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Geocaching can be considered a location-based game. A typical cache is a small waterproof container containing a logbook and sometimes a pen or pencil. [4] The geocacher signs the log with their established code name/username and dates it, in order to prove that they found the cache. After signing the log, the cache must be placed back exactly ...
Location-based games may induce learning, with researchers having observed that these activities produce learning that is social, experiential and situated. [4] It supports learning in Geography and other subjects including environmental education. Learning, however, is related to the objectives of the game designers.
Each NGS-listed mark has a permanent identifier (PID), a six-character code that can be used to call up data about that mark on the National Geodetic Survey website. [5] Other websites offer maps of the locations (and PIDs) of marks in each individual state of the U.S. [6] Until 2023, Geocaching.com had a section of its site devoted to ...
GeoKrety (from Greek: geo, "earth" and Polish: krety, "moles") is an online tracking service targeted at Geocachers.Each registered object, called a GeoKret (plural: GeoKrety), has a unique tracking code, allowing its movements between locations such as Geocaches to be tracked and registered on the service.
Welcome to the WikiProject Geocaching home page. The active portion of the project was created on July 10, 2009, however it had previously been created, never took off. In 2024, the wikiproject was revived. If you would like to become a member, simply add your name to the list of members below.
[3] [4] On Geocaching.com, each travel bug has an individual page which tracks its movement and calculates the distance travelled. [5] Travel bugs move from cache to cache by Geocachers picking up the bug and physically moving them. There is no obligation to pick up a bug from a cache as Geocachers can simply "discover" the bug on the website.
Participants use navigational techniques to hide and seek containers, called "geocaches" or "caches", anywhere in the world. Pages in category "Geocaching" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Fall 2007: Geokrety.org [8] began a free tracking service, Geokrety, for coins and other items, with full support for geocaching sites such as Opencaching.us [9] and partial support for other geocaching sites. March 4, 2009: Geocaching.com further reduced the minimum number of codes for purchase to 50, and the minimum number of coins eligible ...