Well it's about time that the GPS enabled 3G iPhone got out in the woods and found a little treasure! We've seen that it can go running with you via RunKeeper, and now the latest iPhone can get you into Geocaching. It's not a big surprise to see, but you'll have to keep yourself close to civilization so that you have at least Edge network coverage while searching.
Geopher Lite (iTunes Link) is a new application that allows you to access the Geocaching database to search Geocaches around your current location, and then go out and find them. The application is a work in progress with more features coming including managed Geocache lists and GPX file management. The price now is a measly $1.99; cheap. Read more at their Blog/website.
Also in the news, Groundspeak/Geocaching has let it be known that they have also submitted their own Geocaching application for consideration and review to Apple. It should be posting to the iTunes App store in the coming days. See below for a screenshot of the new application. The retail price will be $9.99.
Finally there is iGeoCacher (iTunes Link) that is a full featured Geocaching application for the 3G iPhone, which at $15 tops the list in terms of price. It is able to search by location at the Geocaching site, and by bringing up details of the Geocache, you are able to download its ket information enabling paperless geocaching.
Got Colorado? Free Premium Membership Trial For Geocaching
Geocaching is offering a free trial to the premium membership level of their service if you are one of the people who recently bought a Garmin Colorado handheld. Registration of your handheld at MyGarmin.com allows you to get this free membership, which entitles you to a discount on Garmin accessories, and a lot of capabilities that make the process of Geocaching a lot easier. The one I think sounds great is the ability to search and then download Geocaches along a route. Much like looking for a restaurant along your route for a place to eat, I know a lot of people will hit a few caches as they are traveling somewhere to pick up or drop off travel bugs. Pretty cool.
This chapter of the same book takes place in North Carolina where a geocache was attached to a Starbucks sign. The cache was being hidden at the time when some "Muggles" came by and noticed the activity, got nervous and called the police. After the police learned that there were no explosives, they logged into Geocaching.com and recorded their visit...... well maybe they did everything right up until that last part.
Students are cleverly using Geocaching to promote Coke these days in an advertising competition. Longtime the promoter of Garmin GPS units and Jeep SUV's geocaching has gone more mainstream and caught the eye of these students as a way to connect with consumers. So the idea is just an idea, not an actual event.... yet.
The idea is to go to the Coke Geocaching website, plug in your zip code to find a Coke Geocache and when you do you find a big box of Coke schwag. Don't know how you keep the first person from raiding the treasure chest, but I like the idea.
This time it’s in New Hampshire. Apparently a tiny Altoids box, affixed magnetically to the underside of an electrical box outside a Shaw’s supermarket sparked some concern and Police at looking to talk to the owner of the cache. The cache was put on private property, which is not recommended by Geocaching in their guidelines without the permission of the property owner: by placing a Geocache “you have adequate permission to hide your cache in the selected location.” As more people get into Geocaching, and more people get uptight about finding bomb-like mysterious boxes in strange places (maybe rightfully so), we’ll continue to see this kind of stuff. Geocaching goes on to say that another stipulation is: “Caches near or under public structures deemed potential or possible targets for terrorist attacks. These include but are not limited to highway bridges, dams, government buildings, elementary and secondary schools, and airports.”
Recently in Boston, the whole city was nearly paralyzed after some light boards, which were part of a gorilla marketing campaign for Turner Broadcasting, were thought to be bombs. After several were found around the city, the bomb squad had their hands full, and traffic was snarled for hours. Apparently after 9/11, a law was passed essentially saying that you can’t cause panic associated with placing something like this if its interpreted as a dangerous item…sounds like Geocaches are in a similar position. Put in the wrong place, and interpreted as dangerous by a reasonable person (i.e. the bomb squad and a judge), you’d be in trouble.
Trimble announced that it has a new application for your mobile phone that will allow you to use the GPS-enabled phone for geocaching. While this is a nice move to involve those without a handheld device, it somehow sends the vision of a bunch of mobile phone talking idiots out there in the mud getting their italian loafers all dirty. Anyway, I suppose if you aren't cut out for walking in the woods, you wouldn't dream of trying it. This adds to Trimble's set of mobile phone based GPS programs including a training aid and an off-road navigation program.
A lot of people with handheld GPS units have at least heard about Geocaching, and many have participated in the hide and seek game of finding hidden treasures via latitude and longitudinal coordinates. Well, one geocaching event recently went bad. Some Geocachers were searching out the Cache, "Don't be a Horses..." and apparently some of the local citizen's were concerned that the cache was a bomb. Apparently, the cache is located outside a bank, and after the police, the bomb squad, and the FBI got involved things were finally resolved.
If you aren't out in the woods looking for a Jeep Travelbug, you're missing out. The contest will ask you to take photos and submit them for judging to Geocaching. Garmin is the official sponsor/GPS of Geocaching. This month's theme is "Adventure" so go out and take those pictures with a Adventure theme and submit them to win a new Garmin GPSMap 60Cx . There will be one overall winner who gets the Jeep Compass at the end of the contest in January.
If you aren't out in the woods looking for a Jeep Travelbug, you're missing out. The contest will ask you to take photos and submit them for judging to Geocaching. Garmin is the official sponsor/GPS of Geocaching. This month's theme is "Freedom" so go out and take those pictures with a Freedom theme and submit them to win a new Garmin GPSMap 60Cx . There will be one overall winner who gets the Jeep Compass at the end of the contest in January.
This year's Geocaching Contest has begun. If you aren't out in the woods looking for a Jeep Travelbug, you're missing out. The contest will ask you to take photos and submit them for judging to Geocaching. Garmin is the official sponsor/GPS of Geocaching. This month's theme is "Discovery" so go out and take those pictures with a Discovery theme and submit them to win a new Garmin GPSMap 60Cx . There will be one overall winner who gets the Jeep Compass at the end of the contest in January.
Ladies and Gentlemen, start your Jeeps and grab your GPS. This year's Geocaching Contest has begun. If you aren't out in the woods looking for a Jeep Travelbug, you're missing out. The contest will ask you to take photos and submit them for judging to Geocaching. Garmin is the official sponsor/GPS of Geocaching. Monthly winners of the photo contest will win a new Garmin GPSMap 60Cx . There will be one overall winner who gets the Jeep Compass - this will be in January.
Win a New Jeep Compass SUV or GPSMap 60Cx - 2006 Geocaching Contest
So, the Jeep Geocaching Contest is back for 2006 and you can win a new Jeep Compass in the process. The Jeep compass is the new Compact SUV coming from Jeep this fall. Right now, the contest is in the pre-launch stages as they distribute all those little Jeep Travel Bugs. If you want to get one sent to you so that you can drop it in a local cache to help with the contest set-up, visit the Jeep Geocaching site listed below.
Starting August 1st, the contest will run with 5,500 Jeep Travel bugs nationwide each with a unique tracking number on it. There will be some directions on the travel bug and at the Jeep Geocaching site to tell you what to do and how to win. Like last year, the contest will ask you to take photos and submit them for judging to Geocaching. Garmin is the official sponsor/GPS of Geocaching. Weekly winners of the photo contest will win a new Garmin GPSMap 60Cx . There will be one overall winner who gets the Jeep Compass.
So Geocaching is a pretty fun time if you have a GPS that allows you to input Latitude and Longitude and desire for a good treasure hunt. Well, Geocaching.com has just announced that they can help you plan out geocaches along a route, so next time you are taking a road trip you can find geocaches on or near your route and hit up a few on the way to the beach or to grandma's house!
Geocaching is a great way to get out into the wilderness and try out that GPS that's been collecting dust in the house all winter. Well, as droves of geocachers are trudging into the woods, some people start to twitch about the damage that you can inflict on nature as you turn over rocks, logs and leaves looking for that cache. Well, with the Geocaching season starts for those of us in the northern hemisphere, the folks over at treadlightly.org have complied a list of tips that will help you enjoy Geocaching while leaving nature in tact for the next geocacher to come along.
If you haven’t tried out Geocaching, you should. Geocaching has you use your GPS to track down a cache of trinkets that you get trade you cheapie trinket for another cheapie trinket. For me, it’s a great way to get out into nature and enjoy the hunt for a small little find. For more information, check out the Geocaching site.
Geocaching with your iPhone
Geocaching is offering a free trial to the premium membership level of their service if you are one of the people who recently bought a Garmin Colorado handheld. Registration of your handheld at MyGarmin.com allows you to get this free membership, which entitles you to a discount on Garmin accessories, and a lot of capabilities that make the process of Geocaching a lot easier. The one I think sounds great is the ability to search and then download Geocaches along a route. Much like looking for a restaurant along your route for a place to eat, I know a lot of people will hit a few caches as they are traveling somewhere to pick up or drop off travel bugs. Pretty cool.
This time it’s in New Hampshire. Apparently a tiny Altoids box, affixed magnetically to the underside of an electrical box outside a Shaw’s supermarket sparked some concern and Police at looking to talk to the owner of the cache. The cache was put on private property, which is not recommended by Geocaching in their 
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