[Az-Geocaching] What will be the next waypoint number after GCFFFF?

[Jason Poulter]

just drop the dang GC from the waypoint name which is taking up a crap 
load of number spaces..... it could go way up to FFFFFF which is like 
16,777,215 million caches!!!! would last a long freaking time!!!!

and he wouldn't have to change anything!!!

DUH!!!!

jason


ken@highpointer.com wrote:
> /know they were planning on separating out the locationless due to the 
> number crunch.  I assume they'll be rolling that out soon since numbers 
> are almost used up.  I'm sure a number of us would be willing to help 
> update azgeocaching.com./
> 
> What is going to happen when the numbers are used up?  The waypoint of 
> the most recent cache placed is *GCE5C6*.  At the current rate of new 
> cache placements (which is obviously going to increase as geocaching 
> continues to add new adherents, and the weather gets warmer at higher 
> latitudes and elevations), we should reach the cache with waypoint 
> *GCFFFF* before the end of April.
> 
> Then, what will Geocaching.com do to increase the number of waypoint 
> numbers?  Is it possible to add another digit, thereby making the next 
> waypoint number *GC10000*?
> 
> *Ken* (a.k.a. */Highpointer/*)
>