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Sunday, July 15, 2007
Geocaching, the high-tech way to adventure
'Where in the world is ... ? - GPS lovers zero in on new source of fun' describes the phenomenon of geocaching, something that I believe is much more popular in the States than (yet) in Europe. I can understand the joy of it: It's a treasure hunt, with the excitement of exploring unknown territory and finding stuff, yet without the dangers that Indiana Jones always got himself into.
As can be seen here it's also very economical and ad hoc to arrange, so once there are enough phones with GPS I guess geocaching will come along as an inevitable hobby. In the article it seems dedicated GPS receivers/navigators are used though, but once almost all new phones have GPS there's no excuse anymore, unless you consider geocaching silly.
Apart from going treasure hunting on foot, geocaching could also be done by bicycling or driving to the different places, e.g. combining with problem solving etc.
As can be seen here it's also very economical and ad hoc to arrange, so once there are enough phones with GPS I guess geocaching will come along as an inevitable hobby. In the article it seems dedicated GPS receivers/navigators are used though, but once almost all new phones have GPS there's no excuse anymore, unless you consider geocaching silly.
Apart from going treasure hunting on foot, geocaching could also be done by bicycling or driving to the different places, e.g. combining with problem solving etc.
