It should be patently obvious as to what this object is …
That’s right, it’s the official documentation for an early GPSr device by American company Cobra Electronics. Patent USD469367 was submitted to the United States Patent Office in June 2002 and granted the following January.
Geocachers have always been environmentally conscious … and now that belief has been transferred to the satellite realm’s nasty little (not-so) secret – the enormous pile of space junk from leftover satellites and rockets. That’s right, DARPA - the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency at the Pentagon - is spending US$180 million to conduct the first CITO in space! When …
American geocacher Lil Devil has released another outstanding Greasemonkey script – this one bringing Google Street View into Geocaching.com cache listings.
Traditional GPSr owners have always used poor battery life, robustness and accuracy levels as the reasons why a smartphone is no good for geocaching. Until recently, this has largely been true.
Wellington’s Geof Robinson (GC handle: xBoomstickx) rates his geocaching-related Christmas present.
“Santa was listening this year; I had been a good boy and got my Garmin GLO (US$99/NZ$139) for Christmas. What a difference an accurate GPSr makes!
Anyone who has read INATN more than once will know I am a CacheSense fanboy, so I can’t help but point out the number of changes in the latest release of the CacheSense for Android app. When you consider that the previous update was only in October, this is awesome. My favourites are in red: VERSION 2.8 CHANGES: …
I don’t use cheques – or know anybody who still does except for business purposes – but after seeing these examples, I wish I did. American company CheckAdvantage now offers four geocaching options and another suitable design from its orienteering range. Not to mention more still that feature kayaking and camping. All you have …
Sick of DNFs or your GPSr leading you in circles? Guest author and British treasure cacher David Villanueva suggests trying a pair of dowsing rods to locate those elusive hides. “Just as in hunting for a treasure cache, I can imagine the disappointment when you can’t find that geocache which really ought to be there. Is …
The times they are finally a’changin for Navicache.com … Seven months after the formerly mainstream listing service was sold, it now has a swish new logo. New owners Kurt Milligan and Joseph ‘EJ’ Martin III - better known as the duo behind the MadCacher and Cache Barn brands – publicly unveiled the new Navicache imagery last week as part …
Do you or your geo-hound have fleas? The four American founders of TravelFleas, a new signature tag, certainly hope so. In fact, Mike, Karen, John and Deborah would eventually like their tiny metal tags to infest caches and player kit-bags across the globe. The friends’ bid for world domination began a few months back when …
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