Geomate.jr review
The Geomate.jr is designed solely for geocaching, but more than that, its designed to make geocaching drop-dead easy. The Geomate.jr is pre-loaded with 250,000 caches, covering the entire U.S.
Garmin Dakota 10 and 20
UPDATE: Read my hands on Garmin Dakota 20 review. I also have a dedicated Garmin Dakota 10 page.
Rumors have been showing up online for awhile now about a new handheld series, and today it’s official – the touch-screen Garmin Dakota 10 and Dakota 20 have been announced.
The Dakota series seems to be filling the [...]
Geomate.jr low cost handheld GPS for geocaching
UPDATE: Read my hands on Geomate.jr review
With so many manufacturers undercutting the big boys on auto GPS, I should have seen this coming.
It appears that the Apisphere Geomate.jr will be officially launched come Monday, but REI has scooped the company by having it already available for sale on their website. Here’s what we know so [...]
Handheld GPS news briefs
It’s that time of year, when handheld GPS enthusiasts’ thoughts turn to tech toys the outdoors. Yes, spring will be here soon, very soon for some of us, and I’ve got a few goodies for those of you ready to hit the trail:
More free maps for your Garmin GPS
I don’t know who John M. is, [...]
More DeLorme PN-40 improvements forthcoming
UPDATE: Check out my hands-on DeLorme PN-40 review
DeLorme is previewing a bunch of new features, some of which are due in an upcoming firmware update for the PN-40:
Geocaching improvements
Send to GPS feature from Geocaching.com
A "Cache Register" widget (image above) for Mac and PC for creating geocache queries and sync them to PN-series devices.
PN-40s ship with [...]
Geocaching with a Garmin nuvi
UPDATE: Check out my hands on Garmin nuvi 500 review to read about a nuvi with paperless geocaching ability built-in.
Geocaching is an awesome sport, that gets technology enthusiasts (and often their kids) outdoors, albeit with a gadget in their hands!
A handheld GPS designed for outdoor use is the best tool for this high-tech treasure hunt, [...]
Geocache helps save lost climbers on Mount Hood
Two climbers on Mount Hood have been rescued with an assist from a geocache. The climbers spent the night in a snow cave after a whiteout. They reached authorities via cell phone Tuesday morning and began their descent, but were unable to relay their location since they had no GPS.
Luckily, they stumbled across a [...]
Blog Action Day – Go geocaching with your kids
Today is Blog Action Day, a day when bloggers from all over the world are posting on the same topic — the environment. According to their website, the idea is…"Every blogger will post about the environment in their own way and
relating to their own topic. Our aim is to get everyone talking [...]
GeoJournal – Geocaching software for Mac
GeoJournal is a new geocaching program for Mac that allows you to "plan, manage and record your geocaching activities." It includes the following features:
.gpx and .loc support.
Multiple custom categories allow you to group geocaches by type, location, etc.
Multiple "home" locations allowed. For all you folks with a vacation home or the need to get away [...]
Waymarking – The next hot GPS game?
Have you heard of waymarking, the new GPS game from Groundspeak, the folks behind geocaching.com? Waymarking could be described as a more urban friendly geocaching, or even geocaching with a social network twist.
Waymarking.com describes a waymark as "a physical location on the planet marked by coordinates (latitude/longitude) and contains unique information defined within its waymark [...]
