On my blog I ran a poll for a about a month that asked whether you
minded the us of gps coord as part of clues in finding a letterbox
and most of you did not like the idea. In fact I think that most
Lb'ers really don't like it and the only reason why I had a s many
for it is my blog is a mixed letterbox geocaching blog. Any way here
are the results
Selection Votes
I like it a lot. makes finding Lb's a little easier. 32% 6
I don't care either way, as long as I don't need a
gps to find the box 21% 4
I don't like it at all. The GPS should stay with the
damn geocachers 47% 9
Not sure 0% 0
19 votes total
I posted a new one in my sidebar that polls hybrid boxes.
While I do both hobbies I do not like the idea of hybrid boxes. I
think that they will only confuse the matter.
My blog where the poll is.
http://bakersletterboxing.blogspot.com/
Thanks,
Baker
My poll on GPS Coords and Letterboxing
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Started on 2006-10-27
My poll on GPS Coords and Letterboxing
From: knightbaker63 (knightbaker63@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2006-10-27 13:37:59 UTC
Re: [LbNA] My poll on GPS Coords and Letterboxing
From: (john@johnsblog.com) |
Date: 2006-10-27 10:10:43 UTC-04:00
> On my blog I ran a poll for a about a month that asked
>whether you
> minded the us of gps coord as part of clues in finding a
>letterbox
> and most of you did not like the idea.
Hmm. This makes me want to plant a letterbox with just GPS
coordinates just to be annoying. :P
Choi
>whether you
> minded the us of gps coord as part of clues in finding a
>letterbox
> and most of you did not like the idea.
Hmm. This makes me want to plant a letterbox with just GPS
coordinates just to be annoying. :P
Choi
Re: My poll on GPS Coords and Letterboxing
From: ontario_cacher (ontario_cacher@yahoo.ca) |
Date: 2006-10-27 19:48:33 UTC
> While I do both hobbies I do not like the idea of hybrid boxes. I
> think that they will only confuse the matter.
Thanks for the opportunity to talk about hybrids, i.e. letterboxes on
geocaching.com.
My favorite letterbox hybrid mirrors the traditional letterbox - a box
with a logbook and a rubberstamp.
Hybrids can also be - a logbook, rubberstamp and trinkets for trading.
And I think that's what people think of when they hear the term
"letterbox hybrid". I haven't seen any of these in my area and none of
the letterboxes that I have on geocaching.com contain trinkets. I
think trinkets mixed in with the rubberstamp confuses things and
increases the chance that the stamp could be traded out.
I note in my clues not to trade out the stamp then I put a "No
trinkets please. Do not trade out the stamp" note in the box and
finally, for added security, I use
a fine point sharpie marker to add a note to the back of the stamp "Do
not trade out. Leave in the box" and if there's room I include my
email address. In almost 4 years of planting hybrids I had one
stamp traded out and I'm pretty sure it was because I didn't leave a
note in the box and I didn't write anything on the back of the stamp.
BTW the stamp was personally delivered back to me by the geocacher
after I contacted him.
There are variations when it comes to the use of the GPS units. Some
take the finder to a parking lot or trailhead with directions from
there to the letterbox. This type of box can potentially be done
without a GPS unit. Then there are boxes that take a person to a spot
on the trail with directions to the nearby box. And some coords take
people right to the box. The nice thing is that hiders have a variety
of methods to choose from when posting a letterbox on gc.com but you
must use coordinates in order to post on the site.
Lone R
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "knightbaker63"
wrote:
>
> I posted a new one in my sidebar that polls hybrid boxes.
>
> While I do both hobbies I do not like the idea of hybrid boxes. I
> think that they will only confuse the matter.
>
> My blog where the poll is.
> http://bakersletterboxing.blogspot.com/
>
> Thanks,
> Baker
>
> think that they will only confuse the matter.
Thanks for the opportunity to talk about hybrids, i.e. letterboxes on
geocaching.com.
My favorite letterbox hybrid mirrors the traditional letterbox - a box
with a logbook and a rubberstamp.
Hybrids can also be - a logbook, rubberstamp and trinkets for trading.
And I think that's what people think of when they hear the term
"letterbox hybrid". I haven't seen any of these in my area and none of
the letterboxes that I have on geocaching.com contain trinkets. I
think trinkets mixed in with the rubberstamp confuses things and
increases the chance that the stamp could be traded out.
I note in my clues not to trade out the stamp then I put a "No
trinkets please. Do not trade out the stamp" note in the box and
finally, for added security, I use
a fine point sharpie marker to add a note to the back of the stamp "Do
not trade out. Leave in the box" and if there's room I include my
email address. In almost 4 years of planting hybrids I had one
stamp traded out and I'm pretty sure it was because I didn't leave a
note in the box and I didn't write anything on the back of the stamp.
BTW the stamp was personally delivered back to me by the geocacher
after I contacted him.
There are variations when it comes to the use of the GPS units. Some
take the finder to a parking lot or trailhead with directions from
there to the letterbox. This type of box can potentially be done
without a GPS unit. Then there are boxes that take a person to a spot
on the trail with directions to the nearby box. And some coords take
people right to the box. The nice thing is that hiders have a variety
of methods to choose from when posting a letterbox on gc.com but you
must use coordinates in order to post on the site.
Lone R
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "knightbaker63"
>
> I posted a new one in my sidebar that polls hybrid boxes.
>
> While I do both hobbies I do not like the idea of hybrid boxes. I
> think that they will only confuse the matter.
>
> My blog where the poll is.
> http://bakersletterboxing.blogspot.com/
>
> Thanks,
> Baker
>
Re: My poll on GPS Coords and Letterboxing
From: JPS jps (jps225@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2006-10-28 12:02:22 UTC-07:00
I did put a box out there with just coordinates. Do I
expect lots of people to find it, even in
Connecticut, no. Did I have fun carving the stamp,
walking with my daughter, letting her help pick the
hiding place, what do you think? But I did one thing,
reseached the idea in the archives. Letterboxers were
toying with this idea before geocaching became what it
did. Do I see this kind of box as a future trend, no.
But flexibility and creativity seem to be a
letterboxing norm, and I had a little fun.
J. Peter
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expect lots of people to find it, even in
Connecticut, no. Did I have fun carving the stamp,
walking with my daughter, letting her help pick the
hiding place, what do you think? But I did one thing,
reseached the idea in the archives. Letterboxers were
toying with this idea before geocaching became what it
did. Do I see this kind of box as a future trend, no.
But flexibility and creativity seem to be a
letterboxing norm, and I had a little fun.
J. Peter
____________________________________________________________________________________
Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail
(http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/)