Rediguana

Author's details

Name: Gavin Treadgold
Date registered: January 17, 2012
URL: http://gps.org.nz/

Latest posts

  1. New Geocaching.com Maps and the Google Issue — February 16, 2012
  2. Is It Time For Add-on Packs On Geocaching.com? — February 15, 2012
  3. Taking Photos Caching — January 30, 2012
  4. An Old-Skool Introduction: Rediguana — January 23, 2012

Most commented posts

  1. New Geocaching.com Maps and the Google Issue — 17 comments
  2. Is It Time For Add-on Packs On Geocaching.com? — 15 comments

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New Geocaching.com Maps and the Google Issue

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Geocaching.com

February 16, 2012

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Today, Groundspeak rolled out another regular update of Geocaching.com and, amongst many other alterations (including bug fixes and new features), changed its default maps from Google Maps to MapQuest (which uses OpenStreetMap). This is as much a tale of Google Maps, probably moreso, than it is of Groundspeak and Geocaching.com. To fully understand what is happening, we need to go right back …

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Tags: Geocaching, Geocaching.com, Google Maps API Changes, Groundspeak

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Is It Time For Add-on Packs On Geocaching.com?

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Geocaching.com

February 15, 2012

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Groundspeak’s recent announcement on the removal of Google Maps from Geocaching.com has kicked off much debate about the cost of a Premium Membership. In short, Google Maps have started charging heavy users of its embedded Google Maps (like those previously found on Geocaching.com) and this was going to make the continued use of Google Maps somewhat challenging. …

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Tags: Geocaching, Geocaching.com, Google Maps API Charges, Groundspeak, Premium Membership

15 comments

Taking Photos Caching

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Garmin

January 30, 2012

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Whilst a lot of us like to take photos while caching, with Garmin’s latest update to a number of their recent units, they have now opened new possibilities of taking photos with you where you go caching. Why is this useful? Well, we’ve all come across caches that have a hint such as ‘see photo’ …

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Tags: Garmin, Hints, Paperless Caching, Photos, spoilers

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An Old-Skool Introduction: Rediguana

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Geocachers

January 23, 2012

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MEET OUR NEW BLOGGER Rediguana hails from the shaky city of Christchurch, New Zealand. He is an emergency manager by trade, and some of his interests outside of geocaching include travel, photography, mapping, and open source software and data. An ‘old-skool’ cacher, Rediguana (real name Gavin Treadgold) started geocaching in May 2001. . It’s been …

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Tags: Christchurch, Garmin, Gavin Treadgold, Geocaching, MEGA, montana, NZ Recreational GPS Society, rediguana

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