DigiGirl: Treasure hunting for the masses

Watching the movie “Sahara” last weekend reminded me why “National Treasure: Book of Secrets” is such a big hit.

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This column discusses geocaching, a high-tech treasure hunting game played world wide by explorers using a GPSr. It's written with the motivations of the individual geocacher in mind.

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The list shows a surprising amount of information for each cache. The icon on the left side of the search results indicates the type of cache, most being "traditional" caches with a little plastic container icon.

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Come and get it: Washington's newest wilderness area, Wild Sky, is as pretty as it gets — and has something to offer just about everybody.

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It's no secret that the Garmin Nüvifone is one of the most anticipated smartphones of this year--partly because of its killer feature set (GPS with full navigation, 3.5-inch touch screen, quad-band world roaming, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, 3-megapixel camera, and so on) and partly because ev …

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Like many new technologies, GPS has taken several years to find its way. But with prices dropping, unit sales have skyrocketed, more than tripling last year.

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"It entails having a GPS device, going online to a Web site to use the device to help you find a "cache" — booty, me hearties — and then recording and documenting your find in a logbook."

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"Geocaching, the high-tech game the men were playing, is full of secrets, code names and sometimes even valuable prizes. And the game, pronounced geo-cashing, has captured the attention of players nationwide."

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A MAN playing a high-tech version of hide-and-seek has stumbled across a cache of child pornography buried under a rock in a northern beaches park.

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Using a handheld Global Positioning System device, Aaron McCain had hiked miles to Excelsior Pass to find the hidden loot as part of a global scavenger hunt run by Seattle-based Geocaching.com.

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Tips on how to buy your first GPS unit for geocaching

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With the use of GPS device you can find hinding treasures.

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A geocacher and archaeologist visited Coffeyville, Kansas to see what is at the center of the (Google) world.

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Imagine using your GPS enabled phone to play a location game. For example, your mobile phone would direct you to a nearby retail store where another player is located with the "magic potion" that you're in need of. Slay him down and take the digital goods.

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Unfortunately, the hobby of Geocaching has gotten a few black eyes like this. People mistaking the caches for something dangerous.

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A good article on geocaching in general and how a group in Minnesota 'cache together in the evenings.

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Lessons Concerning Goals To Be Learned From Geocaching

Geocaching is a game of hide and seek on a global scale which anyone with a GPS and an Internet connection can play. The basic flow is:

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A company called Space Data is offering $60 for each of their weather balloons [equipped with cellular transmitters] certified geocachers find. It appears it is more financially beneficial to pay $60 to geocachers rather than locate the balloons themselves.

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In a game of global positioning called geocaching, the lowly treasure hunt has gone high-tech -- but it can also be a game of risk when terrorism-sensitive authorities find the goods first.

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