Re: [Az-Geocaching] One Degree project?

>From: ShadowAce <>
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>Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] One Degree project?
>Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2006 22:26:34 -0700
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>It is a project started by some to help encourage micro spew. Mainly the
>goal is to get a cache every 530 feet throughout the globe.

Actually, one degree would be about 60 miles. So, that was what I was
thinking... they basically want to create a 'grid' pattern of caches every
one degree in all directions? Each of these caches would be titled ODS:
(team name). Thus seperating all geocachers by 1 degree. Interesting idea, I
must say. Quite the undertaking by the guy that started this project. I see
he actually gathered something like 13,000 cache containers (are all these
consistant?) and logsheets to disperse to other cachers around the world?

I looked at one of these caches and I see it isnt actually at a confluence
of degrees. I would think all the caches should be at actual degree
confluences. At any rate, the idea is to have another geocacher find one of
these caches and then take a seed cache and hide it somewhere else one
degree away?

I dont see anything too negative about this project. Although I do feel it
promotes 'quantity over quality'. I think geocaching should be leaning
toward the opposite. I mean, It's not like anyone is every going to find
every single cache in Arizona! Why promote placing so many more out there?
The project will, however, create some interesting locations for caches, as
hiders will be forced to expand outward from the starting point. ??? Is
there going to be a map posted on the web site showing the current locations
of all these ODS caches? (I guess I could download all of them and open them
in a Mapsource file.. that would be interesting to see).

ODS: One Degree of Seperation? or OverDoSe?

Scott
Team Ropingthewind