[GeoStL] Using accurate coordinates
- From: "k Sneed" <sneed14@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 09:28:23 -0500
*Part of the Geocaching Creed mentioned earlier:*
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*...Minimize My and Others' Impact on the Environment*
- Obtain the best possible coordinates for your cache to reduce
unwarranted wear on the area. Recheck and correct your coordinates if
finders report significant errors.
This point wasn't brought up last week during the discussion regarding
accurate coordinates.
I have seen micros hidden in woods with log after log saying the coordinates
are 50-60 feet off. When you go to hunt those caches, you can tell
everyone's coord (except the actual cache) were in the same spot. Then a
50-60 foot area is totally trampled and torn up. This is contrary to "leave
no trace" and a good reason for having accurate coordinates. Obviously,
depending on what type of an area the cache is hidden in, the impact could
be less or more. A pavilion cache, for example, may have coord that just
"take you to to the pavilion and now find it". However, in an area where
many people hunting will have an impact, "leave no trace" ethics would
dictate the use of as accurate coordinates as possible.
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