Our first ever google hangout “on air” with Geocaching Video Creators.
Monthly Archive: May 2012
Jeremy Irish’s Mega Tattoo Decision
UPDATE: NZ MEGA 2012 A trip Down Under for New Zealand’s first Mega may leave an indelible impression on Groundspeak’s Jeremy Irish. The company founder (GC handle: Jeremy) told It’s Not About The Numbers that he is considering getting a Maori tattoo when he visits the South Island city of Dunedin in October. Maori tattoos …
Geocaching Google Maps Are Back!
Google maps are coming back to geocaching.com on May 22nd! What do you think? Do you care? Did you miss them when they were gone? For regular members will this make you pay to become Premium members.
Google Maps Officially Returning To Geocaching.com
Some months ago Google changed its charging structure for third-party use of Google Maps, which meant heavy users, such as Geocaching.com, had to ditch the service or face significant costs. But now Google Maps are coming back … After Geocaching.com’s planned site update of Tuesday, May 22nd, premium members will once again have access to Google Maps through the Beta Maps …
An Alternative History Of Geocaching?
It’s geocaching, Jim, but not as we know it … Or at least not as Groundspeak’s new A Brief History of Geocaching video clip portrays it. This “nostalgic”, black and white version was created by Fox & Bee – aka Vancouver Island artists Shawn Pigott and Kim Bannerman – during Week 23 of their 52 …
Best Geocache Ever?!
This is at least the most favorited cache in all of Iowa! It could be one of the best in the world!
Talking Geocaching Trackable! [Micro Vlog]
Another trackable that was headed my way made it! Thanks to Kelly R. from Arizona for sending it my way. Watch this trackable with ref #: TB4BEQ3
Explosion Of Bad Publicity For Geocaching
Not one, but two suspected pipe bombs dogged Canadian geocachers (and law enforcement agencies) this week. VICTORIA A quiet Saturday afternoon at work became a pipe dream for Royal Canadian Mounted Police on Vancouver Island when they responded to the country’s second geo-bomb scare in three days. Emergency crews evacuated an area near Juan de …
Move Over Catwoman, Here’s Die Mietzecacher …
Nobody could ever say that the cat has got Melanie Lipka’s tongue. When the 22-year-old Bavarian doesn’t have her GPSr in hand, she’s creating popular geo-cartoon Die Mietzecacher, based on her caching experiences with her partner (and occasionally their furry feline). It’s been nearly a year since Lipka (GC handle: Mietzecacher, which means ’puss cacher’) published her first installment in German last July …
Well And Truly Hooked On Geocaching
You can tell Dawn Van Curan is hooked on geocaching just by looking at the afghan blankets she crochets. Since making her first geo-afghan three years ago, the Texan has gained official Groundspeak approval for the design, which she now sells on international webstore Etsy. Van Curan (GC handle: Re2dog) says the inspiration for that original blanket was a birthday …

