Archive for May, 2005

Geospacial Conference to Feature Frey, Geocaching

Saturday, May 21st, 2005

Futurist Thomas Frey will be keynoting a conference on GIS (Geographic Information Systems) in Denver Colorado in September.

bq. The Conference will be September 21-23, 2005 at INVESCO Field at Mile High - East Side. The program theme is “The Geospatial Revolution: A Whole New View.” Wednesday and Thursday will include technical sessions, a job fair, […]

“Gadget Geek” Geocachers in SC Cemeteries

Saturday, May 21st, 2005

I guess things are heating up in South Carolina.

The Columbia Star publishes a story today continuing to report on the clash between geocachers in that state and House Member Catherine Ceips.

High–tech scavenger hunt Geocachers invade hallowed ground

Listen to some of the language in this story (emphasis mine):

Once the gadget geeks pinpoint the loot, they […]

Unpopular Cacher Acronyms

Thursday, May 19th, 2005

Geocachers, like other hobbyists, form their own jargon to communicate with others of their kind. Their abbreviations show up in geocache logbooks, posted on the geocaching.com website and in conversations at online forums.

While there are a number of very popular acronyms (FTF, TNLNSL, TFTH), I thought I would list just a few of the most […]

AAA Promotional Hunt

Wednesday, May 18th, 2005

AAA local auto club affiliates have decided to use geocaching as part of a promotion.

During a cross country map research trip this month and in June, AAA Texas will be hiding caches for travelers to find at a variety of locations along Route 66 as part of a geocaching treasure hunt.

It’s not clear whether these […]

Oregonian Marks Fifth Anniversary

Tuesday, May 17th, 2005

The Oregonian reports on the fifth anniversary of the sport of Geocaching, which was marked way back on May 2nd. The subjects of their story are Joe Whittington and his geocaching course at Lake Oswego, taught to help newcomers enjoy the sport responsibly and safely.

Another component of geocaching is environmental stewardship.

“Adults take their children with […]

Travel Bug Thief

Monday, May 16th, 2005

A newly-registered user on Geocaching.com named “Remorser” recently logged the capture of 156 travel bugs.

One user on the Groundspeak forums noted this comment in one of the travel bug logs:

i have this travel bug tag ( along with 165 others just like it). when i first saw geocaching i thought it would be fun to […]

Targeting Geocachers

Monday, May 16th, 2005

There are dark events brewing in Charlotte, South Carolina for fans of the great activity of geocaching.

A combination of a misunderstanding and a politician in need of cheap political capital has resulted in the scapegoating of the entire sport of geocaching.

This unreasonable situation has led to the following news story:

Strangers caught trekking into graveyards or […]


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