Post by damin69 on May 25, 2010 18:56:07 GMT -6
Ok Little history of what Geocaching is. You can go to www.geocaching.com to look it all up. I started Geocaching in 2008.
Geocaching is a hitech treasure hunt. People hide items for other people to find. They can range is size from what is called Nano to as big as you can think of. The most used size is what is called a micro cache and that is basicly the size of a 35mm film can or Water proof matchstick container. There are 3 things that define a cache listing one is size, Then difficulty on a scale of 1-5 1 being easy 5 being extra hard to find. Then is the Terrain Rating 1-5 also one being pretty much flat surface very easy walking. Now a 5 terrain rating generally means that you will be needing special equipment to get to cache like Boat or scuba gear or even Climbing equipment.
Caches are hidden using gps coordinates on the WGS84 system. When a cache his hidden it is then published on the www.geocaching.com web site.
GPSr range in price from like $70-$600 depending on options you want. Auto gps can be used but it is more difficult as they are rechargeable and battery life is usually limited to a couple hours of use. They are also not that rugged nor are they water proof. I tend to use both I use an Auto GPS (garmin Nuvi255W)Was like $249 when I bought it and my Handheld is a Delorm PN-30 is about $185 right now. Gps go pretty much by personal preference. MOST and I use that term lightly cachers lean twards the Garmin line of hand helds for the fact that they have a huge following and very good customer service. Delorme has great customer service but has not been around doing personal Gps as long as garmin. Magellan for the most part have poor customer service. These are the Big 3 in the hand held game. Just do your research before you buy.
Now on the lines of Scootcaching this is a term my Dad has coined. We have gone scoot caching around Madison Wisconsin, Up to Door County up the peninsula and back. Then we took a trip from Prairie Du Chien on hwy35 on the Wisconsin side of the Mississippi across on Hwy8 and back down the Iowa Side back over to Prairie. All of this caching was done while my Dad was driving his Baccio VX-50 and I had my Tiazhou Kaitong 125cc. We very rarely got over 35 mph and some hills never got above 15mph.
Here is a picture of me signing a log with the scooters in the back ground.
This is a picture of how I had my Gps mounted on my Old scooter.
Garmin Nuvi255 and at that time Garmin GPSMap 60CSx
Now on the new scooter My mounting system is a bit different since I got the Delorme I purchased a Ram mount for it and a couple extra Ram Diamond mounts. My Nuvi I was using a Ram mount for it but it did not use the Diamond mount ball unit. I am now using the same holder with a Diamond Mount ball on the back of the mount which makes it interchangeable with my Delorme mount. In the sun light my Delorme is easier to see than the nuvi but I like having the nuvi for Road navigation.
Here is the Nuvi mounted
Now the delorme same mount.
I use www.mountguys.com for all my gps/cell phone mount needs have had the best prices around.
I am going to get one of these eventually for seeing my Nuvi in sun light.
www.mountguys.com/product_p/stomper-320-nuvi200w.htm
Geocaching is a hitech treasure hunt. People hide items for other people to find. They can range is size from what is called Nano to as big as you can think of. The most used size is what is called a micro cache and that is basicly the size of a 35mm film can or Water proof matchstick container. There are 3 things that define a cache listing one is size, Then difficulty on a scale of 1-5 1 being easy 5 being extra hard to find. Then is the Terrain Rating 1-5 also one being pretty much flat surface very easy walking. Now a 5 terrain rating generally means that you will be needing special equipment to get to cache like Boat or scuba gear or even Climbing equipment.
Caches are hidden using gps coordinates on the WGS84 system. When a cache his hidden it is then published on the www.geocaching.com web site.
GPSr range in price from like $70-$600 depending on options you want. Auto gps can be used but it is more difficult as they are rechargeable and battery life is usually limited to a couple hours of use. They are also not that rugged nor are they water proof. I tend to use both I use an Auto GPS (garmin Nuvi255W)Was like $249 when I bought it and my Handheld is a Delorm PN-30 is about $185 right now. Gps go pretty much by personal preference. MOST and I use that term lightly cachers lean twards the Garmin line of hand helds for the fact that they have a huge following and very good customer service. Delorme has great customer service but has not been around doing personal Gps as long as garmin. Magellan for the most part have poor customer service. These are the Big 3 in the hand held game. Just do your research before you buy.
Now on the lines of Scootcaching this is a term my Dad has coined. We have gone scoot caching around Madison Wisconsin, Up to Door County up the peninsula and back. Then we took a trip from Prairie Du Chien on hwy35 on the Wisconsin side of the Mississippi across on Hwy8 and back down the Iowa Side back over to Prairie. All of this caching was done while my Dad was driving his Baccio VX-50 and I had my Tiazhou Kaitong 125cc. We very rarely got over 35 mph and some hills never got above 15mph.
Here is a picture of me signing a log with the scooters in the back ground.
This is a picture of how I had my Gps mounted on my Old scooter.
Garmin Nuvi255 and at that time Garmin GPSMap 60CSx
Now on the new scooter My mounting system is a bit different since I got the Delorme I purchased a Ram mount for it and a couple extra Ram Diamond mounts. My Nuvi I was using a Ram mount for it but it did not use the Diamond mount ball unit. I am now using the same holder with a Diamond Mount ball on the back of the mount which makes it interchangeable with my Delorme mount. In the sun light my Delorme is easier to see than the nuvi but I like having the nuvi for Road navigation.
Here is the Nuvi mounted
Now the delorme same mount.
I use www.mountguys.com for all my gps/cell phone mount needs have had the best prices around.
I am going to get one of these eventually for seeing my Nuvi in sun light.
www.mountguys.com/product_p/stomper-320-nuvi200w.htm
