Saturday, January 30, 2010

Waymarking Gone Astray


Waymarking replaced Virtual Geocaching and proceeded to go astray.

According to “The Geocaching Handbook” by Layne Cameron, Virtual caches offer “beautiful or unspoiled views. A pristine view, the soothing rapids, or sand dunes at sunset…”

In “The Essential Guide to Geocaching” by Mike Dyer, a virtual cache is “tailored to those who would like to visit someplace “magical” or unique…a particular location, which has unbelievable natural beauty, uniqueness, or ambiance…Whatever the location, the object of the game is that you will see and experience what the Virtual cache creator deems truly incredible to see.”

In “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Geocaching,” Virtual caches are “a distinct, unique object...”

I became deeply disappointed with Waymarking several months ago. Waymarking had deteriated into "Yellow Pages." The most recently proposed Waymarking Category is FUNERAL HOMES!

1 comment:

Erin Howarth said...

Too true! As much as I enjoyed adding my martial art school to that category, it wouldn't be a bad idea to limit waymarking to "interesting places not listed in the yellow pages."