No new virtual caches have been added to the database for quite some time now, but an earth cache can still be created. These caches are usually considered ‘found’ if the cacher can answer a question about the location and show a photo. A virtual cache, therefore, is only a location. Virtual cache: in some places it is not possible or permitted to hide a physical cache. Since 01 January 2011, the guidelines have been adjusted, taking a picture is optional. For example, measuring/calculating the size of a specific feature of the area, collecting and recording data (such as the time of a tidal wave), or by having an e-mail sent to the cache owner with the answers to geological questions whose information can be retrieved on the spot (for example, on an information board). By solving a puzzle or assignment in advance, the real location can be found.Įarth Cache: an Earth cache must contain an educational geological assignment. Mystery cache: with these caches, the location of the cache is not indicated, but only a (fictitious) point nearby. For example, a question may need to be answered at a certain point, or a next coordinate may need to be searched for and/or calculated. Multicaches: with these caches, only certain waypoints are given. The cacher enters the coordinates and can set off. Traditional caches: the simplest kind, where the final location is already mentioned on the Internet. For many cachers it is therefore not so much about the cache itself, but more about the journey and discovering beautiful locations in nature or in cities.Ĭaches can be divided into the following types: A GPS is usually set to WGS84, which deviates from the Dutch Bessel coordinates or the RD coordinates.īesides simple caches, where the user can walk directly to the right location, there are also many caches for which a puzzle has to be solved first or for which a kind of scavenger hunt has to be done first. When exchanging coordinates, it is important to know which GPS system is being used. The caches come in various sizes, from the size of a bicycle valve, photo roll with only a logbook in it to an ammunition box or bucket in which the goodies could be found. When the cache is found, after logging and exchanging it, the finder puts it back in exactly the same place and way, making sure that other people do not see what they are doing and where the cache is. With these apps you can see a map with all the caches in the area and have the option to post a log on the website. Today, there are also applications for various smartphones. It is also the intention that the finder will leave a log on the Geocaching website, even if he or she did not succeed in finding the treasure. The treasure always contains a logbook, which the finder can use to leave his name. Others can often exchange and/or add objects when they find the treasure. After hiding the treasure, the placer makes the location known to other geocachers via the Internet. Nowadays this can also be such a small cache (nano cache) that there is only a logbook in it. Geocaching is an outdoor sport and game, using a GPS receiver or phone with this function to find a so-called cache (hiding place) somewhere in the world.Ī cache is usually a small watertight box, provided with a logbook and the “treasure”.
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