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Price: Free

Category: Navigation

Updated: May 15, 2012

Version: 1.3.1

Size: 6.3 MB

Seller: Groundspeak Inc.

Rated 4+

Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 4.0 or later.


Customer Ratings

Current Version
     

(8 Ratings)

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(8536 Ratings)



Geocaching Intro by Groundspeak Inc.

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Description

WHAT IS GEOCACHING?
Geocaching is a global treasure hunting game where participants locate hidden physical containers, called geocaches, outdoors and then share their experience online. Find out more about geocaching at Geocaching.com.

This application is an introduction to the Biggest location-based hobby in the world - Geocaching - with over 1,750,000 geocaches hidden worldwide and waiting to be found by you!

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Groundspeaks free Geocaching Intro application will lead you through your first few geocaching experiences and provide you with a basic introduction to the hobby, sport and addiction.

Application Features:

Access three geocaches near your current location

View geocache description and hint

Access geocache size, difficulty and terrain ratings

View your location and geocache location on the embedded map

Navigate to geocaches with a simulated compass arrow or directly from the map screen

Vibration and audible geocache proximity alert

GEOCACHING IS FOR YOU!
If you like hiking, biking, camping, traveling, or other apps like Gowalla, Foursquare or Scvngr, you are going to love real world treasure hurting with Geocaching! There are geocaches hidden all over the world for every member of the family to enjoy. So, get out there and play!

We hope you love Geocaching! If you have any trouble at all with this application, please email: contact@groundspeak.com.

Please keep the suggestions coming and we will continue delivering the very best of geocaching for your iPhone and iPod Touch.

Happy Geocaching!

-Groundspeak

What's New in Version 1.3.1

1. Resolved searching delay issues
2. General bug fixes

Customer Reviews

Useless (1 star)
I tried to find the three caches that it showed nearby, and the GPS compass would say I was 15 feet away in one direction, then the next second say I was 36 feet away from it in the total opposite direction, even though I never moved at all! Needless to say, nothing was found. What a waste :-(

Great free stimulating app (4 stars)
This is a lot of fun and I always enjoy making minor detours wherever I may go just to locate an item. Lately I have been unable to find a "hanging" micro item. I don't know if it is user's fault or if it is no longer there? How do I find out the original date?

Bit of a Problem (1 star)
The Red Adair cache ... close to the corner of Hillcroft and Sands Point in Houston may be a rip-off in that Google indicates that it was first notated in 2006. Thousands of people have probably been by there to look for it, and the small metal box is long gone.

Red Adair actually signed contracts for putting out the fires in Kuwait about a block away, and the building (Adair Building) where the cache was originally placed has no r

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