Logging trigs but stealing other people's photographs

[Goldenwattle]

Interesting...did they even visit these trigs? Check last finder's logs. They have taken someone else's photograph and used it, trying, but failing to make it appear a new photograph by cropping it. I called this cheating logging!

TP7538 They have stolen my photograph, cropped and used it, likely from their armchair.

TP4836 This time they used Everlasting's photograph.

Generic logs. How many 'finds' have they done this with.

I clicked randomly on one of their older trig photographs and again a copy of someone else's photograph, this time Kittykatch's.

[WazzaAndWenches]

Hmmm. The metadata for both photos indicates they were taken on the same date.

[Goldenwattle]

Hmmm. The metadata for both photos indicates they were taken on the same date.

I was comparing blades of grass, trees, etc. They crop other people's horizontal photographs and make them vertical to try to look like a different photograph. From their armchair.

[caughtatwork]

Or they were there and they forgot and didn't grab a photo. Have you asked the cacher in question why they may have similar photos to ones already logged?

[Goldenwattle]

They forget...every time?

Not similar, but the same photograph. They use someone else's.

[Now_To_Morrow]

You could see what else they found the same day in the area if they do more than just trigs. If yes, it still doesn't excuse/explain why you would go to the effort of cropping someone else's pics to pass as your own... besides the nefarious idea that they didn't actually stop there at all. If something went wrong and I couldn't get the required photo I would simply explain so in my log.

If people did the right thing and logged at least one photo of their GPS, themselves or something representing themselves in the shot, this wouldn't be a problem.

[Goldenwattle]

If people did the right thing and logged at least one photo of their GPS, themselves or something representing themselves in the shot, this wouldn't be a problem.

That can be difficult with some trigs and CORS, as they can be high above, and trying to hold out a GPS in one hand and a camera in the other, to photograph both, will make one very out of focus and the other minuscule in the photograph. Easier those trigs at ground level you can walk up to though.

[Now_To_Morrow]

Difficult, but not impossible. Sometimes I upload 2 shots at different focal points.

[Goldenwattle]

What are we looking at? Where is the COR or trig?

[wayn0]

Difficult, but not impossible. Sometimes I upload 2 shots at different focal points.

I often do the same with the long distance trigs. One image to prove I was at the location and at least (try to get) one good image of the trig.

TP7840 Namoona Trig
GPS on bullbar



I would have liked to have visited the trig up-close. There looks like there’s a sign next to it.

Sometimes I’ll combine two images into one via an app on my phone.




Time to create a 2024 trig hit-list

[Sol de Lune]

Cut n Paste from the cache listing TP4836...

To log a find on the Geocaching Australia website, you will need to include a picture of the trig point, along with your GPS receiver and (preferably) yourself.

[Team737]

There are still a fair few who hardly ever post a photo at all....