'Locationless' Caches (for ALL to enjoy!)

March 3, 2002

"http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.asp?ID=13578" TARGET=_blank>Geographic Center - Bull's Eye by OK Doke

Population Center - Bull's Eye by OK Doke

And perhaps this one doesn?t count as ?locationless?, since Markwell keeps it updated with each new goal, but I think it still qualifies as a ?fun to watch by anyone/anywhere? cache:

The Photographer's Cache X by Markwell

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March 4, 2002

This is exactaly what I have been looking for. I've noticed some location less caches use all zeros, but still a number of good locations less caches use some arbitrary location making then a litle more difficult to find.

I've been following The Photographer's Cache Series by Markwell and I'm hoping that someone will want a picture from Sicily, Italy. I'll only be in Sicily for a few more months though.

March 4, 2002

Z, here's a few more for you...

911 Cache

Historical Covered Bridges

A Pair of Quintuplets

Prime Choices

NGS Benchmark Recovery Cache

Radio K.A.O.S.

-exConn

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What is Project Virginia?

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March 4, 2002

quote:
Originally posted by CR:
I've noticed some location less caches use all zeros

Thanks for the tip! Here?s what I found with that search:

Thoreau Hitchhiker by Dave Jennings & Greg Wade

If you place it, they will come... by Wonko the Sane

Bluff_Bottom_Cache by Scuba-Doo Crew

Sherlock 7 - The booty! by lunchbox

Cluedo Cache (Dr Black) - Final Part 7/7 by Scotty

Scott Creek Multiple by Alex

Geocache by Jake and Rick

Gilbert's Stash a Traveling Cache by Ttepee's Tribe

(As for the Sicily thing, I?d suggest logging a note on the cache, and offering up your location as a next find.)

quote:
Originally posted by exConn:
Z, here's a few more for you...

Thanks for sharing them! (I didn?t realize there were so many out there. It looks like this forum is something we could have used awhile ago.)

Idea: What if, in place of this forum (where I?m sure only a small percentage of geocachers will actually look), we decided to set a standard for these kinds of caches to be listed under N0 E0, and have Jeremy add a ?Locationless Caches? link as one of the choices on the Hide&Seek page?

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Update 3/4/02: (Removed Floatch's Lame-O CD cache from the above list, since it's zero coordinates are only temporary, and it doesn't really apply to this category.) Thanks, Markwell!

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March 4, 2002

These should fit outside traditional caches. Perhaps a "Challenge" area. It will take a bit to put together but I'll see what I can do.

Jeremy

March 4, 2002

A couple of points...

Floatch's Lame-O CD Cache is just temporarily without coordinates. I actually found that cache in its real location in Portage Indiana. Floatch moved it to the top of the world when that location became unusable. My best recollection is that Floatch plans on re-establishing the cache at a location nearby.

As for the Photographer's Caches, I've been in contact with Blackjak, the originator of the idea and owner of the first Photographer's cache. Unfortunately, he's had a job change and will not be able to keep the coordinates and such updated, so he has bequeathed them to me to upkeep. As soon as Jeremy changes the ownership of the caches, I'll be updating them from that point on. Good thing I've got everything automated on the information on those sites (and sights).

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Markwell

My GPS Activity Page

Non omnes vagi perditi sunt

March 4, 2002

ace="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by jeremy:

It will take a bit to put together but I'll see what I can do.

Thanks! I think a lot of people would enjoy the feature.

March 4, 2002

ace="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by jeremy:

It will take a bit to put together but I'll see what I can do.

Thanks! I think a lot of people would enjoy the feature.

March 4, 2002

quote:
Originally posted by Markwell:
Floatch's Lame-O CD Cache is just temporarily without coordinates. [...] My best recollection is that Floatch plans on re-establishing the cache at a location nearby.

Thanks for the heads up. (I've updated my message above to take that one off the list.) Obviously, I didn't read the cache descriptions when I copied the list over. (doh!) I guess it would have been a good idea to proof them before posting, huh?

quote:
Originally posted by Markwell:
As for the Photographer's Caches [...] As soon as Jeremy changes the ownership of the caches, I'll be updating them from that point on.

The one I posted here (X) indicates you (Markwell) as the owner. I didn't check out the other links...I assumed each was archived and replaced with the next successive one. I take it that's not the case, and that they are all active caches, taking place simultaneously. If so, should I add their links to the list here? (Or do they not really apply, since anyone who's close to the area the next goal is in will find it by the updated coordinates?)

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March 4, 2002

quote:
Originally posted by Markwell:
Floatch's Lame-O CD Cache is just temporarily without coordinates. [...] My best recollection is that Floatch plans on re-establishing the cache at a location nearby.

Thanks for the heads up. (I've updated my message above to take that one off the list.) Obviously, I didn't read the cache descriptions when I copied the list over. (doh!) I guess it would have been a good idea to proof them before posting, huh?

quote:
Originally posted by Markwell:
As for the Photographer's Caches [...] As soon as Jeremy changes the ownership of the caches, I'll be updating them from that point on.

The one I posted here (X) indicates you (Markwell) as the owner. I didn't check out the other links...I assumed each was archived and replaced with the next successive one. I take it that's not the case, and that they are all active caches, taking place simultaneously. If so, should I add their links to the list here? (Or do they not really apply, since anyone who's close to the area the next goal is in will find it by the updated coordinates?)

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March 4, 2002

quote:
Originally posted by Markwell:
As soon as Jeremy changes the ownership of the caches, I'll be updating them from that point on. Good thing I've got everything automated on the information on those sites (and sights).

I have all 10 Photographer's Caches on my watch list (I liked the idea so much I asked Blackjak for permission in creating my own similar cache).

Even though you've got it fairly well automated, it looks like you are going to be busy. I noticed that you are pretty good about moving people along in deciding their next coordinates - now you've got 5 more!

Anyway, I really enjoy those (and hoping one of them eventually makes their way near my area)...

-exConn

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What is Project Virginia?

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March 4, 2002

quote:
Originally posted by Markwell:
As soon as Jeremy changes the ownership of the caches, I'll be updating them from that point on. Good thing I've got everything automated on the information on those sites (and sights).

I have all 10 Photographer's Caches on my watch list (I liked the idea so much I asked Blackjak for permission in creating my own similar cache).

Even though you've got it fairly well automated, it looks like you are going to be busy. I noticed that you are pretty good about moving people along in deciding their next coordinates - now you've got 5 more!

Anyway, I really enjoy those (and hoping one of them eventually makes their way near my area)...

-exConn

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What is Project Virginia?

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March 4, 2002

Yea, I'll be busy, but not really too bad. It gives me something to do during the week when I can't cache!

As far as links to the previous ones and archiving and such: when we originally started off with this idea, I was concerned that it would have only one cache and not move around very quickly (see Photographer's VII), so Blackjak and I started talking about hosting multiple ones with separate journeys. We settled on 10, with each of us hosting 5.

Each of the Photographer's Cache pages has links to all the others. They are all active and trying to move around. Until Jeremy officially changes ownership, I'll be working with Blackjak to try to keep on top of the first five.

Got some updating to do!!!

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Markwell

My GPS Activity Page

Non omnes vagi perditi sunt

March 4, 2002

Ooh, and I guess my new cache would also qualify for this category, being that it is quite similar to the covered bridge and hometown caches. The cache is The (Not-So) Famous Cities of the World cache. I'm not sure how to hook up the link, so i'll have to type it...

www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.asp?ID=16259.

March 4, 2002

quote:
Originally posted by Markwell:
Each of the Photographer's Cache pages has links to all the others. They are all active and trying to move around.

It sounds like the current link here to the tenth cache will be sufficient then, since it's only one more click to check any of the others. Good luck at keeping up with all ten!

March 4, 2002

quote:
Originally posted by SherwoodForest:
I guess my new cache would also qualify for this category.

Yes, that's exactly the kind of thing we want to see here. Thanks for sharing it. (And I've got a perfect place that's not very far from where I live to log there, too.)

quote:
Originally posted by SherwoodForest:
I'm not sure how to hook up the link, so i'll have to type it...

When you post an entry, you'll see a line to the left of the reply box that says, *UBB Code is On. If you click on the link, a window pops up that explains how to do links, as well as a couple of other handy things.

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March 4, 2002

quote:
Originally posted by SherwoodForest:
I guess my new cache would also qualify for this category.

Yes, that's exactly the kind of thing we want to see here. Thanks for sharing it. (And I've got a perfect place that's not very far from where I live to log there, too.)

quote:
Originally posted by SherwoodForest:
I'm not sure how to hook up the link, so i'll have to type it...

When you post an entry, you'll see a line to the left of the reply box that says, *UBB Code is On. If you click on the link, a window pops up that explains how to do links, as well as a couple of other handy things.

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March 4, 2002

, and i am certainly glad to share the info about my cache with y'all. As someone that is in the process of logging several other virtual caches (the Palindrome one, The Covered Bridges, and Ohio Bicentennial Barns), having some central clearing area for people not within 100 miles of the 'random' location to be able to find out about a cache like these would be very useful. (In fact, I hadn't heard of the Covered Bridge Cache until reading this thread earlier today, but there is a bridge about 10 miles from here that I'll try and log now (fortunately I live in an area that has a lot of covered bridges, as well as small towns named for Euro cities)

March 4, 2002

quote:
Originally posted by SherwoodForest:
I hadn't heard of the Covered Bridge Cache until reading this thread earlier today, but there is a bridge about 10 miles from here that I'll try and log.

Yeah, I wasn't aware of the Covered Bridge Cache before then, either. And I was just near two of them just over a week ago! (A little over an hour from here. There aren't any closer ones that I know of. Of course, since being introduced to geocaching, I'm learning about a lot of cool places that aren't too far away, that I had no idea even existed...so who knows.) I guess now I have an excuse to go back out and visit those bridges again once the weather turns nice and I've got a free Saturday on my hands.

March 4, 2002

quote:
Originally posted by SherwoodForest:
I hadn't heard of the Covered Bridge Cache until reading this thread earlier today, but there is a bridge about 10 miles from here that I'll try and log.

Yeah, I wasn't aware of the Covered Bridge Cache before then, either. And I was just near two of them just over a week ago! (A little over an hour from here. There aren't any closer ones that I know of. Of course, since being introduced to geocaching, I'm learning about a lot of cool places that aren't too far away, that I had no idea even existed...so who knows.) I guess now I have an excuse to go back out and visit those bridges again once the weather turns nice and I've got a free Saturday on my hands.

March 5, 2002

Here are two "semi-locationless" caches just for Wisconsin:

Wisconsin's Rustic Roads

Ice Age Trail Hike Log

1.1k · March 6, 2002

Most of the links on my opening post here somehow disappeared with the recent "upgrade"...along with the quote I included from the person who sparked my decision to start this dicussion thread.

Also, I notice that the system converted a whole bunch of the single quotes (such as in contractions like "can't") to boxes. What's up with that?

1.1k · March 6, 2002

Most of the links on my opening post here somehow disappeared with the recent "upgrade"...along with the quote I included from the person who sparked my decision to start this dicussion thread.

Also, I notice that the system converted a whole bunch of the single quotes (such as in contractions like "can't") to boxes. What's up with that?

March 7, 2002

does anyone know why our thread here is appearing twice on the list? one with only the first 16 messages, and another with all those plus Zuckerruebensirup's concern about problems with the single quotes... '''

March 7, 2002

does anyone know why our thread here is appearing twice on the list? one with only the first 16 messages, and another with all those plus Zuckerruebensirup's concern about problems with the single quotes... '''

March 8, 2002

Try my newest cache, GC402F - Don't Know Much About History. It can be found anywhere, even outside the USA. It is easily accessible for both children and disabled cachers, but there is still a search involved. I hope to see some interesting finds on this cache.

rdw

March 8, 2002

Try my newest cache, GC402F - Don't Know Much About History. It can be found anywhere, even outside the USA. It is easily accessible for both children and disabled cachers, but there is still a search involved. I hope to see some interesting finds on this cache.

rdw

1.7k · March 8, 2002

quote:
Originally posted by Zuckerruebensirup:
Also, I notice that the system converted a whole bunch of the single quotes (such as in contractions like "can't") to boxes. What's up with that?

It's because you wrote that post with an app like Microsoft Word or something similar with "smart" quotes turned on, and it used some characters that look like single quotes but aren't really.

1.1k · March 8, 2002

quote:
Originally posted by parkrrrr:
It's because you wrote that post with an app like Microsoft Word or something similar with "smart" quotes turned on, and it used some characters that look like single quotes but aren't really.

Ah, now I understand. Thanks!

1.1k · March 8, 2002

quote:
Originally posted by SherwoodForest:
does anyone know why our thread here is appearing twice on the list? one with only the first 16 messages, and another with all those plus Zuckerruebensirup's concern about problems with the single quotes... '''

Hmmm...good question. I tried to close out the other one, but it won't let me, since it doesn't recognize me as the owner anymore. Along those same lines, I don't get e-mail notifications anymore when someone adds a new post to the forum.

Maybe I should start a new thread for this topic, and ask Jeremy to close out these old ones. What do you think?

1.1k · March 8, 2002

quote:
Originally posted by SherwoodForest:
does anyone know why our thread here is appearing twice on the list? one with only the first 16 messages, and another with all those plus Zuckerruebensirup's concern about problems with the single quotes... '''

Hmmm...good question. I tried to close out the other one, but it won't let me, since it doesn't recognize me as the owner anymore. Along those same lines, I don't get e-mail notifications anymore when someone adds a new post to the forum.

Maybe I should start a new thread for this topic, and ask Jeremy to close out these old ones. What do you think?

1.1k · March 8, 2002

On second look, maybe it's just as well that I couldn't close out the other copy of this thread. That one has the opening message messed up, so only two of the original links show up...and no quote that explains what prompted the thread in the first place.

I'm definitely thinking starting a fresh thread looks like the way to go.

1.1k · March 8, 2002

Due to technical difficulties causing errors and duplicate postings, this thread has been replaced by this one. Please post any replies there, instead of here. (I've asked Jeremy to close this one out.)

Thanks,

Zuck

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