the person that approves the cache would still know its a museum cache when he reads the description and sees all the answers to the questions you have to find... jason Brent Milner wrote: > Howdy Ken, > > My two cents of advice says, "Go ahead and place your museum caches > freely." However, I think you should think of a way to name these cahces > so that it doesn't give away the fact that they're located within a > museum. For instance, let's say you're leading someone to the US > Presidents Museum, because you want them to tell you how many fingers > Teddy Roosevelt's statue has on its right hand. You can list the > coordinates to the museum with the GPS coordinates, and then direct them > inside by telling them which way to turn to get to the statue. Instead > of naming the cache "US Presidents Museum Cache," I'd suggest naming it > something like "Teddy's Fingers Cache." > > Is that too bizarre? > > -FroBro Q-Tip > > -----Original Message----- > *From:* az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com > [mailto:az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com]*On Behalf Of > *ken@highpointer.com > *Sent:* Thursday, September 26, 2002 1:02 PM > *To:* az-geocaching@listserv.snaptek.com > *Subject:* [Az-Geocaching] Geocaching.com administrator questions > whether my museum caches are really "geocaches" > > Hello Geocachers, > > While traveling out of the state in the past two weeks, I stopped and > visited two small historical museums, one in southeastern Utah > and the > other in northwestern Oklahoma > . I made > virtual geocaches from these museums, similar in style to the six that I > have currenlty active in eastern Maricopa County. > > Geocaching administrator erik88l-r > approved these > two new virtual geocaches, but upon doing so he sent me this note, which > I have pasted below: > > User erik88l-r has contacted you with the following message: > > /Hi, > / > /I posted your caches, but have to ask before others attack you for it > in the forums - are all these museums really "geocaches"? Don't get me > wrong, I love museums, but is a GPS required to find them? I just don't > want to see you going overboard on something that might result in a > backlash. Sometimes too much of a good thing results in that reaction. > ;) My suggestion would be to hide a physical cache near such places in > the future - that way people will visit the area without questions about > whether something should or should not be a virtual cache. > > All the best, > erik - geocaching.com admin > / > I replied to Erik that these museum geocaches are very popular among > geocachers in Arizona. It is g! ! reat to introduce people to places > where they can learn about local history and bring the entire family for > little or no cost, and they are particularly great to visit on hot > summer days because they are air-conditioned. > > It is true that you don't need a GPS to find these museums, but I argue > that one can find many virtual caches without a GPS, because they are > typically large items like statues or historical markers that are out in > plain view in public places. Also, what is wrong with having some > virtual geocaches where a GPS is not mandatory - not everyone has a GPS, > so this opens up our activity to people who can't afford to own a GPS. > > Also, I disagree with his suggestion to place a physical geocache near > these museums. Most of these museums are located in highly visible > areas where there is no good place to put a physical geocache. > > What do Arizona geocachers think about the comments of Erik and myself? > Should I continue to create virtual geocaches at museums? Remember, > these are not the easiest caches to complete fully - typically I have > six or seven questions that requires one to visit every part of the > museum, and as many of you are aware, some of the answers are not easy > to find. > > /*Ken*/ (a.k.a. /*Highpointer*/) > > >