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| − | + | We have developed Geocaching Australia to provide free and open cache listings to everyone. | |
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We hope you will list your [[cache]] on [[Geocaching Australia]]. | We hope you will list your [[cache]] on [[Geocaching Australia]]. | ||
| − | The reasons for listing your [[cache]] | + | The reasons for listing your [[cache]] here are: |
* It's free: you aren't forcing people to pay US$30 per annum to be able to download a GPX file containing your cache | * It's free: you aren't forcing people to pay US$30 per annum to be able to download a GPX file containing your cache | ||
* We don't have strict guidelines like [[Geocaching.com]] | * We don't have strict guidelines like [[Geocaching.com]] | ||
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* You can see who is watching your cache | * You can see who is watching your cache | ||
* We take it as your thank-you for the time, effort and cost we put in to running [[Geocaching Australia]]! | * We take it as your thank-you for the time, effort and cost we put in to running [[Geocaching Australia]]! | ||
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We prefer that you don't list your [[cache]] on multiple [[cache listing website]]s. | We prefer that you don't list your [[cache]] on multiple [[cache listing website]]s. | ||
The reason is that then there is no place online where people can see the entire history of that [[cache]], and it confuses people who start trying to log your [[cache]] on both sites. | The reason is that then there is no place online where people can see the entire history of that [[cache]], and it confuses people who start trying to log your [[cache]] on both sites. | ||
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*cache type - [[Traditional cache]], [[Multi-cache]], [[Virtual cache]], [[Moveable cache]],etc. | *cache type - [[Traditional cache]], [[Multi-cache]], [[Virtual cache]], [[Moveable cache]],etc. | ||
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*acknowledgement of having read and understood the listing guidelines and that cache listing meets said guidelines - only required on [[Geocaching.com]] | *acknowledgement of having read and understood the listing guidelines and that cache listing meets said guidelines - only required on [[Geocaching.com]] | ||
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Revision as of 10:06, 12 August 2005
Reasons to list on Geocaching Australia
We have developed Geocaching Australia to provide free and open cache listings to everyone. We hope you will list your cache on Geocaching Australia. The reasons for listing your cache here are:
- It's free: you aren't forcing people to pay US$30 per annum to be able to download a GPX file containing your cache
- We don't have strict guidelines like Geocaching.com
- We don't censor the forums like Geocaching.com
- GPX files contain all the logs, not just the last four
- You can see who is watching your cache
- We take it as your thank-you for the time, effort and cost we put in to running Geocaching Australia!
We prefer that you don't list your cache on multiple cache listing websites. The reason is that then there is no place online where people can see the entire history of that cache, and it confuses people who start trying to log your cache on both sites.
How to list your caches
- cache type - Traditional cache, Multi-cache, Virtual cache, Moveable cache,etc.
- container type - the size of the container.
- coordinates - Latitude and longitude in WGS84 datum.
- terrain and difficulty rating - an estimation of the terrain where the cache is located and the difficulty of finding it once you get to the location.
- country - The country where the cache is located
- state - The state the cache is located in, this determines the listing state for searches
- short description
- long description
- hint
- acknowledgement of having read and understood the listing guidelines and that cache listing meets said guidelines - only required on Geocaching.com
