Multis. That is impressive. Quote
+Meandering WA Posted October 9, 2012 Posted October 9, 2012 Oh for the want of a good cowpony. Now that would be a fine way to do this wonderful group of catches Me and Old Joe hit the trail Quote
knowschad Posted October 9, 2012 Posted October 9, 2012 Oh for the want of a good cowpony. Now that would be a fine way to do this wonderful group of catches Me and Old Joe hit the trail Its the best I could do at the last minute. I hope you'll understand. Quote
+RIclimber Posted October 10, 2012 Posted October 10, 2012 Do the letterbox caches have stamps? or just used for the icons? It might be worth a trip out for that alone! Quote
knowschad Posted October 10, 2012 Posted October 10, 2012 Holy freaking cow. That would sure make a very interesting geo-art project, wouldn't it? Quote
knowschad Posted October 10, 2012 Posted October 10, 2012 Don't tempt me Line art might work better: Quote
+Understandblue Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 Burning up Google maps over here Quote
knowschad Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 Burning up Google maps over here Hey... It could happen! Quote
+Johnny Rango Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 Do the letterbox caches have stamps? or just used for the icons? It might be worth a trip out for that alone! Yes they have stamps, very small ones but stamps none the less. Quote
+Don_J Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 Do the letterbox caches have stamps? or just used for the icons? It might be worth a trip out for that alone! The three or so that I read the descriptions on said that they do have a stamp. Quote
+GrateBear Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 Those of us who geocache in Idaho have a seemingly endless list of of caches to find put out by this crew, League of ID Cachers. I've done some of their caches, and plan to start on their Thunderbird this weekend. For FTF hounds, the locomotive has a lot to go after still. They do a great job! Quote
+The_Incredibles_ Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 WOW! Can't imagine the undertaking. You guys/gals must sure love trains. Quote
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