Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 336 pages
- Published by: Alpha June 1, 2004
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 1592572359
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-1592572359
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Book Dimensions:
8.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches
- Weighs: 14.1 ounces
Product Description
There are treasures to be found
They're hidden in city and state parks, outside of nearby buildings, alongside hiking trails and exercise routes, and even in local neighborhoods. This is geocaching, an adventure-based game involving intentionally hidden treasures, i.e. caches, and a standard handheld global positioning system (GPS) unit. The idea behind geocaching is for people to set up caches all over the world, and to then share the GPS coordinates of the caches via the Internet. GPS users can then use the location coordinates to find the caches, and once found, a cache usually provides its visitor with a wide variety of rewards available for the taking. Authored by a renowned expert on GPS usage and the editors of Geocaching.com,
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Geocaching is a comprehensive yet easy to understand guide for getting started and having fun with geocaching.
About The Author
Jack W. Peters, a nationally recognized leader in GPS navigation training, has been an active participant and promoter of geocaching since its inception. Certified by the state of Oregon as a search and rescue officer, Jack is the co-founder and manager of an off-road vehicle search and rescue team for the Lane County Sheriff's Office known as the Special Vehicles Group, publisher of GPS Navigator Magazine.com, and the author of
The GPS Navigation Guide and the soon-to-be published
Off-Road Field Guide.
The Staff and Editors of Geocaching.com have been involved with geocaching since its inception, and are widely recognized as pioneers and custodians of this rapidly growing adventure-based activity.
Reader ReviewsIf you've received a GPS unit, for Christmas, birthday, whatever, and you've been wondering what you can do with it, this book is for you. The book is written by the people who run www.geocaching.com and it is to say the least, complete. It covers what geocaching is (sport, hobby, excuse to go outdoors and play with electronics), what you need to have, what you need to bring, and techniques for geocaching. As far as I am concerned, this book should be required reading for anybody who wants to go outdoors and have fun. Geocaching is sort of a treasure hunt, orienteering, hike in the woods thing. The book takes you through the whole thing. The section on how to use a compass along with your GPSr is worth the price of the book by itself. I highly recommend the book. If you go on the website, or come across a cache I've visited, just look for Scott9282, fearless leader of Team9282. I'll be waiting. Bring the book.
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