What makes you turn on your GPSr and head out the door?
It’s a question that’s been puzzling Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s Dr Robert W Lindeman (GC handle: 8ManAfter) so last month, the Massachusetts-based associate professor and his Computer Science students launched an online Geocacher Motivations study.
Shelley Mitchell may not be your average geocacher but the American is an expert on what constitutes one, having just completed a survey on player traits. The Stillwater resident (GC handle: sshelle) undertook her Predicting Total Caches Found Using Geocacher Provided Statistics poll this semester as part of her PhD studies at Oklahoma State University. One hundred and 65 …
Groundspeak has a new game it wants to play with you – Twenty Questions. In its weekly newsletter, the Seattle company asks geocachers to complete its new Groundspeak Member Survey so that staff can set goals for the coming 18 months. “Each October, the Groundspeak lackeys commence planning for the following year. We want you …
American geocacher Shelley Mitchell is trying to solve the ultimate puzzle – whether there is a link between who we are and our geo-statistics. The Stillwater resident is currently studying for a PhD at Oklahoma State University and this semester has created a questionnaire on geocaching for her multiple regression statistics class. “We have to …
Can you spot the GPSr in this photo? Yep, it’s that tiny square next to the 1 Euro coin. Thanks to a tip by CrunchGear, It’s Not About The Numbers is pleased to show you the world’s smallest GPS engine … the ORG4472, complete with ARM CPU and firmware. Its power draw is a mere …
From My Fox Boston: A new study suggests that, for memory’s sake, it may be wiser to slow down and smell the roses than rush to a destination using a GPS. Three studies by McGill University assistant professor of psychiatry Veronique Bohbot suggest active GPS users have a higher risk of suffering memory problems as …
Search “Geocaching” in Google Scholar and you very quickly (I’d say too quickly) come across a link to a research article called ‘Agon and Ecstasy: Transgression, Transformation, and Transcendence in Competitive Geocaching’ by Francis Frederick Hawley, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Western Carolina University. Read the abstract and you find the following: Geocaching …
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