If you enjoy maps, GPS, the outdoors and a good puzzle then geocaching might be a great activity for you. Geocaching is a game played around the world. Players hide a "cache" (a waterproof container such as Tupperware or an ammo box) and post the latitude and longitude at the geocaching.com website. The object is for other players to use their GPS, maps and ingenuity to find the cache. Some players have hundreds of hides and hundreds of finds, which are tallied for you at the website. The site also has a search feature that enables you to learn about hides in your state, zipcode or within a certain distance of your latitude/longitude. I was doubtful that there would be any caches in the area where I live but was amazed at how many were within a short distance. The first two that I found were within 600 feet and 2000 feet of my back porch!
Learn more at
GeoCaching.com
# posted by MapWatch @ Thursday, July 22, 2004
