Real time tracking is a fun way to keep track of your hunts. Using amateur radio and a GPS you are able to transmit your location all over the world. APRS is a small part of ham radio, that has some great features the could be used in geocaching. One feature is the emergency beacon, [...]
Wanted to make sure everyone knows about the additional waypoints feature on your cache pages. Having waypoints for your
puzzles/multis helps you keep track of the coordinates (without using
slips of paper or saving them in your GPS only to accidentally delete
them) and also helps Quiggle review your caches quicker since he has to
check your cache [...]
This was in today’s Washington Post. Enjoy.
Here’s the Cache: High-Tech Devices Help Locate Simple Treasures
Tuesday, July 18, 2006; Page C12
Sprinting through the woods, Andrew and Sarah Hickey kept their eyes open for thorn bushes, spider webs, animals and hidden treasure.
A Virginia family stopped in Shippensburg Friday to find a tiny object left by a stranger in a tree.
The youngsters used a portable global positioning device – a radio-like object slightly larger than a cell phone – to communicate with a satellite to locate a film canister in a tree in a public place in [...]
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Vote for the Annual MGS Awards!!
Once again this year we would like to acknowledge our fellow Maryland Geocaching peers with a vote for our favorite in a few categories. Think about which Cacher(s) from June of 2005 to now who has achieved success in a particular category and submit your vote by July 12, [...]
My senior thesis documentary, GEOPHORIA, which many of you have participated in, is set out to premiere THIS evening at the Maryland Institute, College of Art’s Brown Center (1301 Mt. Royal Ave.), 7:00pm.
What started off as months of research and interviews ended up being a rather un-serious look at geocaching and the community surrounding [...]
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‘Geocachers’ mix technology, treasure hunting
A sort of large-scale treasure hunt that blends new technology with outdoor adventuring is becoming increasingly popular in Carroll County, according to county park officials.
The 2006 CAM caches have been posted!
CAM 2006 – Little Pipe Creek by Dasheyfam
CAM 2006 – Savage River State Forest by AdamWalworth
CAM 2006 – Rocks by Legendpilot
CAM 2006 – Furnace Town by Metaphor
CAM 2006 – Washington Monument by Daisychain
CAM 2006 – Leakin Park by OUTSID4EVR
CAM 2006 – Green Ridge by CacheDetectives
CAM 2006 – Tolchester Beach [...]
What is Waymarking?
Well it isn’t Locationless caching, as it was rumored to be. It also isn’t a replacement for Virtuals and actually doesn’t have much of those features. What it is, is a whole different outlook on using a GPS unit to identify specific locations around the globe in categories that are selected [...]
If you’re a geocacher (novice, expert, anywhere in between),
I need you!!
I’m a senior at Maryland Institute, College of Art, and I am making a short documentary about geocaching and its following for my senior thesis. I highly respect the sport, and find not only the process but the community of people that results [...]
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