5 Reasons Every Geocacher Could Benefit From GSAK
If you’ve been geocaching for any amount of time, you’ve probably heard experienced cachers talk enthusiastically about the PC software application GSAK. And no doubt, if you’ve asked them what’s so...
View ArticleMunzee – A scavenger hunt for your smartphone
It seems every time you look there’s a new geolocation game on the market. Some of these are little more than thinly veiled behaviour tracking vehicles fighting for a place in an already crowded...
View ArticleGetting accurate coordinates for your geocache hides
If you’ve ever gone geocaching you’ve undoubtedly found yourself thinking about hiding your own geocache. You’ve probably said, “I know somewhere that would make an excellent hide…” Maybe you’ve wisely...
View ArticleFinding Multi-Caches With Geocaching Buddy
As a general rule I don’t like Multi-caches. These are the class of geocaches that have you visiting a number of locations, collecting clues along the way which you then pump into a final formula to...
View ArticleUsing field notes when geocaching
Newer technologies such as smartphone apps have put less emphasis on logs. As a result, many a new geocacher has fallen foul of just putting a dot or a ‘TFTC’ (Thanks For The Cache) for entirety of...
View ArticleLogging Caches With GSAK’s ‘Geocaching.com Access’ Feature
Back at the end of last year, you may remember that I wrote an article on Using Field Notes When Geocaching. In this article I want to build on that and show how you can use your field notes together...
View ArticleWallabee – A location-based collectibles game for iPhones
It would seem typical that just as the weather turns into something approaching spring that I sustain a very serious leg injury that has meant I’ve been unable to geocache for a couple of months....
View ArticleAlternatives to Geocaching.com
Typically if someone was to ask where to go to find Geocache listings, they would be pointed towards the original listing site, Geocaching.com. But that is not the only one, and this month we take a...
View ArticleEarthcaches
As geocachers we are accustomed to all different sorts of geocache: from clip lock boxes to fake screws; from nano containers the size of a little finger, to large ammo cans; from suburban geocaches to...
View ArticleGeocaching: Trackables 101
It’s likely that if you’ve ever been geocaching, you’ve heard people talk about trackables. But if you’ve ever wondered what exactly they are or how they form part of the game this article should give...
View ArticleA Geocacher’s review of the Oregon 650
Any geocacher will tell you that their most important piece of kit is the GPSr. Whilst some are happy to casually geocache with a smartphone, those of us who are a little more ‘dedicated’ treat the...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Geocaching GPSr Field Test
If there’s anything to get a discussion going amongst Geocachers it’s the subject of GPS units. With so much choice out there, knowing which one to buy can be difficult. And geocachers have a very...
View ArticlePlanning Geocaching Days Out
I don’t know if you’re like me, but come the weekend my motley crew and I want to go out geocaching. Trouble is that it usually gets left to me to organise things. And with that invariably comes a...
View ArticleCreating a geocaching itinerary
So have you ever gone out to do a series of geocaches only to find that you went straight past one that wasn’t part of the series? Or have constantly reminded yourself that there’s a quick ‘cache and...
View ArticleGeocaching Abroad
Have you ever looked at your geocaching statistics on the Geocaching.com website, found yourself clicking on the maps tab and feeling disappointed in the number of places you’ve cached in the world? Or...
View ArticleCreating Pocket Queries With GSAK
As regular readers will know, I’m a big fan of a piece of software called the Geocaching Swiss Army Knife (or GSAK) and recommend it to any serious geocacher. At its most basic, it’s a database for...
View ArticleCreating Pocket Queries Along A Route
Most geocachers will be familiar with the concept of pocket queries. This feature on the Geocaching website allows premium members of the site to download a large number of caches based on certain...
View ArticleEnhancing Geocaching.com with Greasemonkey & Tampermonkey Scripts
Back at the start of the year we saw some historic rainfall here in the United Kingdom. Rivers burst their banks and huge swathes of the countryside were under several feet of water. It made planning...
View ArticleGeocaching Souvenirs
It’s natural for geocachers to want to showcase their accomplishments but all too often that can boil down to simple numbers or statistics. Some geocachers aren’t interested in the number of caches...
View Article5 Things They Never Tell Newbies About Geocaching Trackables
Becoming a geocacher can be slightly overwhelming. Not only do you have to learn how to use a GPSr to get to your location and then hunt for a geocache, but there’s also a wealth of information,...
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