What is Geocaching?
Geocaching is a worldwide game of hiding and seeking treasure. Anyone with a GPS device can play. Discover how you can too.
Geocaching is a 21st century version of hide and seek.Someone hides a container, named a geocache, and then tells others where it is hidden.
A geocache is typically a waterproof container the size of a lunch box, but it may be as small as a match box or as large steel drum.
A typical geocache consists of a waterproof container, which contains a logbook, pen/pencil and swappable items.
So others know where the geocache is hidden, the hider uses a GPS receiver to record the geographic coordinates where the location.
These coordinates consist of two numbers - the latitude and longtitude.
To let others know where the geocache is located, the hider publishes a description and its geographic location on the internet.
Geocaches are listed on several websites.
The largest listing is hosted by the US-based company Groundspeak (www.geocaching.com).
Other lists include:
- Geocaching Australia (www.geocaching.com.au)
- Opencaching (www.opencaching.de)
- Navicaching (www.navicaching.com) and
- Terracaching (www.terracaching.com).