A lot of people who want to experience Geocaching are concerned about the initital cost of getting started, especially in regards to expensive GPS units. While its not true to say all GPS units are expensive (some units such as the Garmin Geko 201
are around £80), it is still a fair bit of money to have invested if you then decide Geocaching isnt for you.Thankfully, all is not lost.
If you own an iPhone, entering the world of Geocaching can be very affordable.
Groundspeak (the guys who run Geocaching.com) have an app available that, for £5.99, allows you to not only go Geocaching, but also to cache paperless.
APPLICATION FEATURES INCLUDE:
- Direct access to over 1,200,000 geocaches around the world including description, hint, attributes, gallery photos, trackable items, and recent logs
- Ability to log geocaches and trackable item finds and submit field notes to geocaching.com
- Search by current location (iPhone 3G, 3GS and 4G), address, home coordinates or geocache lookup code
- Save geocache listings, including maps and photos for quick retrieval and offline use
- Filter hides and finds from search results using your geocaching.com account
- Navigate to geocaches with a simulated compass arrow (iPhone 3G, 3GS and 4 only)
- Look up trackable item details, including item goals and descriptions, while on the trail
- Access recently generated geocaching pocket queries (geocaching.com Premium Members only)
- Embedded web browser for viewing geocache web pages on geocaching.com without leaving the application.
- Visual indications of Premium, Inactive, and Found geocaches
- All basic information for viewed geocaches, including maps, is cached on the device automatically.
- Sort geocache lists by the order in which they were saved.
-Browse photo gallery and attributes for geocaches.
-Google Maps integration
-Ability to take photos and submit them with geocache logs.
-Ability to submit logs for Trackable Items
-Logs tab - Displays pending and sent logs with status and editing available
-Enhanced Pocket Query download reliability
-Enhanced offline capability
-iPod Music available while using application
-Home location support: please specify home location in your geocaching.com profile to benefit from this feature
-Notepad for each geocache listing which saves any text you type
-Viewing any list of caches on map is now possible
-Viewing your Trackable inventory is possible
- Ability to log geocaches and trackable item finds and submit field notes to geocaching.com
- Search by current location (iPhone 3G, 3GS and 4G), address, home coordinates or geocache lookup code
- Save geocache listings, including maps and photos for quick retrieval and offline use
- Filter hides and finds from search results using your geocaching.com account
- Navigate to geocaches with a simulated compass arrow (iPhone 3G, 3GS and 4 only)
- Look up trackable item details, including item goals and descriptions, while on the trail
- Access recently generated geocaching pocket queries (geocaching.com Premium Members only)
- Embedded web browser for viewing geocache web pages on geocaching.com without leaving the application.
- Visual indications of Premium, Inactive, and Found geocaches
- All basic information for viewed geocaches, including maps, is cached on the device automatically.
- Sort geocache lists by the order in which they were saved.
-Browse photo gallery and attributes for geocaches.
-Google Maps integration
-Ability to take photos and submit them with geocache logs.
-Ability to submit logs for Trackable Items
-Logs tab - Displays pending and sent logs with status and editing available
-Enhanced Pocket Query download reliability
-Enhanced offline capability
-iPod Music available while using application
-Home location support: please specify home location in your geocaching.com profile to benefit from this feature
-Notepad for each geocache listing which saves any text you type
-Viewing any list of caches on map is now possible
-Viewing your Trackable inventory is possible
