Geocaching
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Overview
Geocaching is an outdoor treasure-hunting game in which the participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers (called "geocaches" or "caches") anywhere in the world. A typical cache is a small waterproof container containing a logbook and "treasure," usually toys or trinkets of little value. (from http://www.wikipedia.org)
An application for geocaching guides you to a cache with direction and distance, of course. But it should also be possible to download additional information like description, logs and hints for a cache.
Use Cases
- Distance and direction to a cache
- Additional information of the cache
- Alert me, if I'm (unintentional) nearby a cache
- Support for Wherigo cartridges (However, it seems that the file format isn't open.)
Layout Components
(TBD)
Architectural Details
(TBD)
Questions and Answers
(TBD)
External Information
- CacheWolf: Java software for paperless Caching. It uses a spider to retrieve the information from www.geocaching.com. Only in German.
- GeoToad: Ruby implementation for paperless caching. Not maintained.
- Rick Richardson's Linux tools for geocaching: Various tools for geocaching. Some are designed to turn the clickly-clicky-scroll-clicky-clicky messes that are geocaching.com and navicache.com into a set of tools which you can use in a batch or cron mode to establish your normal caching routine, backup your caches and cache logs, etc. Others are used to enter new waypoints, a free geocoder, create custom maps of waypoints, etc
