In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Sue Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED](moderators edit)> writes >I'll try to be clear ! Sorry! > > Anyone familiar with geocaching.com? Geocaching is kind of like a treasure >hunt, you use GPS to find hidden containers. Some of these containers contain >what are called "Travel Bugs" - usually an item of some sort, a toy or >whatever >that is attached to the official geocaching.com travel bug (they look like dog >tags). Each one of the travel bugs has a unique number which you can search >for, and then see the history of where it's been on their web page. > > I would like to be able to do the same thing, only using my own unique > numbers >- I would place the item with the unique number in a cache and hope that >whoever >moved it would come to my web page and "log" it - obviously, they would have >to >be able to search for the number, log their new info on the web page,and see a >new web page with the updated info. > > Hopefully, that is more clear? I'll try again if it's still confusing, or >check out geocaching.com, go the "trackable items" and view the travel bug >pages; I don't want or need anything that elaborate on my web site, just maybe >a >few fields that can be updated and the visitor can see the history of the >travel >bug. Thanks again for the help, > > mp.
All of this is easily do-able in PHP, but you unlikely to find anything off the shelf. Think about it, most off the shelf solutions are available because tens of thousands of people use them. Now, how many other sites have you seen like yours? In fact, you don't even need a GPS, as you could use Google Maps to show locations. As I haven't got my head around the point of this yet (if they give out the GPS position, you can find the cache - if you show a Google map, they can find the cache without a GPS). Google maps could be created which change on the fly - I have them on my site. Is the point of the cache to advertise? Like, instead of leaving flyers on cars, you leave something(s) in the cache instead? -- Pete Clark Sunny Andalucia http://hotcosta.com/Andalucia.Spain
