Showing posts with label geocaching. Show all posts
Showing posts with label geocaching. Show all posts

Sunday, October 24, 2010

GPS Review Has a Love-Hate Relationship with Geocaching

GPS Review’s love-hate relationship with geocaches: “[L]ately I’ve become a bit turned off by caches placed in places where they simply shouldn’t be. While each area is different, I’d say more than half of the geocaches I’ve visited in recent years are located in places where I just don’t think a geocache belongs.” Such as caches that are too far off the marked trail or in improper terrain, that trigger bomb scares, or that are placed too closely near other caches.

GPS Review Has a Love-Hate Relationship with Geocaching first appeared on The Map Room: A Weblog About Maps on October 20, 2010. Copyright © 2010 Jonathan Crowe. Distributed under a Creative Commons licence.





Post originale: http://www.mcwetboy.net/maproom/2010/10/gps_review_has.php

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Geocaching Tips from Garmin, tips on Chirp, paperless cache, and myGarmin

Loads of interesting resources from Garmin for geocaching enthusiasts including a push towards paperless geocaching. Additionally, Garmin has introduced Chirp, a unique wireless beacon designed specifically for the outdoor adventures of geocaching. From Garmin… Affordable, durable and waterproof, chirp can communicate with, and be programmed by, any compatible wireless-enabled Garmin handheld for a more interactive [...]

Post originale: http://blog.gisuser.com/?p=7943