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== Enforced Guidelines ==<br />
The [[geocaching.com]] guidelines are treated as rules and if your cache doesn't meet the guidelines, it is unlikely to be approved for listing on that site.<br />
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The current guidelines can be found [http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx here].<br />
In summary, they are:<br />
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* If a physical cache, the cache is not in a park or other area where the land manager has banned geocaching, such as US National Parks and US National Wildlife Refuges.<br />
* The cache is not buried.<br />
* No aspect of the cache defaces public or private property, whether a natural or man-made object, in order to provide a clue or a logging method<br />
* The [[cache]] is not near a sensitive archaelogical or historic site.<br />
* The [[cache]] is not placed in a railroad right of way (150 feet "safety zone")<br />
* The [[cache]] is not placed on or near a military installation.<br />
* The [[cache]] is not placed near or under a public structure deemed potential or possible targets for terrorist attacks, including but not limited to highway bridges, dams, government buildings, elementary and secondary schools, and airports.<br />
* If the cache is placed on private property, the cache page states that permission from the owner has been obtained.<br />
* If the cache is placed in a park or other area where the land manager has established a permit system for geocaches, the cache page states that the permit has been obtained.<br />
* If a physical cache, the container includes a logbook or logsheet (no "codewords").<br />
* If there are multiple locations, all of the [[waypoint]]s have been entered as [[additional waypoints]]<br />
* The cache is not temporary, but rather is expected to be in place for three months or longer.<br />
* The cache will remain at the posted coordinates and does not have a goal of moving to other locations not provided for review.<br />
* The cache (or any physical stage of a multiple-[[waypoint]] cache) is not within 528 feet of any other existing cache or stage of any other existing multiple-waypoint cache, unless there are special circumstances explained in a "note to reviewer," and the cache does not otherwise "saturate" the area when taken together with other existing and pending cache submissions.<br />
* The cache is within the owner's usual geocaching territory or, if placed beyond the owner's maintainable distance, a [[maintenance]] plan has been explained on the cache page.<br />
* The cache contents do not include explosives, fireworks, ammo, lighters, knives (including pocket knives and multi-tools), drugs, alcohol or other illicit material, or any food items/scented items.<br />
* The cache doesn't require going into a commercial business, buying a product, paying an entrance fee, etc., so that it would be "commercial" in nature (intentionally or not).<br />
* The cache doesn't promote a religious, political, charitable or social agenda.<br />
* If a [[Traditional cache]], the cache can be found at the posted coordinates, without going anyplace else or doing anything else.<br />
* If a [[Puzzle cache|Mystery/Puzzle cache]], the posted false coordinates are no more than 1 or 2 miles from the actual coordinates, and any puzzle can be solved by using information on or derived from the cache page.<br />
* If a [[Letterbox cache|Letterbox Hybrid cache]], the cache can be found by reference to GPS coordinates, and the container includes a [[letterboxing]] stamp.<br />
* If an [[Event cache]], the Event is more than two weeks away, is less than three months away (six months for a national/regional event), is sponsored by geocachers, is open to all geocachers, the primary attendees are geocachers, and the primary purpose of the Event is NOT to organize a group hunt for a cache or caches.<br />
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== Reference Guidelines ==<br />
The [http://www.gps.org.nz/ New Zealand Recreational GPS Society] has developed an [http://www.gps.org.nz/content/view/49/45/ informal guide to geocaching in New Zealand]. It is not meant to be a set of rules, rather a guide towards better geocaching. They are not enforceable.</div>BearLefthttp://wiki.geocaching.com.au/index.php?title=Reviewer&diff=5299Reviewer2007-10-11T13:16:32Z<p>BearLeft: </p>
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For caches hosted on [[geocaching.com]], cache listings need to be [[review|reviewed]] by a [[reviewer|volunteer reviewer]] prior to being published for all [[geocacher]]s to find.<br />
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The reviewers of Australian caches are:<br />
* embi<br />
* i,riblit<br />
* theUMP<br />
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== See Also ==<br />
* [[Hiding a cache]]<br />
* [[Listing a cache]]</div>BearLefthttp://wiki.geocaching.com.au/index.php?title=Review&diff=5298Review2007-10-11T13:13:51Z<p>BearLeft: </p>
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The [[cache]] [[review]] process used by [[Geocaching.com]] ensures all [[cache]]s listed there meet the [[guidelines]]. The [[guidelines]] are a set of rules formulated by [[Groundspeak]] and are applied to all [[cache]]s.<br />
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A [[cache]] is visible only to the [[reviewer]]s until is is approved. At that time it becomes visible to all [[geocacher]]s. There is no way to schedule a cache becoming visible after it's reviewed except by arrangement with the local reviewer(s).<br />
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[[Cache]]s listed on [[Geocaching Australia]] do not require any approval.<br />
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== See Also ==<br />
* [[Hiding a cache]]<br />
* [[Listing a cache]]</div>BearLefthttp://wiki.geocaching.com.au/index.php?title=Lexicon&diff=4917Lexicon2007-06-14T07:04:50Z<p>BearLeft: </p>
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<div>Contents of this [[Lexicon]] originally derived from [http://craigrat.geocaching.com.au Craigrats Unofficial Geocaching Australia Lexicon] and [http://home.earthlink.net/~prime.suspect/geolex/ GeoLex by Prime Suspect].<br />
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See also the [[Glossary]].<br />
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== A ==<br />
'''Abdicache:''' ''(Bear_Left)''<br />
To voluntarily end a long run of cache finds with a DNF.<br />
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== B ==<br />
'''BetaTester:''' ''(langy)''<br />
*That poor unfortunate fool (or group of fools) that go out and try to be FTF a new multicache that involve lots of tricky maths.<br />
This usually involves contact with the hider, arguments, the exchange of photographic evidence and trundling out BEDMAS* (or its equivalent - BODMAS for those of us that learned it that way at school).<br />
*BEDMAS defines the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_operations order of mathematical operations] - Brackets Exponents Division Multiplication Addition Subtraction. <br />
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'''Blind Freddies:''' ''(Rabbitto)''<br />
*Person who discovers that the arrow on the GPS is pointing 500m into the sea then wades straight out without first re-checking the co-ordinates or the clue which says "Under a Bush"<br />
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'''Blitzencaching:''' ''(geof)''<br />
*See Maccamob or finding more than 5 caches a day.<br />
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'''Broken Arrow:''' ''(Rabbitto)''<br />
*Novice cacher. They follow the arrow to within 10m of GZ then do the "broken arrow" dance as they try to find that elusive last few metres.<br />
Usually amusing to Walking GPSers but only the first couple of times.<br />
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'''Bronzes Mother:''' ''(Mix)''<br />
*Starts with Your Mother and never ends well.<br />
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'''Blank wall:''' ''(Postman Pat)''<br />
*The looks from around the table that you get from the Muggles (relatives etc.) when you explain what you did today when you drove for an hour or two spent 20 minutes searching for a container wrote it the book in said container then did the same again if you are lucky claim 2 finds in a day.then drive Home<br />
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== C ==<br />
'''Cachemobbing:''' ''(caughtatwork)'' <br />
*(related to flashmobbing) where a number of cachers, independently of each other, all arrive at ground zero at the same time and from different directions, desperate to log the First to Find.<br />
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'''Cache Tunnel Vision:''' ''(murf78)''<br />
*Convinicing myself I know exactly where a cache should be hidden, and exhausting every possible permutation and combination of that hide, while standing right next to (or on top of) the actual cache (usually hidden not-too-trickily) <br />
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'''Cache Rash:''' ''(Snuva)''<br />
*The scrapes, cuts, bruises, rashes, etc obtained in the field, especially when one is following the GPSr rather than using brain.<br />
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'''Cachemobile:''' ''(Rabbitto)''<br />
*Vehicles used to transport geocachers to cache sites.<br />
Holds great status in geocaching circles.<br />
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'''Cachemobile Envy:''' ''(Rabbitto)''<br />
*The knowledge that your Cachemobile is not as good as at least one other Geocachers.<br />
Sure, you can get that abseil cache without getting out of the car but it's still not watertight to 50m like the "___"ers.<br />
Reference Point - any of the 50 or so threads dedicated to this topic.<br />
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Cachemobile Satisfaction:''' ''(Rabbitto)''<br />
*The knowledge that your Cachemobile is better than Rabbitto's Magna.<br />
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'''Cachism:''' ''(Bronze)''<br />
*The spiritual basis or religion of caching, where you can choose to have your good or poor fortunes explained, and be presided over by one or many dieties.<br />
You devise and preach your own philosophies to other cachers such as "A cache in the bush is worth..."; A man with one GPS knows where he is, A man with two is never quite sure (Mix)", "I was was not ment to be, we will find it when it's ready" and my favourite, "If a cache fills with water and no cacher was there to inspect it, did that cache really fill with water?".<br />
A typical indicator of a follower is when you say "I converted some muggles this weekend!"<br />
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'''Calamusolatry:''' (''Bear_Left)''<br />
*The worship of the arrow.<br />
"The Arrow knows the way. Follow the Arrow. The Arrow is your friend."<br />
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'''Captian Cacheman:''' ''(Bronze)''<br />
*A mythical Superhero how is called upon to get you out of the shit with the wife when you get home. For example you three hours from home, it's getting dark you return to the car to find it blocked in by an Astronomy group that is an hour back up the track and you also find 7 missed calls on you phone from the wife and two text messages- 1 saying "Arn't you forgetting something- Your daugher's supposed to be at her best friends B'day party (4.15pm)" and the second saying "Your dead! (4.19pm)".<br />
You call on Captian Cacheman to reverse the direction of the Earth, hopefully not taking out any sats while he is at it too send the clock 5 hours backward so you can swap that latest find for you daughters and wifes unending love forever.<br />
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'''Cede and ye shall find:''' ''(Bear_Left)''<br />
*The act of finding the cache just as you've decided to give up and go away, usually in a place that you've already searched thoroughly.<br />
(Note: it's not possible to use this effect by just pretending to give up; the cache knows!)<br />
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'''Centa-cache Joy (CC Joy):''' ''(traineediplomat)''<br />
*The thrill of arriving at your 100th cache...then realising that the maccamob has 1,440.<br />
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'''Cito Reboot:''' ''(Geof)''<br />
*When your so one track minded you can't see the cache for looking. You then quit, do a bit of cito then find the cache straight off were you thought you looked before.<br />
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'''CNAFU:''' ''(Bronze)''<br />
*Said with a silent C resulting in a 'Nafu' Cache (day) Normal - All F^#*ed Up!<br />
Every possible error that can be made has been and after all that the cache was muggled!<br />
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'''crok(s):''' ''(caughtatwork)''<br />
*Abbreviation of crow kilometers. As in, the cache is only .5 croks but it will a 2.5 kilometer walk to get to it.<br />
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== D ==<br />
'''Decoy Caching:''' ''(Rabbitto)''<br />
*Method of finding a cache in a heavily populated area.<br />
Instead of suspiciously and obviously sneaking around, a large cache bag of goodies is taken to the cache site and unloaded onto the floor.<br />
A very open act of looking for something lost within the things on the floor, cleverly disguises the cache hunt. <br />
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== F ==<br />
'''Freeway Exit:''' ''(Rabbitto)''<br />
*The new path leading to a cache from the main track after around a dozen or so finds <br />
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== G ==<br />
'''GeoCairn:''' ''(caughtatwork)''<br />
*An unnatural pile of sticks or rocks, possibly under which the cache is placed. Sometimes placed with a deliberate intent to lead you astray.<br />
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'''GeoCringe:''' ''(Horus)''<br />
*The inescapable feeling you get when you suddenly realise you are a grown male that has been skulking around the same bush for 20 minutes in a park with a playground*.<br />
*Can also be experienced in other areas, but is generally stronger in a park environment.<br />
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'''GeoInjury:''' ''(The S's)''<br />
*Generally consisting of a sprained ankle from falling in a hole whilst walking and trying to read the GPS at the same time.<br />
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'''GeoRasher:''' ''(Snuva)''<br />
*Someone who follows the arrow on their GPSr rather than using their brain to find a cache. This behaviour often results in a Cache Rash<br />
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'''GeoWanker:''' ''(Posspet Boys)''<br />
*See Posspet Boys.<br />
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'''Geowife:''' ''(Mrs Mix)''<br />
*Minder of children, car and Walkie Talkie. Navigator, laptop holder and sympathiser when a DNF occurs. Some species of Geowife play an important role in the find by actually getting out of the car and looking themselves. <br />
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'''GeoZumped:''' ''(Ideology)''<br />
*When you've laid out your next fabulous brain-bending multi-cache adventure and return home to find that someone has just announced a cache right in the middle of yours!<br />
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'''Gigametre:''' ''(Rabbitto)''<br />
*The distance Maccamob need to travel to get to the only 10 caches in Australia that they haven't yet found.<br />
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'''GMZ:''' ''(caughtatwork)''<br />
*Ground Minus Zero. When the trail in front of you suddendly descends without warning and you go arse over tit because you were watching your GRSr and not the terrain.<br />
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== H ==<br />
'''Haystacking:''' ''(Unknown)''<br />
*Making a hide (almost always a micro) difficult simply by placing it in a location where there are potentially many, many possible hiding places. There's nothing clever, nothing inventive, nothing interesting about it.<br />
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'''Hidden about spud height:''' ''(dvixen)''<br />
*Spud being a local cacher who claims to be short. At a recent event I was having a great rant about not knowing how high was spud height while searching for a cache. Turns out I was standing right in front of him. <br />
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'''Helicopter Member:''' ''(CraigRat)''<br />
*A new member to a site who posts across numerous forum topics (usually without reading older threads), asking for rule changes and suggestions to improve the sport with only 1 or 2 finds under their belts, usually causing quite a large ruckus. Often seen putting their hands up for all kinds of things, then usually vanish before hitting 50 finds. Helicopter reference refers to the visual image conjured up of a person running into a room, waving their arms around madly.<br />
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== I ==<br />
'''Infinity Factor:''' ''(Rabbitto)''<br />
*The mathematical formula that comes into play just as soon as you think you have seen every possible place to hide a cache <br />
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'''Meanderthal:''' ''(Rabbitto)''<br />
*A person who won't admit that the cache is on the other side of the river.<br />
After parking the car, they follow the river for way too far in the freak chance that the river will meander back and put them on the correct side, causing caveman like behaviour from cachers family and friends who realised this 2km ago.<br />
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'''Mugglican Stand Off:''' ''(Rabbitto)''<br />
*Two teams of geocachers arrive at a cache site from different directions at the same time.<br />
They both start to pretend that they have no interest in being there in the hope that the other people will go away.<br />
Can last hours.<br />
An especially fun show for a third party who is aware of the big picture<br />
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== R ==<br />
'''Rankings:''' ''(Bronze)''<br />
*Yellow Jar- finder of up to 10 caches.<br><br />
*Yellow Jar white lid- Fider up up to 20 caches.<br><br />
*Blue Jar- Finder of up to 50 caches.<br><br />
*Blue Jar white lid- Finder of up to 65 caches.<br><br />
*Red Jar- Finder of up to 85 caches.<br><br />
*Red Jar white lid- Finder of up to 80 caches.<br><br />
*Green Jar- Finder of 90-100 caches- Master Cacher!<br><br />
*1st Can (Black Belt)- 101-200 caches found<br><br />
*2nd Can (Black Belt 1 white tip)- 201-300 caches found and so on<br><br />
*5th Can (Black belt 1 red tip)- 501-600 caches found and so on<br><br />
*(Grand Master)- 1000 caches found is a Green Belt!<br />
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'''Rustler:''' (''Bear_Left)''<br />
*A cache that's moving through the undergrowth, according to the GPSr arrow. Some people dismiss this as a result of the GPSr averaging the coords to a more accurate position, but that doesn't explain the subtle rustling sounds made by a cache container moving back into position, ready to be found.<br />
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== S ==<br />
'''Sunofa:''' ''(caughtatwork)''<br />
*One of the GPS Gods who will occassionally smile down at you but is more likely to have their name used in vain as you approach GZ only to have one of the satellites disappear over the horizon leaving you with inadequate coverage.<br />
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== T ==<br />
'''The Lunch Box:''' ''(rav 4 raiders)''<br />
*What muggles (generally our friends and family) have taken to calling the cache container situated at GZ!<br />
Generally used in phrases like "Oi! Your lunch box thingy is over here under this tree!!"<br />
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'''The Merry Go Round:''' ''(caughtatwork)''<br />
*Continually walking around a cache location, following the path, getting no closer than 200 meters to the cache and realising you are back where you started.<br />
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'''The Unworthy:''' ''(Rabbitto)''<br />
*Anyone not the Maccamob (who even with the knowledge of the Gigametre factor, still managed to clock over 100 finds during October.<br />
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'''Toyed Up:''' ''(caughtatwork)''<br />
*Having all of the necessary equipment packed and ready to go. Toys such as Laptop, GPSr, PDA, Camera, etc.<br />
Usage: ''"Are we all Toyed Up? Cool, let's go"''.<br />
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'''Turkey Mound:''' ''(The Ginger Loon)''<br />
*An obviously artificial pile of sticks and leaves that hides a cache container. Note: Usage of the term in a log might be construed as a spoiler. <br />
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== U,V & W ==<br />
'''Vertical Deception:''' ''(madcat)''<br />
*When you jump out of the car to walk 100m to GZ, then realise there is a mountain 2km high to climb.<br />
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'''Walking GPS:''' ''(Rabbitto)''<br />
*Experienced cacher. They have done so many caches that they can park the car 200m away, look at the GPSr, then walk over hills and around curvy paths, straight to the cache without the need to refer to the GPSr again.<br />
Spoilsports to Broken Arrows<br />
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'''Witching:''' ''(Bronze)''<br />
* When you suddenly change direction and the directional arrow has not updated. It may be pointing behind and yet you know you are getting close because the distance is still decreasing and you are moving towards to prior location.<br />
This freakish behaviour is usually brief and I have found common when in forests or canyons.<br />
Poor signal usually causes it but I don't know if it is exclusive to Garmin.<br />
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* When you download and map your track log and it show a mind snap that had occured along the way tracing a line anywhere from a few hundred meters out to kilometers over the horizon during a trip. I have had a top speed of ~1430km/h as a result <br />
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== X,Y & Z ==<br />
'''Youmutha:''' ''(caughtatwork)''<br />
*Another of the GPS Gods whose name will be used when under heavy foliage cover that causes you to lose and gain satellites faster than a your body expelling last nights curry.</div>BearLefthttp://wiki.geocaching.com.au/index.php?title=Additional_waypoint&diff=4908Additional waypoint2007-05-27T09:30:52Z<p>BearLeft: </p>
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Geocaching.com requires that the additional waypoints for all caches with more than one waypoint be entered in their database. <br />
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For those with [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ Firefox] there is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greasemonkey GreaseMonkey] script to simplify matters. [http://gmscripts.locusprime.net/downloads/gc_Waypoint_Quick_Entry.user.js get the script here].<br />
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This is the menu on the top right of your cache page. The number of items may vary so don't be concerned if some are missing.<br />
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[[Image:Waypoint_step_1.jpg]]<br />
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After clicking the waypoints button you will see this page. The Quick entry line is the GreaseMonkey script.<br />
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For consistency please use the cache GC???? code as part of the waypoint name, otherwise the reviewers see a list of waypoints called GZ or WP1, WP2 with no way of knowing to which cache they belong. <br />
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Waypoint type: you must use "Stages of a multicache" for any waypoint that has a physical container placed there by you. The "Question to answer" type should be used if you're using information from a sign or plaque or some other existing object(s). If you don't want any new caches or physical waypoints to be placed very close to your 'virtual' waypoint, use the "Stages of a multicache" type instead.<br />
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[[Image:Waypoint_step_2.jpg]]<br />
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Under the latitude and longitude entry boxes are three radio buttons as shown in the image below.<br />
* The first one will produce a visible waypoint. It will be shown on the cache page and is included within a GPX file downloaded directly from the cache page or as an additional waypoint with a Pocket Query.<br />
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* The second one will show the waypoint name but not the coordinates on the cache page and in the GPX file. Useful if you want to give an indication of the number of waypoints.<br />
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* The third one will hide all details from everyone except the owner and the reviewers.<br />
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'''Don't forget to press the create waypoint button!''' Pressing "archive" will delete the waypoint and you'll have to enter it again.<br />
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[[Image:Waypoint_step_3.jpg]]<br />
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This shows how they will appear on the additional waypoints page ( I have removed part of the coordinates for the hidden waypoints in this picture)<br />
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You won't see the waypoints on the main listing, even if you are the owner. You need to go into the waypoints page to see or edit them.<br />
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If you have visible information in waypoints, coordinates and/or descriptions, it's advisable to also have these in the main listing. Not all 'paperless' cachers will have all of the additional waypoints with them.</div>BearLefthttp://wiki.geocaching.com.au/index.php?title=Geocaching.com&diff=4907Geocaching.com2007-05-27T09:21:29Z<p>BearLeft: </p>
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Geocaching.com was the first major [[cache listing website]] and has the vast majority of caches listed on it.<br />
It is a for-profit site run by US corporation [[Groundspeak]]. <br />
This site lists most caches in Australia but can be quite US-centric and somewhat politically correct.<br />
Basic access is free and there is fee-based membership for functions such as downloading caches in GPX format and receiving electronic copies of cache pages in a format suitable for [[PDA]]s.<br />
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For a full history of Geocaching.com, see the [[History of geocaching]].<br />
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'''Geocaching Australia is not affiliated with [[Groundspeak]] or [[Geocaching.com]]'''</div>BearLefthttp://wiki.geocaching.com.au/index.php?title=Coordinates&diff=4902Coordinates2007-05-10T13:14:09Z<p>BearLeft: </p>
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<div>[[Image:Coordinates.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A set of coordinates]]<br />
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[[Coordinates]] are a set of numbers, [[Latitude]] and [[Longitude]], used to define a location.<br />
==Format==<br />
There are four commonly used formats for [[coordinates]]:<br />
* DDD° MM.mmm' - Degrees and decimal minutes - used in [[geocaching]]<br />
* DDD° MM'SS" - Degrees, minutes and seconds - used in general naviation, particularly nautical navigation<br />
* +/-DDD.dddd° - Decimal degrees, with North and East being positive, S and W negative.<br />
* UTM - [http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/FieldMethods/UTMSystem.htm Universal Transverse Mercator] - UTM would be a better system to use for geocaching, because it's more accurate and, being based on the metric system, it's better suited to terrestial applications. However, even though [[geocaching.com]] lists UTM as well as [[Latitude and longitude|Lat/Lon]], very few cachers or [[waypoint_management_software|waypoint management programs]] seem to use it.<br />
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==Datum==<br />
[[Coordinates]] are based on a [[datum]].<br />
Geocache listings use the [[WGS84]] datum, and your [[GPS]] needs to be set to this.</div>BearLefthttp://wiki.geocaching.com.au/index.php?title=HOWTO:_Add_pictures_to_a_cache_listing&diff=4797HOWTO: Add pictures to a cache listing2007-01-31T00:10:32Z<p>BearLeft: </p>
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Here's a quick and dirty tutorial on how to add an image to your GCA cache listing.<br />
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[[Listing_a_cache|Create your cache listing]] and save it.<br />
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To the Right of your caches page you will see the option 'Add/Edit gallery' under Owner actions. <br />
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Select this.<br />
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Select 'Add another item to this cache'<br />
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Upload all the Images you wish to use for the cache listing.<br />
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Go back to your caches page, and you will now see a 'Gallery' section below the description<br />
<br />
Click on 'View Gallery items for this cache' and then click on the picture you wish to use in the cache listing.<br />
<br />
You should now see a full size version of the image<br />
<br />
Right click on the images and select 'Copy image location'<br />
<br />
'''Step 5:'''<br />
<br />
GO back to your caches page and edit the listing<br />
<br />
type: <img src='paste your images location_here'> eg: <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0452/272.jpg'><br />
<br />
Save it and you should now see an image in your caches listing!<br />
<br />
<br />
It's a little agricultural right now, but we'll be improving on this in a future release<br />
<br />
<br />
<H2>Additional notes for geocaching.com listings</H2><br />
The best place to host your photo is on the listing itself. That way you know it'll remain available for the life of the cache, and will survive changes of ISP and the like.<br />
<br />
So, upload the image, then look at the listing to see the link to it below your text. (You might have to refresh the page a couple of times, it can take a few moments to appear.)<br />
<br />
Copy that link. In most browsers it's something like (right click), copy link location. You'll figure it out!<br />
<br />
Now, edit the listing and make sure "The descriptions below are in HTML" is ticked.<BR><br />
Use the details in the [[HTML|using html]] page for adding line and paragraph breaks and for inserting your image(s).<br />
<br />
Don't use the instructions for background images, though! There's a box in the edit page for you to paste the URL of your background image; use that instead.</div>BearLefthttp://wiki.geocaching.com.au/index.php?title=HTML&diff=4779HTML2007-01-23T02:38:41Z<p>BearLeft: /* Cache Description with Background Image */</p>
<hr />
<div><H2>Listing and Logging using HTML</H2><br />
Geocaching Australia Cache Listings and Logs use HTML (Hypertext Markup Language), the same stuff webpages are made of. To get your post to display properly, with line breaks, you will need to know one or two markup codes:<P><br />
<B><nowiki><br></nowiki></B> will insert a line break. Like pressing "Enter" to go to a new line.<BR><br />
<B><nowiki><p></nowiki></B> will start a new paragraph. Like pressing "Enter" twice!<BR><br />
<BR><br />
Now things get a little bit tricker:<BR><br />
<B><nowiki><img src=http://yourimagelink></nowiki></B> will insert a picture. Copy and paste the code into your log, then copy the link to your image and paste it over the "<nowiki>http://yourimagelink</nowiki>" part. Don't use an image bigger than 640x480, it's too wide and messes up the screen!<BR><br />
<BR><br />
You can chose how you want the image and text to display by using<BR><br />
<B><nowiki><img src="http://yourimagelink" align="left"></nowiki></B> (or <B>"right"</B>)<BR><br />
This will cause your text to "wrap" around your image. To have the text display normally again, use<BR><br />
<B><nowiki><br clear="left"></nowiki></B> (or <B>"right"</B>)<BR><br />
<BR><br />
To make a clickable image:<BR><br />
<B><nowiki><a href="http://yourweblink"> <img src="http://yourimagelink"> </a></nowiki></B><BR><br />
<BR><br />
To make a link display different text:<BR><br />
<B><nowiki><a href="http://yourweblink">Your Text Here</a></nowiki></B><BR><br />
<BR><br />
You can change the format of your text by using:<BR><br />
<B><nowiki><b>bold</b></nowiki></B> and<BR><br />
<B><nowiki><i></nowiki><i>italic</i><nowiki></i></nowiki></B> tags.<BR><br />
<BR><br />
Change the size, font and "color".<BR><br />
'''<nowiki><font size="2" face="Verdana" color=red></nowiki>'''<BR><br />
<B>Your text here.</B><BR><br />
'''<nowiki></font></nowiki>'''<BR><br />
There's a handy practice page [http://www.w3schools.com/html/tryit.asp?filename=tryhtml_font here] but you'll need to add the color attribute yourself. Chose from:<BR><br />
'''<font color=aqua>aqua</font>,''' <br />
'''<font color=black>black</font>,''' <br />
'''<font color=blue>blue</font>,''' <br />
'''<font color=fuchsia>fuchsia</font>,''' <br />
'''<font color=gray>gray</font>,''' <br />
'''<font color=green>green</font>,''' <br />
'''<font color=lime>lime</font>,''' <br />
'''<font color=maroon>maroon</font>,''' <br />
'''<font color=navy>navy</font>,''' <br />
'''<font color=olive>olive</font>,''' <br />
'''<font color=purple>purple</font>,''' <br />
'''<font color=red>red</font>,''' <br />
'''<font color=silver>silver</font>,''' <br />
'''<font color=teal>teal</font>,''' and<br />
'''<font color=yellow>yellow</font>.'''<BR><br />
And white if you want to mess around with changing your background colors.<BR><br />
For other colors, you'll need the colors HEX value, here's a [http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_colornames.asp list].<BR><br />
The safe fonts (ie ones most people are likely to have) are:<BR><br />
<FONT face="arial">arial</FONT>, <br />
<FONT face="arial black">arial black</FONT>, <FONT face="comic sans ms">comic sans ms</FONT>, <br />
<FONT face="courier">courier</FONT>, <FONT face="courier new">courier new</FONT>, <br />
<FONT face="georgia">georgia</FONT>, <br />
<FONT face="helvetica">helvetica</FONT>, <FONT face="impact">impact</FONT>,<br />
<FONT face="palatino">palatino</FONT>, <FONT face="times new roman">times new roman</FONT>,<br />
<FONT face="trebuchet ms">trebuchet ms</FONT>, <FONT face="verdana">verdana</FONT><br />
<BR><br />
If you use a fancy font someone doesn't have installed on their computer, it will display using their default font.<br />
<br />
== Cache Description with Background Image ==<br />
[[image:backgroundtocachetext.small.jpg|right]]<br />
<BR><br />
Copy and paste the code, then change <nowiki>"http://BACKGROUND IMAGE URL HERE"</nowiki> to the link for your image (keep the "quotes" around the link), and replace "PARAGRAPH" with the text of your cache listing.<BR><br />
<BR><br />
<BR><br />
<nowiki><table border="0" cellpadding="50" cellspacing="0" width="90%" </nowiki><BR><br />
<nowiki>background="http://BACKGROUND IMAGE URL HERE"></nowiki><BR><br />
<nowiki><tr></nowiki><BR><br />
<nowiki> <td width="100%"></nowiki><BR><br />
<nowiki> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="100%" </nowiki><BR><br />
<nowiki>bgcolor="#FFFFFF"></nowiki><BR><br />
<nowiki> <tr></nowiki><BR><br />
<nowiki> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana" size="2">PARAGRAPH</font></nowiki><BR><br />
<nowiki> <p><font face="Verdana" size="2">PARAGRAPH</font></p></nowiki><BR><br />
<nowiki> <p><font face="Verdana" size="2">PARAGRAPH</font></p></nowiki><BR><br />
<nowiki> <p><font face="Verdana" size="2">PARAGRAPH</font></p></nowiki><BR><br />
<nowiki> <p><font face="Verdana" size="2">PARAGRAPH</font></p></nowiki><BR><br />
<nowiki> <p><font face="Verdana" size="2">PARAGRAPH</font></td></nowiki><BR><br />
<nowiki> </tr></nowiki><BR><br />
<nowiki> </table></nowiki><BR><br />
<nowiki> </td></nowiki><BR><br />
<nowiki></tr></nowiki><BR><br />
<nowiki></table></nowiki><BR><br />
<br />
<br />
<H2>Additional notes for geocaching.com listings</H2><br />
The best place to host your photo is on the listing itself. That way you know it'll remain available for the life of the cache, and will survive changes of ISP and the like.<br />
<br />
So, upload the image, then look at the listing to see the link to it below your text. (You might have to refresh the page a couple of times, it can take a few moments to appear.)<br />
<br />
Copy that link. In most browsers it's something like (right click), copy link location. You'll figure it out!<br />
<br />
Now, edit the listing and make sure "The descriptions below are in HTML" is ticked.<BR><br />
Use the details above for adding line and paragraph breaks and for inserting your image(s).<br />
<br />
Don't use the instructions for background images, though! There's a box in the edit page for you to paste the URL of your background image; use that instead.</div>BearLefthttp://wiki.geocaching.com.au/index.php?title=Media_coverage&diff=4331Media coverage2006-08-31T12:55:42Z<p>BearLeft: </p>
<hr />
<div>__NOTOC__<br />
[[Geocaching]] often hits the media.<br />
Here's what we know about.<br />
Please add whatever you find!<br />
If you are from the media, check out our [[media kit]].<br />
<br />
<br />
===26 August 2006: Scouring the planet for hidden gems===<br />
The Adelaide Advertiser<br />
<br />
[[http://wiki.geocaching.com.au/wiki/Image:AdelaideAdvertiser26AUG06.jpg Article]]<br />
<br />
===22 July 2006: Geocaching===<br />
The "Good Weekend" supplement in the Sydney Morning Herald<br />
<br />
[[http://wiki.geocaching.com.au/wiki/Image:SydneyMorningHerald.jpg Article]]<br />
<br />
===1 April 2006: Hide and seek in an electronic world===<br />
General article in the "Weekend" pull-out section of The West Australian newspaper.<br />
<br />
[[http://wiki.geocaching.com.au/wiki/Image:WestAustralianNewspaper-1APR06.jpg Article]]<br />
<br />
===9 February 2006: GPS treasure hunt===<br />
Informative item on New Zealand TV, featuring several prominent NZ cachers.<br />
<br />
[[http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/497100/658698 Article]]<br />
<br />
===11 January 2006: Unique treasure hunt becoming more popular===<br />
Positive article in Clare Valley Newspaper (SA), "The Northern Argue".<br />
<br />
[[http://clare.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?story_id=450809 Article]]<br />
<br />
===10 June 2005: What On Earth Is Geocaching===<br />
Broadcast on [http://www.abc.net.au/westernplains/stories/s1389022.htm ABC Western Plains Radio]<br />
<br />
:* This is all you need to go [[geocaching]]...a [[GPS]] device to tell you where to go<br />
:* Well...we think it's a sport, or at the very least a hobby.<br />
:* It involves the planting of an item in a specific location...known as a [[cache]].<br />
:* The localtion is published on the internet and people have to find it using [[GPS]] technology.<br />
:* It's really just a huge game of hide and seek.<br />
:* Once you find the [[cache]] you fill in the log book to say you were there and swap trinkets.<br />
:* There are over 1300 geocaching teams in Australia and it's played in over 200 countries.<br />
:* Dubbo will be hosting a huge [[geocaching]] event this weekend with twenty teams taking part.<br />
:* The trick, I'm told it to find a picturesque location so that [[geocacher]]s get something extra from the experience.<br />
<br />
Forum discussion: [http://forum.geocaching.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=3223 The Bronze on ABC Radio]<br />
<br />
[http://www.abc.net.au/westernplains/stories/m1070145.ram Audio stream], in RealMedia format, requires RealPlayer.<br />
<br />
===28 May 2005: Active Geocaching===<br />
[[Image:Active_geocaching_20050528.jpg|thumb|200px|Spectrum (SMH), 28 May 2005]]<br />
<br />
Published in ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', Spectrum Magazine (pg 32).<br />
<br />
[[User:Mind Socket|Mind Socket]] took a couple of buddies geocaching for an introductory article that was published with one of his photos. ''Contains a minor cache spoiler (cache not named).<br />
''<br />
<br />
===22 May 2005: The Treasure that's Hidden in Lost Places===<br />
The same article reprinted in the ''Sunday Tasmanian''<br />
<br />
<br />
===8 May 2005: The Treasure that's Hidden in Lost Places===<br />
[[Image:Sunday telegraph treasure.jpg|thumb|200px|Sunday Telegraph, 8 May 2005]]<br />
<br />
Published in ''The Sunday Telegraph''<br />
This is a reprint of the previous article for NSW readers.<br />
Includes photos of [[User:Mind Socket|Mind Socket]], EcoNic and EcoDave.<br />
<br />
===5 May 2005: Richary's interview on 891 ABC Adelaide breakfast===<br />
Forum discussion [http://forum.geocaching.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=3041&highlight=891 Richary on ABC Radio]<br />
<br />
[http://www.adam.com.au/jary/cache/rj.mp3 The 6 minute interview] - 700k MP3 file<br />
<br />
===1 May 2005: Global game of Hide and Seek===<br />
[[Image:Sunday mail global game.jpg|thumb|200px|Adelaide Sunday Mail, 1 May 2005]]<br />
<br />
Published in ''The Adelaide Sunday Mail'' and online at [http://escape.news.com.au/story/0,9142,15165463-27982,00.html Escape].<br />
<br />
:HUNTING for hidden treasure, David Jones found himself abseiling into a narrow Blue Mountains gorge, past moss-covered rocks and ferns to the trickling stream far below.<br />
<br />
:They are everywhere - in fact you may have walked right past one. Dozens of caches are tucked away around the world. To get started all you need is a hand-held [[GPS]] (ranging from $200 to more than $1000) and access to the Internet. On [[cache listing website|geocaching websites]] you'll find the longitude and latitude and, in many cases, cryptic clues as to their location. And then there's the backpack of must-haves: torch, compass, first-aid kit, a camera for recording the event and a calculator (many of the puzzles have a mathematical bent).<br />
<br />
:There are three rules to caching:<br />
:* take something from the cache<br />
:* replace it with something of similar value, and <br />
:* write about your visit in the container's log book.<br />
<br />
:Suggested websites:<br />
:* [http://geocaching.com.au geocaching.com.au]<br />
:* [http://www.geocaching.com www.geocaching.com]<br />
<br />
Forum discussions: [http://forum.geocaching.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=3204 Article in "Escape"] and<br />
[http://forum.geocaching.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=2983 Adelaide Sunday Mail Article on Geocaching 01-05-2005]<br />
<br />
===19 February 2005: Adult Hide and Seek Catches On===<br />
[[Image:Illawarra mercury adult hide and seek.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Illawarra Mercury, 19 February 2005]]<br />
<br />
Published in the ''Illawarra Mercury'' and a few days later in ''MX'':<br />
<br />
:An increasingly popular game of grown-up hide-and-seek is leading adventurers on high-tech hunts for hidden treasure.<br />
<br />
:It's called geocaching, and all you need to play is a portable Global Positioning System, access to the internet and a sense of adventure.<br />
<br />
Forum discussion: [http://forum.geocaching.com.au/viewtopic.php?p=26294 Geocaching Article] and [http://forum.geocaching.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=2515 MX article on geocaching]<br />
<br />
===14 December 2004: The Australian===<br />
<br />
Forum Discussion: [http://forum.geocaching.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=1922 geocaching.com.au in The Australian]<br />
<br />
===November 2003: Dubbo City News===<br />
[http://roc.geocaching.com.au/images/Geowhating.jpg GeoWhating]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
===8 July 2003: Canberra Chronicle===<br />
An accidental find by a Canberra resident, unviels Geocaching to at least one current cacher.<br />
[http://spindoc.geocaching.com.au/cachepics/caching_canberra.jpg Cache-chasing creates excitement in Canberra]<br />
<br />
<br />
===18 November 2001: ABC Radio National===<br />
<br />
On 21st October, 2001 Team Chaos members Captain Chaos and [[User:The Ginger Loon|The Ginger Loon]] were interviewed by Chris Bullock from ABC Radio station Radio National. The topic was Geocaching and GPS usage. The information gathered was broadcast as a part Radio National's "Background Briefing" program focusing on GPS, which went to air on Sunday 18th November at 9:00am and was repeated on Tuesday 20th November at 7:00pm.<br />
<br />
* [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/mod/bbing_GPS_2856.ram Audio stream], in RealMedia format, requires RealPlayer.<br />
* [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/stories/s420202.htm Full transcript of program].<br />
* [http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC2725 RADIO K.A.O.S.] locationless cache, based upon content from program. (Now [[archived cache|archived]])<br />
<br />
===August 2001: Geocaching: You Become the Search Engine===<br />
<br />
Published in ''Silicon Chip'', August 2001.<br />
A very comprehensive article with a photo of [[User:Ideology|Ideology]]<br />
<br />
[[Image:Silicon chip cover.jpg|150px|Silicon Chip, August 2001]]<br />
[[Image:Silicon chip page 1.jpg|150px|Silicon Chip, August 2001]]<br />
[[Image:Silicon chip page 2.jpg|150px|Silicon Chip, August 2001]]<br />
[[Image:Silicon chip page 3.jpg|150px|Silicon Chip, August 2001]]<br />
[[Image:Silicon chip page 4.jpg|150px|Silicon Chip, August 2001]]<br />
[[Image:Silicon chip page 5.jpg|150px|Silicon Chip, August 2001]]</div>BearLefthttp://wiki.geocaching.com.au/index.php?title=File:AdelaideAdvertiser26AUG06.jpg&diff=4330File:AdelaideAdvertiser26AUG06.jpg2006-08-31T12:49:15Z<p>BearLeft: </p>
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<hr />
<div>__NOTOC__<br />
[[Geocaching]] often hits the media.<br />
Here's what we know about.<br />
Please add whatever you find!<br />
If you are from the media, check out our [[media kit]].<br />
<br />
===1 April 2006: Hide and seek in an electronic world===<br />
General article in the "Weekend" pull-out section of The West Australian newspaper.<br />
<br />
[[http://wiki.geocaching.com.au/wiki/Image:WestAustralianNewspaper-1APR06.jpg Article]]<br />
<br />
===9 February 2006: GPS treasure hunt===<br />
Informative item on New Zealand TV, featuring several prominent NZ cachers.<br />
<br />
[[http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/497100/658698 Article]]<br />
<br />
===11 January 2006: Unique treasure hunt becoming more popular===<br />
Positive article in Clare Valley Newspaper (SA), "The Northern Argue".<br />
<br />
[[http://clare.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?story_id=450809 Article]]<br />
<br />
===10 June 2005: What On Earth Is Geocaching===<br />
Broadcast on [http://www.abc.net.au/westernplains/stories/s1389022.htm ABC Western Plains Radio]<br />
<br />
:* This is all you need to go [[geocaching]]...a [[GPS]] device to tell you where to go<br />
:* Well...we think it's a sport, or at the very least a hobby.<br />
:* It involves the planting of an item in a specific location...known as a [[cache]].<br />
:* The localtion is published on the internet and people have to find it using [[GPS]] technology.<br />
:* It's really just a huge game of hide and seek.<br />
:* Once you find the [[cache]] you fill in the log book to say you were there and swap trinkets.<br />
:* There are over 1300 geocaching teams in Australia and it's played in over 200 countries.<br />
:* Dubbo will be hosting a huge [[geocaching]] event this weekend with twenty teams taking part.<br />
:* The trick, I'm told it to find a picturesque location so that [[geocacher]]s get something extra from the experience.<br />
<br />
Forum discussion: [http://forum.geocaching.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=3223 The Bronze on ABC Radio]<br />
<br />
[http://www.abc.net.au/westernplains/stories/m1070145.ram Audio stream], in RealMedia format, requires RealPlayer.<br />
<br />
===28 May 2005: Active Geocaching===<br />
[[Image:Active_geocaching_20050528.jpg|thumb|200px|Spectrum (SMH), 28 May 2005]]<br />
<br />
Published in ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', Spectrum Magazine (pg 32).<br />
<br />
[[User:Mind Socket|Mind Socket]] took a couple of buddies geocaching for an introductory article that was published with one of his photos. ''Contains a minor cache spoiler (cache not named).<br />
''<br />
<br />
===22 May 2005: The Treasure that's Hidden in Lost Places===<br />
The same article reprinted in the ''Sunday Tasmanian''<br />
<br />
<br />
===8 May 2005: The Treasure that's Hidden in Lost Places===<br />
[[Image:Sunday telegraph treasure.jpg|thumb|200px|Sunday Telegraph, 8 May 2005]]<br />
<br />
Published in ''The Sunday Telegraph''<br />
This is a reprint of the previous article for NSW readers.<br />
Includes photos of [[User:Mind Socket|Mind Socket]], EcoNic and EcoDave.<br />
<br />
===5 May 2005: Richary's interview on 891 ABC Adelaide breakfast===<br />
Forum discussion [http://forum.geocaching.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=3041&highlight=891 Richary on ABC Radio]<br />
<br />
[http://members.ozemail.com.au/~jary/cache/rj.mp3 The 6 minute interview] - 700k MP3 file<br />
<br />
===1 May 2005: Global game of Hide and Seek===<br />
[[Image:Sunday mail global game.jpg|thumb|200px|Adelaide Sunday Mail, 1 May 2005]]<br />
<br />
Published in ''The Adelaide Sunday Mail'' and online at [http://escape.news.com.au/story/0,9142,15165463-27982,00.html Escape].<br />
<br />
:HUNTING for hidden treasure, David Jones found himself abseiling into a narrow Blue Mountains gorge, past moss-covered rocks and ferns to the trickling stream far below.<br />
<br />
:They are everywhere - in fact you may have walked right past one. Dozens of caches are tucked away around the world. To get started all you need is a hand-held [[GPS]] (ranging from $200 to more than $1000) and access to the Internet. On [[cache listing website|geocaching websites]] you'll find the longitude and latitude and, in many cases, cryptic clues as to their location. And then there's the backpack of must-haves: torch, compass, first-aid kit, a camera for recording the event and a calculator (many of the puzzles have a mathematical bent).<br />
<br />
:There are three rules to caching:<br />
:* take something from the cache<br />
:* replace it with something of similar value, and <br />
:* write about your visit in the container's log book.<br />
<br />
:Suggested websites:<br />
:* [http://geocaching.com.au geocaching.com.au]<br />
:* [http://www.geocaching.com www.geocaching.com]<br />
<br />
Forum discussions: [http://forum.geocaching.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=3204 Article in "Escape"] and<br />
[http://forum.geocaching.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=2983 Adelaide Sunday Mail Article on Geocaching 01-05-2005]<br />
<br />
===19 February 2005: Adult Hide and Seek Catches On===<br />
[[Image:Illawarra mercury adult hide and seek.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Illawarra Mercury, 19 February 2005]]<br />
<br />
Published in the ''Illawarra Mercury'' and a few days later in ''MX'':<br />
<br />
:An increasingly popular game of grown-up hide-and-seek is leading adventurers on high-tech hunts for hidden treasure.<br />
<br />
:It's called geocaching, and all you need to play is a portable Global Positioning System, access to the internet and a sense of adventure.<br />
<br />
Forum discussion: [http://forum.geocaching.com.au/viewtopic.php?p=26294 Geocaching Article] and [http://forum.geocaching.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=2515 MX article on geocaching]<br />
<br />
===14 December 2004: The Australian===<br />
<br />
Forum Discussion: [http://forum.geocaching.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=1922 geocaching.com.au in The Australian]<br />
<br />
===November 2003: Dubbo City News===<br />
[http://roc.geocaching.com.au/images/Geowhating.jpg GeoWhating]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
===8 July 2003: Canberra Chronicle===<br />
An accidental find by a Canberra resident, unviels Geocaching to at least one current cacher.<br />
[http://spindoc.geocaching.com.au/cachepics/caching_canberra.jpg Cache-chasing creates excitement in Canberra]<br />
<br />
<br />
===18 November 2001: ABC Radio National===<br />
<br />
On 21st October, 2001 Team Chaos members Captain Chaos and [[User:The Ginger Loon|The Ginger Loon]] were interviewed by Chris Bullock from ABC Radio station Radio National. The topic was Geocaching and GPS usage. The information gathered was broadcast as a part Radio National's "Background Briefing" program focusing on GPS, which went to air on Sunday 18th November at 9:00am and was repeated on Tuesday 20th November at 7:00pm.<br />
<br />
* [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/mod/bbing_GPS_2856.ram Audio stream], in RealMedia format, requires RealPlayer.<br />
* [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/stories/s420202.htm Full transcript of program].<br />
* [http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC2725 RADIO K.A.O.S.] locationless cache, based upon content from program. (Now [[archived cache|archived]])<br />
<br />
===August 2001: Geocaching: You Become the Search Engine===<br />
<br />
Published in ''Silicon Chip'', August 2001.<br />
A very comprehensive article with a photo of [[User:Ideology|Ideology]]<br />
<br />
[[Image:Silicon chip cover.jpg|150px|Silicon Chip, August 2001]]<br />
[[Image:Silicon chip page 1.jpg|150px|Silicon Chip, August 2001]]<br />
[[Image:Silicon chip page 2.jpg|150px|Silicon Chip, August 2001]]<br />
[[Image:Silicon chip page 3.jpg|150px|Silicon Chip, August 2001]]<br />
[[Image:Silicon chip page 4.jpg|150px|Silicon Chip, August 2001]]<br />
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[[Geocaching]] often hits the media.<br />
Here's what we know about.<br />
Please add whatever you find!<br />
If you are from the media, check out our [[media kit]].<br />
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===1 April 2006: Hide and seek in an electronic world<br />
General article in the "Weekend" pull-out section of The West Australian newspaper.<br />
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[[http://wiki.geocaching.com.au/wiki/Image:WestAustralianNewspaper-1APR06.jpg]]<br />
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===9 February 2006: GPS treasure hunt===<br />
Informative item on New Zealand TV, featuring several prominent NZ cachers.<br />
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[[http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/497100/658698 Article]]<br />
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===11 January 2006: Unique treasure hunt becoming more popular===<br />
Positive article in Clare Valley Newspaper (SA), "The Northern Argue".<br />
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[[http://clare.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?story_id=450809 Article]]<br />
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===10 June 2005: What On Earth Is Geocaching===<br />
Broadcast on [http://www.abc.net.au/westernplains/stories/s1389022.htm ABC Western Plains Radio]<br />
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:* This is all you need to go [[geocaching]]...a [[GPS]] device to tell you where to go<br />
:* Well...we think it's a sport, or at the very least a hobby.<br />
:* It involves the planting of an item in a specific location...known as a [[cache]].<br />
:* The localtion is published on the internet and people have to find it using [[GPS]] technology.<br />
:* It's really just a huge game of hide and seek.<br />
:* Once you find the [[cache]] you fill in the log book to say you were there and swap trinkets.<br />
:* There are over 1300 geocaching teams in Australia and it's played in over 200 countries.<br />
:* Dubbo will be hosting a huge [[geocaching]] event this weekend with twenty teams taking part.<br />
:* The trick, I'm told it to find a picturesque location so that [[geocacher]]s get something extra from the experience.<br />
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Forum discussion: [http://forum.geocaching.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=3223 The Bronze on ABC Radio]<br />
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[http://www.abc.net.au/westernplains/stories/m1070145.ram Audio stream], in RealMedia format, requires RealPlayer.<br />
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===28 May 2005: Active Geocaching===<br />
[[Image:Active_geocaching_20050528.jpg|thumb|200px|Spectrum (SMH), 28 May 2005]]<br />
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Published in ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', Spectrum Magazine (pg 32).<br />
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[[User:Mind Socket|Mind Socket]] took a couple of buddies geocaching for an introductory article that was published with one of his photos. ''Contains a minor cache spoiler (cache not named).<br />
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===22 May 2005: The Treasure that's Hidden in Lost Places===<br />
The same article reprinted in the ''Sunday Tasmanian''<br />
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===8 May 2005: The Treasure that's Hidden in Lost Places===<br />
[[Image:Sunday telegraph treasure.jpg|thumb|200px|Sunday Telegraph, 8 May 2005]]<br />
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Published in ''The Sunday Telegraph''<br />
This is a reprint of the previous article for NSW readers.<br />
Includes photos of [[User:Mind Socket|Mind Socket]], EcoNic and EcoDave.<br />
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===5 May 2005: Richary's interview on 891 ABC Adelaide breakfast===<br />
Forum discussion [http://forum.geocaching.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=3041&highlight=891 Richary on ABC Radio]<br />
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[http://members.ozemail.com.au/~jary/cache/rj.mp3 The 6 minute interview] - 700k MP3 file<br />
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===1 May 2005: Global game of Hide and Seek===<br />
[[Image:Sunday mail global game.jpg|thumb|200px|Adelaide Sunday Mail, 1 May 2005]]<br />
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Published in ''The Adelaide Sunday Mail'' and online at [http://escape.news.com.au/story/0,9142,15165463-27982,00.html Escape].<br />
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:HUNTING for hidden treasure, David Jones found himself abseiling into a narrow Blue Mountains gorge, past moss-covered rocks and ferns to the trickling stream far below.<br />
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:They are everywhere - in fact you may have walked right past one. Dozens of caches are tucked away around the world. To get started all you need is a hand-held [[GPS]] (ranging from $200 to more than $1000) and access to the Internet. On [[cache listing website|geocaching websites]] you'll find the longitude and latitude and, in many cases, cryptic clues as to their location. And then there's the backpack of must-haves: torch, compass, first-aid kit, a camera for recording the event and a calculator (many of the puzzles have a mathematical bent).<br />
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:There are three rules to caching:<br />
:* take something from the cache<br />
:* replace it with something of similar value, and <br />
:* write about your visit in the container's log book.<br />
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:Suggested websites:<br />
:* [http://geocaching.com.au geocaching.com.au]<br />
:* [http://www.geocaching.com www.geocaching.com]<br />
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Forum discussions: [http://forum.geocaching.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=3204 Article in "Escape"] and<br />
[http://forum.geocaching.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=2983 Adelaide Sunday Mail Article on Geocaching 01-05-2005]<br />
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===19 February 2005: Adult Hide and Seek Catches On===<br />
[[Image:Illawarra mercury adult hide and seek.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Illawarra Mercury, 19 February 2005]]<br />
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Published in the ''Illawarra Mercury'' and a few days later in ''MX'':<br />
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:An increasingly popular game of grown-up hide-and-seek is leading adventurers on high-tech hunts for hidden treasure.<br />
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:It's called geocaching, and all you need to play is a portable Global Positioning System, access to the internet and a sense of adventure.<br />
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Forum discussion: [http://forum.geocaching.com.au/viewtopic.php?p=26294 Geocaching Article] and [http://forum.geocaching.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=2515 MX article on geocaching]<br />
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===14 December 2004: The Australian===<br />
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Forum Discussion: [http://forum.geocaching.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=1922 geocaching.com.au in The Australian]<br />
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===November 2003: Dubbo City News===<br />
[http://roc.geocaching.com.au/images/Geowhating.jpg GeoWhating]<br />
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===8 July 2003: Canberra Chronicle===<br />
An accidental find by a Canberra resident, unviels Geocaching to at least one current cacher.<br />
[http://spindoc.geocaching.com.au/cachepics/caching_canberra.jpg Cache-chasing creates excitement in Canberra]<br />
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===18 November 2001: ABC Radio National===<br />
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On 21st October, 2001 Team Chaos members Captain Chaos and [[User:The Ginger Loon|The Ginger Loon]] were interviewed by Chris Bullock from ABC Radio station Radio National. The topic was Geocaching and GPS usage. The information gathered was broadcast as a part Radio National's "Background Briefing" program focusing on GPS, which went to air on Sunday 18th November at 9:00am and was repeated on Tuesday 20th November at 7:00pm.<br />
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* [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/mod/bbing_GPS_2856.ram Audio stream], in RealMedia format, requires RealPlayer.<br />
* [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/stories/s420202.htm Full transcript of program].<br />
* [http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC2725 RADIO K.A.O.S.] locationless cache, based upon content from program. (Now [[archived cache|archived]])<br />
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===August 2001: Geocaching: You Become the Search Engine===<br />
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Published in ''Silicon Chip'', August 2001.<br />
A very comprehensive article with a photo of [[User:Ideology|Ideology]]<br />
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[[Image:Silicon chip cover.jpg|150px|Silicon Chip, August 2001]]<br />
[[Image:Silicon chip page 1.jpg|150px|Silicon Chip, August 2001]]<br />
[[Image:Silicon chip page 2.jpg|150px|Silicon Chip, August 2001]]<br />
[[Image:Silicon chip page 3.jpg|150px|Silicon Chip, August 2001]]<br />
[[Image:Silicon chip page 4.jpg|150px|Silicon Chip, August 2001]]<br />
[[Image:Silicon chip page 5.jpg|150px|Silicon Chip, August 2001]]</div>BearLefthttp://wiki.geocaching.com.au/index.php?title=File:WestAustralianNewspaper-1APR06.jpg&diff=4089File:WestAustralianNewspaper-1APR06.jpg2006-04-05T02:41:41Z<p>BearLeft: Article on geocaching in the 'Weekend' pull-out section.</p>
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<div>Article on geocaching in the 'Weekend' pull-out section.</div>BearLefthttp://wiki.geocaching.com.au/index.php?title=Uploading_logs&diff=3823Uploading logs2006-01-23T02:13:34Z<p>BearLeft: </p>
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<div>{{GCA}}<br />
Sometimes your logs on another site do not get mirrored on [[Geocaching Australia]]. If that is the case, use the <br />
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** to be completed **<br />
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You will require a valid GPX file in order to use the tool. You can create a complete GPX file for all of your cache logs from GSAK as one of the easiest methods.<br />
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* Start GSAK<br />
* Create a filtered list containing only those caches that you wish to create a log for. It is not strictly necessary to do this, you can create a file for all of your logs. The updater should be clever enough to work out which ones need adding and ignore the others.<br />
** File | Export | GPX/LOC File<br />
** Ctrl+G does the same thing.<br />
* File type to generate:<br />
**Tick GPX file<br />
* Waypoint name<br />
** %code (Do NOT create a GPX file with smart names)<br />
* File name to create<br />
** Should be any valid file system and name<br />
* Logs<br />
** Limit number of logs to export: Set this to 0<br />
** Always include by logs: Tick this box<br />
* Click the Generate button.<br />
You should now have a file containing only your logs for the filtered list you selected.<br />
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If you're a paying member of geocaching.com and only need to import your finds from that site, there's a simple way to do this.<br />
Go to your "Build Pocket Queries" page and you'll see a "My Finds" option. Click the button and wait for your email to arrive. Once it has, take that GPX file and continue the process below.<br />
(This GPX file has all your finds, including caches now archived, and your log. It's not limited to 500 caches the way other PQs are.)<br />
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You can now load your GPX file to Geocaching Australia by going to the following page:<br />
http://geocaching.com.au/my/import <br />
* The importer reads all the caches and logs and updates the database as appropriate:<br />
** if it's a new cache or log, it adds it to the database<br />
** if it's a different cache or log, it checks the cache or log in the database and if the text or date is blank or the date is 1/1/1970, it corrects it with the information from the gpx file.<br />
* Click on the Browse button to find the file that you just created.<br />
* Click on the Import button to import your logs.<br />
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That's it. You should receive a notification of how many logs were imported.</div>BearLefthttp://wiki.geocaching.com.au/index.php?title=Coordinates&diff=699Coordinates2005-07-15T16:07:15Z<p>BearLeft: </p>
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<div>[[Coordinates]] are a means of numerical description for a location on the earths' surface. [[Geocaching]] uses coordinates of [[Latitude and longitude | Latitude]] and [[Latitude and longitude | Longitude]] (Lat/Lon) to describe the location of the cache or its intermediate [[waypoint]]s.<br />
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For the purposes of geocaching, Lat/Lon coordinates are expressed in Degrees, Minutes, decimal minutes ( DDD°MM.mmm' ), but for purposes of general navigation (especially at sea) Lat/Lon is expressed in Degrees, Minutes and Seconds ( DDD°MM'SS" ).<br />
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An alternate system of coordinates is UTM, which is short for [http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/FieldMethods/UTMSystem.htm Universal Transverse Mercator]. UTM would be a better system to use for geocaching, because it's more accurate and, being based on the metric system, it's better suited to terrestial applications. However, even though geocaching.com lists UTM as well as [[Latitude and longitude | Lat/Lon]], very few cachers or [[waypoint_management_software | waypoint management programs]] seem to use it.<br />
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The other component of a set of [[coordinates]] is the datum used. Geocache listings use the [[WGS84]] datum, and your [[GPS | GPSr]] needs to be set to this.</div>BearLefthttp://wiki.geocaching.com.au/index.php?title=User:BearLeft&diff=2891User:BearLeft2005-07-15T06:08:41Z<p>BearLeft: </p>
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<div>Bear_Left is a geocaching team known to [[Muggles]] as Ian and Jessica Mackereth.<br />
We discovered caching while living in Sydney, then moved to Christchurch, NZ and introduced them to the trickiness of Sydney-style caches. Our mission there accomplished (and the local caches all found), we moved to Perth in FEB05 and started recycling all our best ideas into local caches. (And a few ideas from others, too...)<br />
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Web page: [http://bearleft.mackereth.net bearleft.mackereth.net]</div>BearLefthttp://wiki.geocaching.com.au/index.php?title=PDA&diff=704PDA2005-07-07T02:15:32Z<p>BearLeft: </p>
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<div>[[PDA]] stands for Personal Digital Assistant.<br />
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They come in two main 'flavours' or Operating Systems, Palm and PocketPC, and both have their strengths and weaknesses.<br />
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Small Palm PDAs are often available second-hand for under $100 and are quite capable of performing all the functions required for paperless caching.<br />
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At the simplest level, a PDA can store all the descriptions of a selection of caches, usually a whole State or region, meaning that impromptu cachers have all the data they need with them at all times. They can also be used to take notes on cache finds for later logging.<br />
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More advanced models allow the user to display spoiler photos, connect to GPS receivers via cables or Bluetooth wireless, show maps (moving dynamically if connected to a GPSr), and provide ebooks, music and games to help pass the time until the Muggles move away from the cache area!<br />
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Some PDAs can even store addresses and phone numbers, schedule appointments and keep To-Do lists, apparently...</div>BearLefthttp://wiki.geocaching.com.au/index.php?title=Waypoint_management_software&diff=481Waypoint management software2005-06-29T07:52:48Z<p>BearLeft: </p>
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<div>__NOTOC__<br />
[[Waypoint management software]] allows you to keep lists of [[geocache]]s on your computer.<br />
Depending on your computer setup, you could download waypoints in [[GPX]] format to your [[GPS receiver|GPS]] and cache descriptions to your [[PDA]].<br />
This saves you from re-typing coordinates and printing out huge volumes of paper.<br />
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Overall, Aussie cachers prefer [http://gsak.net GSAK], partly because it's made by Western Australian geocacher ClydeE, but mostly because it works well! The [[Geocaching Australia Forum]] has a [http://forum.geocaching.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=534 support thread on GSAK]. The beauty of GSAK is that it is created by a programmer that caches, rather than a cacher that programmes.<br />
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The most popular [[waypoint management software]] packages are:<br />
==Windows==<br />
[[Image:gsak.png|thumb|right|150px|GSAK]]<br />
* [http://gsak.net GSAK] - Sorts caches, marks, links to map, etc. Supports [[GCA]] [[GPX]]<br />
* [http://http://www.clayjar.com Clayjar Watcher] - Similar to GSAK<br />
* [http://http://easygps.com EasyGPS]<br />
* [http://gpsbabel.sourceforge.net GPS Babel] - Converts almost any format to any other. <br />
* [http://www.gpxspinner.com GPX Spinner] - Converts [[GPX]] files to document format<br />
* [http://www.fizzymagic.net/Geocaching/gpx2html/gpx2html.html GPX2HTML] - Converts [[GPX]] files to simple indexed HTML format<br />
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==Mac==<br />
* [http://www.chimoosoft.com/gpsconnect.html GPS Connect]<br />
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==Pocket PC==<br />
[[Image:gpxsonar.jpg|thumb|right|100px|GPXSonar]]<br />
* [http://www.isilo.com iSilo] - Document reader<br />
* [http://gpxsonar.homeip.net/default.aspx GPXSonar] - View and manage GPX files. Freeware!<br />
* [http://www.visualgps.net/BeeLineGPS/default.htm BeeLineGPS]<br />
* [http://strandberg.org/gpxview GPXView] - View and manage GPX files<br />
* [http://www.tinystocks.com/gps.html Navio] - Navigation/mapping software with GPX & LOC support.<br />
* [http://www.gpstuner.com GPS Tuner] - Navigation/mapping software with GPX & LOC support.<br />
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==Palm==<br />
[[Image:cachemate_anim.gif|thumb|right|100px|Cachemate]]<br />
* [http://www.smittyware.com/palm/cachemate/ CacheMate] - [http://forum.geocaching.com.au/viewtopic.php?p=35754 Testimonial]<br />
* [http://www.cetusgps.dk Cetus GPS] - Links to your [[GPS]]<br />
* [http://www.isilo.com iSilo] - Document reader<br />
* [http://www.plkr.org Plucker] - Document reader<br />
* [http://www.palmgear.com/software/showsoftware.cfm?sid=74176920011013184252&prodID=29696 Geocache HintDecoder] - Geocache Hint Decoder<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/gpilots/ GPilotS] - [[Waypoint]]s, [[route]] and [[track log]] manager program for the [http://www.garmin.com/ Garmin] [[GPS]]</div>BearLefthttp://wiki.geocaching.com.au/index.php?title=Waypoint_management_software&diff=479Waypoint management software2005-06-29T03:34:38Z<p>BearLeft: </p>
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<div>__NOTOC__<br />
[[Waypoint management software]] allows you to keep lists of [[geocache]]s on your computer.<br />
Depending on your computer setup, you could download waypoints in [[GPX]] format to your [[GPS receiver|GPS]] and cache descriptions to your [[PDA]].<br />
This saves you from re-typing coordinates and printing out huge volumes of paper.<br />
<br />
The most popular [[waypoint management software]] packages are:<br />
==Windows==<br />
[[Image:gsak.png|thumb|right|150px|GSAK]]<br />
* [http://gsak.net GSAK] - Sorts caches, marks, links to map, etc. Supports [[GCA]] [[GPX]]<br />
* [http://http://www.clayjar.com Clayjar Watcher] - Similar to GSAK<br />
* [http://http://easygps.com EasyGPS]<br />
* [http://gpsbabel.sourceforge.net GPS Babel] - Converts almost any format to any other. <br />
* [http://www.gpxspinner.com GPX Spinner] - Converts [[GPX]] files to document format<br />
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==Mac==<br />
* [http://www.chimoosoft.com/gpsconnect.html GPS Connect]<br />
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==Pocket PC==<br />
[[Image:gpxsonar.jpg|thumb|right|100px|GPXSonar]]<br />
* [http://www.isilo.com iSilo] - Document reader<br />
* [http://gpxsonar.homeip.net/default.aspx GPXSonar] - View and manage GPX files. Freeware!<br />
* [http://www.visualgps.net/BeeLineGPS/default.htm BeeLineGPS]<br />
* [http://strandberg.org/gpxview GPXView] - View and manage GPX files<br />
* [http://www.tinystocks.com/gps.html Navio] - Navigation/mapping software with GPX & LOC support.<br />
* [http://www.gpstuner.com GPS Tuner] - Navigation/mapping software with GPX & LOC support.<br />
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==Palm==<br />
[[Image:cachemate_anim.gif|thumb|right|100px|Cachemate]]<br />
* [http://www.smittyware.com/palm/cachemate/ CacheMate] - [http://forum.geocaching.com.au/viewtopic.php?p=35754 Testimonial]<br />
* [http://www.cetusgps.dk Cetus GPS] - Links to your [[GPS]]<br />
* [http://www.isilo.com iSilo] - Document reader<br />
* [http://www.plkr.org Plucker] - Document reader<br />
* [http://www.palmgear.com/software/showsoftware.cfm?sid=74176920011013184252&prodID=29696 Geocache HintDecoder] - Geocache Hint Decoder<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/gpilots/ GPilotS] - [[Waypoint]]s, [[route]] and [[track log]] manager program for the [http://www.garmin.com/ Garmin] [[GPS]]<br />
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Overall, Aussie cachers prefer [http://gsak.net GSAK], partly because it's made by Western Australian geocacher ClydeE, but mostly because it works well! The [[Geocaching Australia Forum]] has a [http://forum.geocaching.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=534 support thread on GSAK]. The beauty of GSAK is that it is created by a programmer that caches, rather than a cacher that programmes.</div>BearLefthttp://wiki.geocaching.com.au/index.php?title=File:Cachemate_anim.gif&diff=2841File:Cachemate anim.gif2005-06-29T03:33:07Z<p>BearLeft: An animated GIF of the main screens of the Palm Cachemate program.</p>
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<div>An animated GIF of the main screens of the Palm Cachemate program.</div>BearLeft