+Spliffa Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 A park close to my house is in dire need of an Earth cache, and I'd love to use that park to place my first Earth cache. Additionally, the park has a self-guided walking tour of a geology trail. However, the park no longer has the soft copy of the tour, and they only have a few books left. I'd like to take their book, type it up for them, and also offer it as a Wherigo cache. So, my question is, can I use the Wherigo to offer the same self-guided tour of the geology trail, as well as having an Earth cache based on the trail? I don't believe this would violate the cache saturation rules, but I also haven't been able to find an answer by combing the site's rules and guidelines. I understand the Earth cache wouldn't have a physical cache and that the Wherigo would. (I also plan on placing a few regular caches at the park, but I know the rules regarding those.) Thank you! Quote Link to comment
Keystone Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 (edited) Earthcaches don't count when testing for cache saturation with any other cache type. Edited May 18, 2017 by Keystone Quote Link to comment
+Spliffa Posted May 18, 2017 Author Share Posted May 18, 2017 Thank you for the response. I'll get to work on the caches. Quote Link to comment
+Touchstone Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 A park close to my house is in dire need of an Earth cache, and I'd love to use that park to place my first Earth cache. Additionally, the park has a self-guided walking tour of a geology trail. However, the park no longer has the soft copy of the tour, and they only have a few books left. I'd like to take their book, type it up for them, and also offer it as a Wherigo cache. So, my question is, can I use the Wherigo to offer the same self-guided tour of the geology trail, as well as having an Earth cache based on the trail? I don't believe this would violate the cache saturation rules, but I also haven't been able to find an answer by combing the site's rules and guidelines. I understand the Earth cache wouldn't have a physical cache and that the Wherigo would. (I also plan on placing a few regular caches at the park, but I know the rules regarding those.) Thank you! Physical proximity, no. Topic proximity, maybe. If your Wherigo cache covers the same topic as your Earthcache, you might run into some issues during the Review process (YMMV): Relevant portion of Guideline: EarthCaches that duplicate existing EarthCaches or related sites may be rejected. Link for reference: http://community.geosociety.org/earthcache/guidelines/guidelines2 Quote Link to comment
+Spliffa Posted May 19, 2017 Author Share Posted May 19, 2017 Thank you Touchstone. I'll keep this in mind when I create the cache(s). It will probably be easier for the reviewer when s/he can actually read the caches instead of just my abstractions of the caches. I appreciate the response. Quote Link to comment
BlueRajah Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Also note that if you require them to use the Wherigo cartridge, it is a Wherigo not an EarthCache. Quote Link to comment
+Spliffa Posted May 19, 2017 Author Share Posted May 19, 2017 Thank you for the reply BlueRajah. The EarthCache will not require a Wherigo cartridge. The idea is that the Wherigo cartridge will accompany / replace the park's self-guided tour book, while the EarthCache would focus more on the geological aspect of the trail, as well as incorporating geological information not included in the park's book or the Wherigo cartridge. Quote Link to comment
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