Geocaching using the internet

[DutchHorn]

I have an idea which might be a lot of fun, but I am actually pretty sure that I am not the first one to think of this. I was wondering what people think about or if they know about a site that already does this.

 

Long intro: here the basic idea, you make a cache but in order to find it, you would have to look up some information on the internet. Some numbers in the final cache location or only given by the information you find on the internet. I like surfing the web and caching, and if think it would be a fun part of the cache.

 

For example, look up a flight number for some obscure local airline in Russia from one city to another. Or lookup the time a great museum in South Africa is open and use that number in the cache.

 

Any thoughts, comments, or links to caches that already do this.

[+DustyJacket]

You would then eliminate the "drive-by" cachers, as do some other puzzle caches.

 

DustyJacket

Not all those that wander are lost. But in my case...

[+HD-Dude]

I think it would be a great idea

 

If I have to explain, You wouldnt understand..

[DutchHorn]

Ok,

 

After a month of posting nobody has sent me a link with something like this, except for one cache in Dallas. So I assume this has not really been done before.

 

I guess the next step is just go ahead and do it and make one.

[+kusanagi]

Something like this or this or this, all are good caches requiring the internet

[+Muggle Finder]

Only the first one is still accessible. The last two have been archived.

[+briansnat]

It's been done, thousands of times.

 

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Only the first one is still accessible. The last two have been archived.

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They all are accessable for members.

 

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[+Draegon]

There are a few all-internet virtual caches out there.

 

Radio K.A.O.S. is one, I forget the waypoint but it's in my profile, just click the virtual or locationless caches and find the one from Australia

 

Draegon, Mentor of the OKIC

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[+erik88l-r]

The site won't knowingly post caches that can be solved completely through internet research. Some have called those "couch potato caches", but it goes against the premise of geocaching being a sport to get techies away from their computers and into the great outdoors with a GPS.

 

Some caches incorporate a puzzle as a prelude to the cache hunt. I've got one that you can do by traveling all over Europe to find a cache in Georgia, or by using the internet. My Phileas Fogg cache.

 

There are others that are similar. Radio KAOS was fun, but probably not something that would be accepted today.

 

erik - geocaching.com admin

[+GEO*Trailblazer 1]

All cache's have to be found using the Internet,from this site or others,I agree on the getting outdoors,but also like the idea of looking through the internet,for clues though I have not done it yet!!! but now soon will...Happy Caching

 

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