by Chiffan from touchmyapps

Ever since I read Treasure Island, my mind has been full of dreams of finding buried treasures and going on pirate adventures. Well, that was when I was but a wee little lad – since then I’ve cleared my head of such nonsense, but still, the idea of how great it would be to go on a real treasure hunt haunts me. And then I heard of Geocaching…

Ok, to start it off, Geocaching is kind of a game, akin to 150-year-old letterboxing, and appeared shortly after the remo...
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Longitude (pronounced /ˈlɒndʒɨtjuːd/ or /ˈlɒŋɡɨtjuːd/),^[1] identified by the Greek letter lambda (λ), is the geographic coordinate most commonly used in cartography and global navigation for east-west measurement. The line of longitude (meridian) that passes through the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, in England, establishes the meaning of zero degrees of longitude, or the prime meridian. Any other longitude is identified by the east-west angle, referenced to the center of the Earth...

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Latitude, usually denoted by the Greek letter phi (φ) gives the location of a place on Earth (or other planetary body) north or south of the equator. Lines of Latitude are the imaginary horizontal lines shown running east-to-west (or west to east) on maps (particularly so in the Mercator projection) that run either north or south of the equator. Technically, latitude is an angular measurement in degrees (marked with °) ranging from 0° at the equator (low latitude) to 90° at the poles (90�...

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"Geocachers, please don’t take offensive to this t-shirt"

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Hahahaha! This is a good one from Crunchgear. But for the geocachers, it's probably more like "Thank you for paying tax for the satellites that we use for our hobby". Hahaha!
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Geocaching is becoming more a popular hobby for the outdoor activities seeker and "treasure hunting"  enthusiast. Most often people are unfamiliar with the concept, and some assume that you need expensive equipment to have an enjoyable geocaching experience. Thankfully, you can go geocaching with your iPhone! without having to spend too much. Yahoo! As long as you are not addicted to your couch, you are going to enjoy experiencing different geocaching missions.

Let us check out these some usef...
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Cache In, Trash Out: The New Geocaching Mantra of Eco-Resorts

Take a hike; get a gift-not a bad way to spend a green day.

By Laurel House

Forget about golf, hotels are getting savvy when it comes to keeping their guests engaged in green activities that not only help clean up the environment, but give them a gift in return. Yes, there are two things that the average human being loves: the "hunt," and presents. Mix the two with the great outdoors and exercise and you've got GeoCaching--a form of h...

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A geocoin is a metal or wooden coin minted in similar fashion to a medallion, token coin, military challenge coin or wooden nickel, for use in geocaching. Some geocoins are trackable on the internet using a serial number and website address engraved on the coin.

Personal geocoins are a personal signature item bearing the geocacher's handle and personal design, similar to a heraldic device. Geocoins are often minted by caching organizations and as fund-raisers for geocaching events.

Geocoins w...

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Molalla to launch geocaching challenge

By Pioneer Staff

The Molalla Geocaching Challenge launches this weekend, sponsored by the city of Molalla and Molalla Area Chamber of Commerce.

Geocaching is a high-tech treasure hunt that has become a popular hobby worldwide, with participants using GPS devices and clues posted online to locate hidden containers (caches).

“It’s a fun way to attract visitors to Molalla,” Mayor Mike Clarke said in a press release. “While they’re here looking f...
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The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a U.S. space-based global navigation satellite system. It provides reliable positioning, navigation, and timing services to worldwide users on a continuous basis in all weather, day and night, anywhere on or near the Earth.

GPS is made up of three parts: between 24 and 32 satellites orbiting the Earth, four control and monitoring stations on Earth, and the GPS receivers owned by users. GPS satellites broadcast signals from space that are used by GPS rece...

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By Alexandra Hruz

It only took an hour of searching in the dark at a Confederate fort in Alexandria, La. while looking for a hidden geocache for Walt Adams to realize his obsession with treasure hunting. On hands and knees, Adams felt around in the dirt, hoping to get his hands on the treasure he sought. And while Adams did eventually give up for the night, he wasn't deterred by his loss. He woke up early, went to the site, found the cache and managed to catch his morning flight back to Idaho ...
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Geocaching is an outdoor activity in which the participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers (called "geocaches" or "caches") anywhere in the world. A typical cache is a small waterproof container (usually a tupperware or ammo box) containing a logbook. Larger containers can also contain items for trading, usually toys or trinkets of little value. Geocaching is most often described as a "game of high-tech hide and seek...
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