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[Maurice]

any one tried this my son showed me some of the basics when
on holiday in France.
Just been looking at the web site for caches around here.
Anyone tried it?
Maurice

[Grandad Graham]

Hi Maurice

Yes got an app on my Android Phone called c:geo and we found a few around Paignton and Brixham while we were away
Have you joined on the Geocaching website  http://www.geocaching.com/  ?

There are quite a few of us on there from T&T  it's a pretty good hobby for trainee spies  

[Maurice]

Thanks Graham.
Chris joined me when we were in France and we went out hunting on his I-phone.
Amazed that there were three locations within 1/2 mile of our camp site.
We spent ages looking and got the Lat/Long coordinates fairly accurately using the Tom-tom live.
We mush have looked very suspect hunting under rocks in an old castle!!

Any way at home looked last night and have a Lat/Long for a place just down the road o a green bridleway -- we walk that way sometimes as well - never drammed!
So we will have to go out looking.

Haven't PAID to join the Premium web site - Chris says that comes later when you get good at it

So of we go hunting

Maurice

[Predictable Bob]

I'm not sure if things have changed since I joined but you used to be able to join without paying - the subscription is for 'Premium' members and gives you access to additional caches and allows you to run queries so you can upload bulk sets of caches to your GPSr

I've been a member for ages but have been too busy to get out much recently

[Grandad Graham]

Predictable Bob, on 17 June 2013 - 12:15 PM, said:

I'm not sure if things have changed since I joined but you used to be able to join without paying - the subscription is for 'Premium' members and gives you access to additional caches and allows you to run queries so you can upload bulk sets of caches to your GPSr

I've been a member for ages but have been too busy to get out much recently

Yes you can still join for free We have

[Maurice]

Do you use your Sat Nav for finding locations or something like Google maps -- which I have a a live App on my Samsung tablet.
Going out tomorrow to walk a Green Lane foot path that we normally walk and look for a "nice tree" with a "posh box" at "waist height".

Might feel a prat walking along with the tablet though !!

Maurice

[Grandad Graham]

Maurice, on 17 June 2013 - 09:42 PM, said:

Do you use your Sat Nav for finding locations or something like Google maps -- which I have a a live App on my Samsung tablet.
Going out tomorrow to walk a Green Lane foot path that we normally walk and look for a "nice tree" with a "posh box" at "waist height".

Might feel a prat walking along with the tablet though !!

Maurice

I use the Android App c:geo  with it you log on to Geocache and it incorporates Google Maps and overlays the caches over the top any caches you find it marks with a smiley face on the cache icon on the "Live Map"
it's a FREE app too although not an approved one it works very well