Not sure if many folks here are into geocaching, www.geocaching.com, the crazy, web-based outdoor treasure hunt. It's fun, and a cool way to check out new destinations, get outdoors, and learn about using a GPS to locate caches.
Trimble GPS now has a nice application out for the N95 called Geocache Navigator. The link to find it is below. It's free, easy to use, is enabled with the N95's built-in GPS and GPRS radios for position, cache and mapping data, and seems to work pretty well.
http://www.geocachenavigator.com/NokiaEdition/tabid/225/Default.aspx
While the application is clearly designed to use with www.geocaching.com, I think one could probably use it for dead-reckoning as well. In all, a fun and free app!
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Have you tried it? I'd be interested to know how you get on. I've tried it once and failed miserably. I'm not convinced it's got the resolution needed for geocaching: it was telling me the cache I was looking for was in the middle the A41 (it isn't).
neilhoskins wrote:Have you tried it? I'd be interested to know how you get on. I've tried it once and failed miserably. I'm not convinced it's got the resolution needed for geocaching: it was telling me the cache I was looking for was in the middle the A41 (it isn't).
are you sure it wasnt in the middle of the A41? Did you look?? 😉
I tried it last night (feb 25, 2008) and it worked great, brought me right to the spot that everyone else said the cache was. The only problem was that I'm new to geocaching and couldn't find the cache! LOL
It told me I was withing 3 feet of it but I couldn't locate it. I had it on for 19 minutes and it only used 3 kb's of data during it's use. I'm going to go back and try to find this geocache later after I get more information on where to look at this particular spot. EDIT: I was in the right spot. I'm just waiting on the person who placed the cache to verify that the cache is still there.
I recommend this application and if someone could put it on the "recommended apps" thread, that would be great (Kontraband *HINT HINT*).....
I've used various Nokia GPS phones for geocaching (not with this particular software yet), and its worked fine. The resolution is more than sufficient.
Finding the cache can often be the tricky bit. I'll happily admit to having tripped over the container one one occasion (at least I found it)...
Interesting app, thanks for info.
I tested it out yesterday and found three caches! The application is pretty cool, though in a city, it is hard to get exactly to where stuff is with building blocking the signal. In general, it is pretty cool and worth the cost... free.
Yes, to be fair, I went back to the cache that had been giving me problems, this time with both my phone and handheld Magellan GPS. This time, Geocache Navigator was giving more accurate results than the handheld. Still didn't find it, though.
evilweasel wrote:....top app ! :top:
Sadly Im hooked, yes the N95 Does work for Geocaching must go and log the 3 I did at lunch....
Just watch out the Geocaching software is no good if you loose phone range unless you have the postions... Ive not got there a couple of times... But then I f you try and run ViewRanger a compasss program and Geocaching you can expect any phone to fall over ocasionally...
Gerrit