Is a magnet a virtual or a physical station in a multi-cache?

[+Whiskeyhorst_Zini]

I'm planning a multi cache. Is a magnet with coordinates on it a virtual station or already a physical station? sorry for the google english translation.

[geoawareUSA9]

A magnet is a physical object, placed by the cache owner, which can be removed.

 

Assuming you placed the magnet, unless you have a compelling argument why it would qualify as a virtual stage, it is a physical stage.

Edited July 2, 2024 by geoawareUSA9

[+niraD]

1 hour ago, Whiskeyhorst_Zini said:

I'm planning a multi cache. Is a magnet with coordinates on it a virtual station or already a physical station? sorry for the google english translation.

To expand on geoawareUSA9's point, according to the Help Center article Waypoints and stages, a physical stage is one where "the cache owner has placed an item". It doesn't matter what kind of item the cache owner has placed (container, tag, fake rock, whatever).

 

And a virtual stage is one where "the cache owner has not placed an item." That means that a virtual stage has to use information from item(s) that already existed, that the cache owner did not place.