Manville Possum Hunters wrote: Benchmarks are disks, but not bolts or other type survey markers.
According to who? There are many different type. There must be at least 20 types on the ones listed on geocaching.com based on this Benchmark Types challenge cache.
https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC4 ... 3ff745c697Lets talk some more about that in a future post shall we?
I found this NGS benchmark in Canada, it's listed as "Type: Bolt"
https://www.geocaching.com/mark/details.aspx?PID=OG0248Sorry the photo is so big and also cut off, yo can see the entire thing here:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/gs-geo-images/2260c606-fb70-4646-8016-d408e25c7d1f.jpg
Manville Possum Hunters wrote: Sorry, but I don't think your idea is so great. It's just a knock-off from Waymarking. I don't think we need a review group for managing a cache type here. This site is too small and it would only promote exactly what the Waymarking site is now, one small group of elitist running the show.
Yes it is a lot like Waymarking, and I also use that site so it no doubt influenced my thoughts. Yet it's not the same. In waymarking the category managers review the submissions and either accept or reject. The one submitting has to do the work to find the information. And guess what happens. One waymarker spends hours and puts lots of information, and another writes a one line description and submits. Very inconsistent. What I'm envisioning is a partnership. OCNA players find the benchmarks, take the photos and coordinates, and get credit for that. The "managers" if you will will then do the work of finding the data sheets and fill out the listing.
Actually, my true preference would be standardized submission form with required fields that the initial finder fills out, and that creates a standardized listing. I think that is what TermiteHunter is also suggesting. I never brought that up because that would require more coding / php and also I don't know that there can be a one-form-fits-all approach for the diversity of benchmarks that exists (and I plan to address that topic in a future forum post).
Oh, also want to add that there are no elitist running the show at Waymarking. The Space Invaders category is proof of that IMO. Yes I know about the closed group. I could care less. Time to move on and put the past behind you.