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I’m Back…

billnpegz — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:44:49 +0000

Interesting how life gets in the way of some of the fun things that we enjoy. Fun things like geocaching, or blogging.

For those of you that frequent thegeocaher.com or used to frequent the blog when it was being updated, I am renewing my commitment to periodic postings which means I am going to also be renewing my commitment to my geocaching adventures so that I will have something at least remotely interesting to write [...]

Build Your Own GPS – Caching for Nerds

billnpegz — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:11:31 +0000

Techno Geeks – Bre Pettis and Joe Garland have posted a fun video/article on just how easy it is to build your own GPS using a few simple components. Now I somehow think there was a bit more done than what we see in the brief video, but it is fun to watch and if you have the winter geocaching blues it might be a good project. As they indicate schematics and code are [...]

Treasure Hunting with the iPhone 3G

billnpegz — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:18:36 +0000

As many of you know I am an RSS and News Feed junkie… As such you may see me make some posts here that are references to works that I have read that I believe might be of interest to you. This post is one of those.

While surfing through the Mashable website I came across this article on using the iPhone for your geocaching. I like the single device idea. IE… one [...]

Geocaching – A Beginner’s Guide

billnpegz — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:00:42 +0000

Author: Heather Bayer – posted by BillNPegz

Geocaching crazy – join the hunt!

I’m a self-confessed technophobe. I have never sent a text message or taken a photo with a cell phone; played a video game or watched a movie on a personal DVD player. In fact, I never quite mastered working the video machine [...]

Geocaching, Technology and the Outdoors!

billnpegz — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:30:46 +0000

I’ve had my GPS unit for quite awhile. In fact I even knew about geocaching but never really embarked on the adventure until this past summer. I must say after about 30 cache finds so far I am hooked!

Geocaching, for those of you that are curious is an international “treasure hunt” of sorts. Individuals will hide a cache that may contain small trinkets for trading, and post the coordinates to this cache online for others [...]

Geocaching – The Technology Behind "The Hi-Tech Treasure Hunt"

billnpegz — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:37:00 +0000

Image via Wikipedia

Author: Tonia Jordan

It all started on May 2, 2000 with the removal of selective availability by the White House. (Selective Availability is the intentional modification of GPS signal to degrade accuracy of readings) At that moment, the GPS receiver became 10 times more accurate.

GPS, or Global Positioning System is a navigational system which operates through the use of twenty-four satellites positioned around the globe in low Earth orbit. These satellites were [...]

Winter Geocaching… What Can You Do?

billnpegz — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 08:00:31 +0000

Image by Klearchos Kapoutsis via Flickr

When I think of winter I don’t necessarily think of geocaching. In our climate here in the Pacific Northwest, there is just something about the thought of trudging through inches, if not feet of snow looking for a hidden container that is not real appealing to me.

I am actually envious of those that are in warmer climates. They don’t have this added challenge that we have in [...]

Looking for Guest Writers!!

billnpegz — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:00:28 +0000

The Geocacher is looking for your help. We would like to publish articles from those of you that are active in the sport of geocaching.

Surely I can write about my experiences and the caches that I visit and hide, and the geocoins and trackables that I have come across in my travels, but in doing so you get a pretty narrow view that would in no way represent all that is happening in [...]

Review – DeLorme Earthmate PN-20

billnpegz — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:25:57 +0000

First let me start out by saying that I did NOT purchase this GPS unit with geocaching in mind. I had heard of the sport but never really did any investigation of what it was all about until after I had purchased the unit.

Overall I think it is a good device… There are a number of positive things and negative things about it that I will detail below. I know for the holiday season that [...]

Welcome to The Geocacher

billnpegz — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 05:28:00 +0000

Welcome to The Geocacher website. This new WordPress blog will be strictly devoted to topics and content that are related to the high-tech world-wide treasure hunting game of geocaching.

It doesn’t matter if you are new to the game or if you have been caching for years. All are welcome and all are encouraged to participate and help build the content and community of this site.

You will find many different things here and of course [...]