Quik Pod Review

by Jeff on June 25, 2009

Have you ever found yourself out Geocaching with a friend and wanted to take a photo of the two of you at the cache location? So, you take out your camera and then you have to make a decision.

Does one of you get elected to take the photo of the other one?

Do you prop the camera on a fallen log or large stump, set the self-timer and hope you guessed correctly on your being able to get both of you in the frame without cutting your heads off or being off center?

iPhone Apps

by Jeff on June 16, 2009

While I personally don’t own an iPhone, I have many geocaching friends that do.  I did a little browsing on the Apple site for some related apps and am providing them here for your convenience.  I have listed them in no particular order. Check the Apple site for new ones as they are developed.

Jeff

iGeoCacher

Allows you to prepare and upload your geocaching waypoint files and take them with you on your iPhone. Select your next cache location and a single tap links the coordinates into Google maps to give you directions to get to the coordinates. It sure beats printing out Google maps in advace of a hunt. Now just take them with in your iPhone!

Global Hunts Lead Travelers to Treasured Locations

by Jeff on April 19, 2009

courtesy: transitions abroad magazine
by Kelly Amabile

During a trip to the southern coast of Portugal last year, I probably would have seen only the sandy beaches of the Algarve if it were not for local friends who took my visit as an opportunity to introduce me to the joys of geocaching. This high-tech adventure activity took us inland, up into the picturesque hills and green sloping mountains of Monchique, to magnificent vistas miles from shore that I would have never trekked to otherwise.

Using a TomTom for Geocaching?

by Jeff on December 27, 2008

This is something I was always wondering…

Article courtesy  Andrew Muirhead

Geocaching, if you are unfamiliar with the phrase, is the word used to describe the sport which utilizes billion dollars worth of military hardware to find tupperware boxes in the outdoors!

Like some kind of modern day treasure hunt, A ‘geocacher’ will hide an object (usually a small tupperware box) in an interesting location, then go online and post the grid reference on a website. Fellow geocachers will then download the GPS co-ordinates and locate the hidden object using their GPS receiver. They would then log their find in the included log book, and possibly take an item from the cache and replace with another of equal or higher value. Once home, they would log their find on the website.

Urban Geocaching with Google Maps Street View

by Jeff on November 1, 2008

courtesty Adventures in Geocaching

Have you ever been out of town on a business trip and somehow have a little free time between meetings but didn’t happen to bring your GPS receiver with you? Well, do as John did on a recent trip to Houston using the Google Maps street view feature.

Is a Global Positioning System (GPS) Receiver necessary for modern Geocachers?

Garmin Tour Guide with the Garmin Nuvi

by Jeff on October 6, 2008

 GeoCache Tours

courtesy Travel by GPS.com

Here is how to do paperless geocaching by creating Garmin TourGuides for Garmin nuvi.

As you may know, GeoCaching is recreational activity for GPS enthusiasts.  It’s a game like hide-and-seek or a high-tech treasure hunt. The game involves hiding the “treasure” - a cache of dollar-store items stashed in a tupperware container - and publishing the exact coordinates of its location on the internet for others to find. GPS users then enter the coordinates of the cache’s location into a handheld GPS receiver and go to look for it.