Where 2.0: Geocaching Interest Noted
Geocaching came up in a conference call with journalists regarding the Where 2.0 (location services technology) conference:
GPS in cell phones is also gaining some traction, O’Reilly said, pointing out interest in geocaching, which are treasure hunts played with GPS devices that are used to locate the coordinates of “prize” caches all over the world.
Geocaching could be poised to explode when nearly every mobile phone carries the essential equipment of the sport. Ubiquitous GPS ownership will balloon geocaching participation.
It is anyone’s guess how this will change the sport. Cache saturation levels in areas? Running into more cachers on the trail? Perhaps a variation on geocaching involving telephone communication will be born.