GDG- Re: NPS GPS Guidance

[CHAR & CHARLIE]

Geocashing is not necessarily hidden trinkets.  It can be historical 
monuments or wording on plaques.  We geocashe in our travels all around the 
USA and while there are bad apples in every situation.  for the most part 
geocashers are outdoors people and respectful of the environment.  The 
problem with a geocashe on the battlefield would be the amount of foot 
traffic to a given cashe, but it would be probably no more than the traffic 
at the angle walking all over the grass or around Armistead's monument.

Here are geocashes that are already at Gettysburg

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/nearest.aspx


Charlie Eyster
http://rving4fun.blogspot.com/

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Coffman - Info From Data Corp." <bcoffman at infofromdata.com>
To: "'GDG'" <gettysburg at arthes.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 9:11 AM
Subject: RE: GDG- Re: NPS GPS Guidance


> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>
>
>>what's geocaching? is it somehow destructive?
>
> Geocaching involves using GPS equipment (usually) to find hidden caches of
> trinkets, which the geocacher then is free to take one of, while usually
> leaving a new one to replace it.
>
> I can understand the park balking at people hiding things in the park, and
> while geocaching isn't typically destructive, I could see geocachers 
> tempted
> to make use of park assets (read: monuments) to assist in hiding the 
> cache.
> I agree with NPS attempts to prevent geocaching on NPS property, and not
> just at GB.  I say this as a person who has actually participated in
> geocaching.
>
> - Bob Coffman
>
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