Basics¶
- Unless otherwise specified, the cache should lie within 2 miles (3,2 km) of the dummy coordinates.
- There must be a distance of 161 meters between physical GC waypoints (including cache locations)
Here are the items you should check within the GC page:
- Description
- Cache name
- Main body of the page
- Source code of the page
- Owner
- Related web page (top of page, just above dummy coordinates)
- Dummy coords, check on Google Maps and StreetView (this could give a hint)
- Waypoints
- Background image (especially if hosted on a different website than geocaching.com or amazon)
- Attributes (they can give hints but also be converted to numbers)
- Photo gallery
- Bookmark Lists
- Trackables
- GC Number (can be used as cipher key, converted to decimal)
Search for :
- Google about keywords
- Search for images and their alt-text
- Search for any coordinates and numbers
- Geohash
- Search for items in group of 10, 14 or 15
- Check within geochecker