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GPS -- Global Positioning System
GPSR -- GPS Receiver (handheld device)
Geocaching -- High Tech Hide and Seek with your GPS.
Who knew that playing with billions of dollars of technology could be so fun.
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There are several game popping up out there that use GPSRs (GPS Receivers) as an integral part of the game. When Selective Availability was turned off, a whole new hobby was born. People all over the world now play the game of Geocaching. The sites I visit regularly are listed below. I go into more with the topics on the left menu, including my pal the puppymonster.
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www.geocaching.com
Geocaching.com main web site. My Geocaching tab has more information on geocaching. High tech hide and seek! |
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www.waymarking.com
Virtual caches, locationless caches and web cams have moved to this new site. It has expanded way beyond that now. |
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www.cacheintrashout.org
The international effort around Earth Day in April where geocachers unite to help clean our planet. |
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www.wherigo.com
Basically playing GPS-enabled adventures in the real world using your GPS to guide you to locations and where you interact with virtual objects and characters. Also a geocache type. |
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www.groundspeak.com
The parent company of all of the above. |
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www.confluence.org
Searching out exact lattitude and longitude intersections. |
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Signal...
Signal is the mascot for Geocaching.com. Since it is a family friendly game they created a fun mascot. Each month he gets a new wallpaper feature. Koko does a great job giving us some fun images of Signal. |
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