Early Geocaching History

When taking a look at the history of Geocaching we see that it is still in it’s infancy in the whole scheme of things. In just over six years the game of Geocaching has evolved from that first ‘stash’ placed by Dave Ulmer on May 3, 2000, only one day after Selective Availability was turned … Read more

Sweet GPS Device from Apple?

While doing my daily sweep of the geoblogosphere today I ran across a post hinting at a possible future multifunction handheld device from Apple that may include a GPS. Apple’s iPhoto software has geotagging functionality built in already and according to the post, Apple has filed a patent for a handheld device that could include … Read more

Who Really Invented GPS?

There is an interesting article in today’s Miami Herald questioning who owns the rights to GPS technology. A defunct company called SPS claims that Motorola ended a joint venture in 2000 that gives SPS the intellectual property rights to GPS technology. Motorola claims that they gave SPS $5,000,000, paid for their offices, and paid employee … Read more

Pod Cache (FIRST in Australia)

This podcache is listed as GCXRH6 on www.geocaching.com. It was created by TeamAstro [profile] and is located in South Australia This is the first PodCache in Australia AND the first to be placed in a country outside the USA. Congrats to TeamAstro! Go to the cache listing on www.geocaching.com for full instructions.

Show Delay

Due to being WAY too busy for our own good (we’re neck deep in a national conference right now), the next Travel Caching episode will be delayed. If it sounds like we’re whining … yes we are. Sorry about the lack of our special edition show at this time. You can count on our consistent … Read more