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Is there anything similar to the geocaching DeLorme Challenge for waymarking, that includes filling in a regional map or grid? Seems to me that would be fun and I might even be able to complete one.

On the grid there are bingos for submitting waymarks.  These can take many forms, horizontal, vertical, diagonal and blocks.

There is a category for many Waymarking-type games at http://www.waymarking.com/cat/details.aspx?f=1&guid=840ff971-4406-4c44-81b7-eaad7de54c90. I am not familar with the DeLorme Challenge, so I don't know if any of these games would fit the bill.

Take care,
Sandy

There's always the waymarking tour category or the lucky 7 category. Those are regional and they're games.

The other half of the DeLorme Challenge and similar items is that once the challenge has been completed you would then receive access to a special set of coordinates to be able to find and log a cache or at least be eligible to log it. 

Waymarking does not have this style of 'exclusive' or 'exclusionary' Waymark listings.

So far, and hopefully forever, the posted coordinates on every Waymark represents where the Visit requirements can be met and those conditions are outlined by the Category Group that successfully passed Peer Review.  In games however, some Categories do allow "additional coordinates" for each entry.

It's an interesting idea, that to be allowed to claim a visit one would have to have a visit on a Waymark found in each quadrant/map page etc.  This I could get behind, but not if fake coordinates are involved.  The requirement to meet goals is one thing, but having an email sent back is not required.  There are better ways to handle this.

 

If you write up a proposal, post it here for people to look over and see if there are suggestions.

BQ

Now there's this Seattle Art & Seek thing: http://www.waymarking.com/news/entry.aspx?f=1&nid=16

BruceS:

On the grid there are bingos for submitting waymarks.  These can take many forms, horizontal, vertical, diagonal and blocks.

Please a bit more on the "Grid" thingie........... (5 in a row or ??)  Blocks??........

THANKS.........................

GIDEON-X:

BruceS:

On the grid there are bingos for submitting waymarks.  These can take many forms, horizontal, vertical, diagonal and blocks.

Please a bit more on the "Grid" thingie........... (5 in a row or ??)  Blocks??........

THANKS.........................

The grid is listed on your "My Page".   The bingos are 20 in a row horizontal, vertical, or diagonal .  There are also blocks of 5 x 5 squares (or larger) .

I have been thinking of reply for sometime started to put all of my thoughts together and it turned into a dime novel. Threw that away and  here is one condensed version. Base the game on visits not postings, most of us could stand more excuses to post visits. It would likely encourage new postings to make it work anyway. Waymarking seems to be more about travel, than the hunt, so how about using Scenic Hiway and Byway routes set-up already by states and other government entities. There are 28 of these in Idaho just for reference. Then for instance choose 10 or so existing or new waymarks along the route of any category. Then the route manager could set up one new waymark on the route (use one of the scenic byway signs on the route for this way mark). Call this waymark the key waymark for the route and place it in a  new scenic route category under the Waymarking games department. To record a visit to that way mark you would need to list say 8 other successful visits to 8 out of the original 10 waymarks on the route. If they checked out, you would get a scenic route icon in your grid. Maybe once enough routes were established in a state or ect. the category manager could award either another grid icon or maybe an icon the shape of  that state where the Waymarking awards go in your profile, if all the routes in specific state, province or ect. were completed.

 

Originally, I was hoping there was something already in existence to play. I know this would take some time to develop and a possibly in surmountable pile of work, but makes food for thought. It is to be noted that Delorme had corporate sponsorship and was more or less outside of geocaching. The fill in map was just pasted into the profile by the user as I remember.