+Nia Posted March 31, 2002 Posted March 31, 2002 We have set up a few caches with a theme. 5 caches that will lead you to the final part (part 6) I set the long/lat at N00 00.000 W00 00.000 as you need to solve the other 5 parts before you get the final long/lat. when i submitted this cache it was archived. was this because N0.0 W0.0 is not in the UK and if so how do I get it un-archived. Any help appreciated Quote
Scottworld Posted March 31, 2002 Posted March 31, 2002 You have to tell em that it is a multicache. I mailed them at the contact address. Had the same problem with Cluedo cache http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.asp?ID=7783 Quote
LazyLeopard Posted April 2, 2002 Posted April 2, 2002 Wouldn't it be better to give an approximate position and give clear indication in the description that it was approximate and that you needed to find the others first? Caches at 0,0 do confuse things. They don't appear in the "nearby caches" lists. Travel bugs left at them get huge un-travelled mileage attributed to them. Purrs... LazyLeopard http://www.lazyleopard.org.uk Quote
Rob & Lisa Posted April 2, 2002 Posted April 2, 2002 quote:Wouldn't it be better to give an approximate position and give clear indication in the description that it was approximate and that you needed to find the others first? That sounds like a bad idea to me. I think it would be too easy to confuse it with a real location. I know some cachers do geocaching "blind", just using the GPS to see if there are any nearby caches and searching for them. This would cause frustration if the coordinates don't point at anything. quote:Caches at 0,0 do confuse things. They don't appear in the "nearby caches" lists. Travel bugs left at them get huge un-travelled mileage attributed to them. Yes this is a problem but I think it would be one better suited to a fix by geocaching.com - either by flagging 0,0 as special location and not updating travel bug mileage or adding an option when you are adding a new cache to specify the location as unknown. As for the "nearby caches" list, I agree with them not showing up. All the other caches in the series will appear (and should provide a link to it in their descriptions) and it would be inaccurate to say the cache is 10.465 miles NE (say) when it isn't. Ok, 10 metres. It's somewhere around here... Quote
LazyLeopard Posted April 2, 2002 Posted April 2, 2002 quote:I know some cachers do geocaching "blind"Yep, that could be a problem, but the frustration's not likely to be any worse than that caused by caches with bad positions, or ones that are offset. If you go caching "blind" then you should expect to run into some that won't be findable... quote:better suited to a fix by geocaching.comYep. Definitely. I think I'd prefer a fix that required the actual position to be entered (perhaps along with an "uncertainty" value) but which would never display the position on the website or allow the waypoint to be downloaded. That would allow travel bug milage to be logged correctly, and the cache to appear in the nearest caches list, both without giving anything away. (The "uncertainty" could be used to exclude the cache from lists where a maximum distance less than the "uncertainty" had been specified.) Purrs... LazyLeopard http://www.lazyleopard.org.uk Quote
+Nia Posted April 2, 2002 Author Posted April 2, 2002 Thanks Scotty, It has been un-archived now. Interesting discussion developing, I must say I agree with Rob & Lisa on both points. Especially as i often geocache with no planning and just a GPS. Quote
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