Thanks for the info Gary. I'd read on the forums about some caches not passing reviewers because of having no alternative way to use it. I'm going to order a Chirp and incorporate it into a new cache somehow...I know at least one person will look for it. :) -Tracy of MutherAndSun On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 12:28 PM, Gary Braman <Gary.Braman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > I found the following on GPSFIX.net blog: > > > > 1. Before buying one of these to use in a geocache, cache owners > should be aware that the announcement of this product caught the folks at > Groundspeak TOTALLY flat footed. Garmin provided no prior warning. > Groundspeak has very quickly reviewed this gadget, and based partly on the > fact that the receivers are sole sourced (only certain Garmin handheld GPS > units can receive and understand the content of a Chirp transmission), have > arrived at the following compromise in their use. Per Jeremy hisself… > > “Garmin didn’t tell us about this product. We only became aware of it, by > accident, two days prior to the public announcement.” > > and per Groundspeak, the following will apply as of this morning: > > Here is the current plan: > > 1. A new attribute for a “beacon” will be added soon. Any caches that use a > Chirp (or any future similar device) should use this attribute. > 2. If a cache owner puts a beacon in a traditional cache and geocachers > have an alternative method to find it without using the beacon, then OK. I > remind you to use the coming attribute. > 3. If the cache owner insists on not providing an alternative means of > finding the geocache, it must be listed as a mystery with the beacon > attribute. > 4. Cache descriptions may mention the “Chirp” as long as the text doesn’t > go on and on with “overtones of advertising, marketing, or promotion” as per > our long-standing commercial guidelines. > 5. We do not plan to add a new cache type just for this. > > > > > > *Gary Braman* > Senior Technical Consultant > > focusIT, Inc. > 8655 E. Via De Ventura > Suite G-200 > Scottsdale, AZ 85258 > > Support (480) 346-1299 > Main (480) 346-1100 > > www.focusITinc.com <http://www.focusitinc.com/> > > > > *From:* geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: > geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Tom Wolpert > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 19, 2010 12:30 PM > *To:* geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Subject:* [GeoStL] Re: Chirp > > > > That's a pretty pricey piece of hardware to plonk down in a cache, let > alone in each stage of multi... > > > > Tom > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* muther andsun <mutherandsun@xxxxxxxxx> > *To:* geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Sent:* Tue, October 19, 2010 11:39:41 AM > *Subject:* [GeoStL] Chirp > > This looks interesting, but will cachers appreciate the time, effort, and $ > that an owner puts into using it? Anyone know of a Chirp being used with a > cache? > > > > > http://garmin.blogs.com/my_weblog/2010/10/garmin-chirp-brings-geocachers-even-more-creativity-connectivity.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Garmin+%28Garmin+Blog%29 > > > > -Tracy of MutherAndSun > ------------------------------ > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1136 / Virus Database: 422/3206 - Release Date: 10/19/10 >