Presented by Isabelle Garneau February 2015 GEOCACHING The
Modern Treasure Hunt
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What is geocaching? Geocaching.com definition: Geocaching is a
real-world, outdoor treasure hunting game using GPS-enabled
devices. Participants navigate to a specific set of GPS coordinates
and then attempt to find the geocache (container) hidden at that
location.
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What is geocaching? (cont.) Treasure hunt using satellites and
GPS Uses waypoints (ex. 45 o 17.460N 122 o 800W) Uses clues Objects
are hidden everywhere and in all sizes
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Historic of Geocaching First geocache was placed in
Beavercreek, Oregon on May 3, 2000 by Dave Ulmer Headquarters is
located in Seattle, Washington
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Where can we find them? Geocaches are found EVERYWHERE! Over 2
million world-wide Found on every continent Theres even one on the
International Space Station!
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But WHERE can we find them? Urban caches Bushwacking caches
Power trail caches Roadside caches
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How do we get started? With you iPhone or Android, go to
www.geocaching.comwww.geocaching.com Find a nickname! Your phone
will be used as a geocache hunting device!
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Different types of caches These are of different nature and
difficulty Traditional Mystery or Puzzle Multi-Cache EarthCache
Letterbox Event Cache Cache In Trash Out (CITO) Webcam Cache
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Terrain & Difficulty rating Star rating Terrain A breeze.
Usually wheelchair accessible or could be reached by simply
extending your arm. The hardest. Expect to climb, dive or crawl for
these ones. It could even be only boat accessible. Not for the
faint of heart Difficulty The easiest. They usually jump in front
of you. The toughest. This one should be thought about outside the
box.
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What does a cache look like? Geocaches (or caches) come in
different sizes As small as the end of a pencil As big as an empty
paint bucket Sizes are: micro, small, regular, large and other
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How to get ready to go caching Visit the Geocaching website
Search by location (Play dropdown menu) Look up on phone or import
on GPS Research loaded caches Go outside and play!
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What to do when you find one First, you make sure you remember
where you found it Open the container! Sign and date logbook and
log in you GPS or phone Exchange trinkets if there are any and if
the container is big enough Return the cache to where you found
it
