There are treasures to be found... They're hidden in city and state parks, outside of nearby buildings, alongside hiking trails and exercise routes, and even in local neighborhoods. This is geocaching, an adventure-based game involving intentionally hidden treasures, i.e. caches, and a standard handheld global positioning system (GPS) unit. The idea behind geocaching is for people to set up caches all over the world, and to then share the GPS coordinates of the caches via the Internet. GPS users can then use the location coordinates to find the caches, and once found, a cache usually provides its visitor with a wide variety of rewards available for the taking. Authored by a renowned expert on GPS usage and the editors of Geocaching.com, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Geocaching is a comprehensive yet easy to understand guide for getting started and having fun with geocaching. AUTHORBIO: Jack W. Peters, a nationally recognized leader in GPS navigation training, has been an active participant and promoter of geocaching since its inception. Certified by the state of Oregon as a search and rescue officer, Jack is the co-founder and manager of an off-road vehicle search and rescue team for the Lane County Sheriff's Office known as the Special Vehicles Group, publisher of GPS Navigator Magazine.com, and the author of The GPS Navigation Guide and the soon-to-be published Off-Road Field Guide. The Staff and Editors of Geocaching.com have been involved with geocaching since its inception, and are widely recognized as pioneers and custodians of this rapidly growing adventure-based activity.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Great book:
As with all books "for Dummies", this one is full of information and lots of pictures to make it understandable and interesting.
It was great --- once !:
Bottom line. Lots of good info but much of it is way out of date. It's past time for an rewrite.
Mostly For Muggles:
Good book if you've never heard of Geocaching and want to know a little about it, but if you want in-depth information and any details related to specific workings of GPSr's look elsewhere.
I read through it quickly, looking to get lots of questions answered but came up short. This is a good FIRST STEP book, but we ready to purchase another book to get more information.
A must have for the geocaching "newbie".:
Everyone who plans to launch the geocaching hobby needs this book. It's tempting to grab your new GPS out of the box and wing it, but without this guide you will be missing out on the many features of your unit.
