Geocaching is a recreational activity using GPS receivers to describe the location of a hidden object using coordinates in latitude and longitude, and then challenging other people to use the coordinates to try and locate the hidden...
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Geocaching is a recreational activity using GPS receivers to describe the location of a hidden object using coordinates in latitude and longitude, and then challenging other people to use the coordinates to try and locate the hidden object. The hidden object is called a "geocache", and is almost invariably some type of container which holds a log book at the very least, and usually some trade items. Anyone who finds the cache must sign the log book and then replace the cache as they found it. The person also has the option of trading something they brought with them for a trade item from the cache. All it requires is a GPSr, and an internet connection and computer. Map skills certainly help, but in many urban areas and along many trails, even that is not a requirement.
Filed under: iPhone, App Store, App ReviewWhen it's warmer than the current 12°F here in Denver or I'm on a trip somewhere, I love to go geocaching. If you're not familiar with the pastime, geocaching involves using a GPS receiver to find hidden caches that can contain logbooks, "prizes," or even clues to other caches. To find out where a cache is hidden, you need to have an account with Geocaching.com and then search by city or location to...
If you have ever seen my GeoPuppy Emily in either my GeoSnippits Videos or on the blogs you know that she loves to walk the trails while I geocache. She is not too keen when I actually stop and start searching for said geocache but loves to walk.I have found that when I take my geopooch geocaching it changes the experience quite a bit. I have to pay way more attention to her as we drive from geocache to geocache making sure that she doesn't...
Need a laugh? Will a giggle make your day? Check out a quick clip from an upcoming GeoSnippits segment for Michigan Magazine TV. The episode is describing how geocaches can fail. Enjoy.
GeoCache: I'm NOT Obsessed... Right?http://headhardhat-geocache.blogspot.com/-------------------------------------------------------Please don't forget to visit our GeoSnippits Geocaching Tutorial Videos Website athttp://www.geosnippits.comSee all our...
It happens to all geocachers no matter how experienced you are. There you are in a fairly heavy wooded area and you are once again playing the "watch the bouncing arrow" game with your GPS unit. That's when you are searching for a geocache and the arrow that shows where you are starts giving really irregular information how far and which direction your geocache actually is. This makes it extremely difficult to find ground zero or the actual...
Come hear the talks and do the geocaching at GIS Day at McGill, November 18, 2009.
10:30-11:30: Talks on how we use GIS
1:30 onward: Geo-caching - around the city and campus! Students will be able to participate in a geo-caching race with GPS units, the winning team will be granted a cash prize (in addition to team fund raising efforts) to be donated to charity. This event will be followed up with refreshments and discussion.
I was just recently informed about a particular geocache that just published. What was so special about it? The very cool thing about this geocache was that it was based off of a GeoSnippits video. Yeppers, geocacher Night-Ranger put a really cool cache out and mentioned GeoSnippits right in the description. The geocache is GC21G4G also known as Geosnipe and here is it's description:"This cache idea is from my new friend Headhardhat! He has...
Well it's that time of year again where all the good little geocachers wait patiently for their latest geocaching goodies to appear on holiday's morn. So this year we asked the geocachers who frequent Geocaching.com's forums what they wanted. I must say the results were surprising and we will show you not only this year's top ten but how it compared to last year. Let's begin.#10 - Netbook computers. Paperless geocaching is the most popular...
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