The Complete Idiots Guide To Geocaching
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| Author | : Geocaching Com |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 382 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 9781592578771 |
The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Geocaching, Second Editionis a comprehensive yet entertaining and easy-to-understand book for getting started and having fun with geocaching, a high-tech version of hide and seek for global positioning system (GPS) users. The basic idea is individuals and organizations setting up caches all over the world and sharing the locations of these caches on the Internet. GPS users then use the location coordinates to find the caches hidden in city and state parks, outside buildings, alongside hiking trails, and even in local neighborhoods. In this edition, Waymarking and Wherigo (pronounced 'where I go') are also covered. Waymarking enables GPS users to catalog and record their favorite locations and share them with others, build communities around categories of interesting and unique places or things. Wherigo, which works with Geocaching, is a Beta platform that enables users to create basic tour guides or complicated interactive adventure games using the real world as a backdrop. In The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Geocaching, Second Edition, readers will find- A complete explanation of the game, along with Waymarking and Wherigo, two new GPS games. Expert tips from the founders and operators of the most popular geocaching website. Solid advice on purchasing and using a GPS unit to locate treasures (caches) Valuable information on how to create your own online geocaching profile. Basic rules and game variations. Practical guidance on safety and accessibility issues, along with commonly accepted do's and don'ts. Helpful ideas on finding or starting a local geocaching group, forum, and competition Tricks for geocaching without a GPS unit (using a map and compass) The future of geocaching and GPS gaming.
| Author | : Jack W. Peters |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 305 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Geocaching (Game) |
| ISBN | : 9781448752911 |
| Author | : Editors & Staff Geocaching.com |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 295 |
| Release | : 2012-08-07 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 1615642617 |
Geocaching has steadily grown into a fun and enduring outdoor adventure and with the popularity of GPS units and the development of applications for nearly all of the most popular smartphone platforms, it has become an adventure that's available to pretty much anyone. In The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Geocaching, Third Edition, the editors and staff of Geocaching.com open the world of geocaching up to a much broader audience and take the reader through all of the core essentials for caching including how to play, tips and tricks for finding and placing caches, variations on traditional caching, and much more. In addition, the reader can learn about exciting new changes to the game and the new GPS-enabled games that will take cachers to an entirely new level of fun and adventure.
| Author | : Jack W. Peters |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 316 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 9781592572359 |
Explains how to participate in the adventure game involving intentionally hidden treasures.
| Author | : Editors & Staff Geocaching.com |
| Publisher | : Alpha Books |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2012 |
| Genre | : Geocaching (Game) |
| ISBN | : 9781615641949 |
Explore the latest advances in this exciting and poplar GPS adventure.
| Author | : Joel McNamara |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 422 |
| Release | : 2008-11-17 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0470457856 |
Need directions? Are you good at getting lost? Then GPS is just the technology you’ve dreamed of, and GPS For Dummies is what you need to help you make the most of it. If you have a GPS unit or plan to buy one, GPS For Dummies, 2nd Edition helps you compare GPS technologies, units, and uses. You’ll find out how to create and use digital maps and learn about waypoints, tracks, coordinate systems, and other key point to using GPS technology. Get more from your GPS device by learning to use Web-hosted mapping services and even how to turn your cell phone or PDA into a GPS receiver. You’ll also discover: Up-to-date information on the capabilities of popular handheld and automotive Global Positioning Systems How to read a map and how to get more from the free maps available online The capabilities and limitations of GPS technology, and how satellites and radio systems make GPS work How to interface your GPS receiver with your computer and what digital mapping software can offer Why a cell phone with GPS capability isn’t the same as a GPS unit What can affect your GPS reading and how accurate it will be How to use Street Atlas USA, TopoFusion, Google Earth, and other tools Fun things to do with GPS, such as exploring topographical maps, aerial imagery, and the sport of geocaching Most GPS receivers do much more than their owners realize. With GPS For Dummies, 2nd Edition in hand, you’ll venture forth with confidence!
| Author | : David A. Crowder |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 359 |
| Release | : 2011-02-09 |
| Genre | : Computers |
| ISBN | : 1118051114 |
Explore the world from your computer! This interesting guide covers all aspects of Google Earth, the freely downloadable application from Google that allows users to view satellite images from all points of the globe Aimed at a diverse audience, including casual users who enjoy air shots of locales as well as geographers, real estate professionals, and GPS developers Includes valuable tips on various customizations that users can add, advice on setting up scavenger hunts, and guidance on using Google Earth to benefit a business Explains modifying general options, managing the layer and placemark systems, and tackling some of the more technical aspects, such as interfacing with GPS There are more than 400,000 registered users of Google Earth and the number is still growing
| Author | : Paul Gillin |
| Publisher | : Linden Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 290 |
| Release | : 2010-04-01 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 1610351061 |
Describing the exciting and adventurous world surrounding geocaching--a worldwide hunt in which treasures are located using global positioning system (GPS) devices--this book offers an understanding and application of the principles and best practices of the game. What's different is that the authors wrap this knowledge in a tapestry of human stories that range from hilarious to touching. Paul and Dana Gillin interviewed 40 of the world's 50 most prolific geocachers as well as experts in container design, "extreme" geocaching and other dimensions of the game. They tell how this global activity inspires passion that has helped people heal frayed marriages, establish new friendships--and even save lives.
| Author | : Ninjalicious |
| Publisher | : SCB Distributors |
| Total Pages | : 398 |
| Release | : 2023-07-01 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 0940208423 |
A comprehensive guidebook to urban exploration, a thrilling, mind-expanding hobby that encourages our natural instincts to explore and play in our own environment. Includes everything you need to begin exploring little-known urban spaces like abandoned buildings, rooftops, construction sites, drains, transit and utility tunnels and more. Features chapters on * training * recruiting * preparation * equipping * social engineering and other subjects important to the successful urban explorer.
| Author | : Logan Donovan |
| Publisher | : CreateSpace |
| Total Pages | : 164 |
| Release | : 2015-07-13 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781515071426 |
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