Then, instead of getting a worldwide game, you have people only sharing their caches with their friends an family, and since they 'aren't getting published' and don't go through a reviewer, you will also get every cache turned down at review level being privately published, people pulling their previously published caches and only letting their friends and family see them. It sounds great, until you multiply this by all the millions of others who geocache. This is what I was afraid you were going to be leading up to.
I think some people might be a little nervous about placing a cache that is open for other people to find because they might think they have done something wrong. They could then review the description, hints, whatever, and then look for the cache, and provide feedback to the person who placed it. Maybe have a system where you could allow certain people to have access to the private caches. They could place the private caches and let a friend know about it. I think some people might be a little nervous about placing a cache that is open for other people to find because they might think they have done something wrong.Īnyway, having private caches allows people to experience and train in the entire process, from beginning to end, without having to set up a real, public cache, or simulating one or more steps.
What's more, having private caches would even give people practice placing caches before placing official ones. Then I could choose navigate and go find the private caches. Again, my private caches would show up at the top. Then when I get to the area where I placed the caches (like my backyard), I would open the app and search for nearby caches. Now, if I had pre-placed a few of my own private caches, they would show up on the website as part of the planning process (but only visible to me, and notated as "private"). Tap on the cache I selected earlier, choose navigate, bada bing, bada boom, I'm geocaching. Since I am in the area, the caches I want will be at the top. I drive the the park/general location and open the geocaching app on my phone and have it search for nearby caches. I pre-scout where I want to look for a cache (like a park or specific area) from the actual website from my computer and I mentally select a few caches that look interesting.
#BACKING UP TO DEBUG ONLY PRIVATE CACHE ANDROID#
I use an Android phone for gps and I use the official app. Your waypoints might overlap given typical GPS error.
Most backyards aren't that big so I would be a little concerned about proximity issues. Modify the coordinates, print it out and repeat as necessary for however many waypoints you want to try. Can you not take waypoints with your app and save them, thus creating the "cache" for your daughter to find? Are you looking for a cache write up? Create a cache page, do the write up, print it out. The reality is, after a few more caches, she will have the hang of it and I won't need the private caches.Īdd me to the list here of those who don't understand what you are trying to accomplish. I think should seriously consider adding it as a benefit for membership. I'm not the only one that has asked for this. I think the bottom line is there is a need/desire for private caches. The repetition and proximity would aid in the learning process. Well, we have done that (she is barely 8), and she loves it, but I think she would learn faster if there were four or six caches in my back yard.
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