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Land provides all the necessary tools to practice paperless Geocaching, from reading *.GPX files with Groundspeak extensions to the generation of field notes which can be uploaded to http://www.geocaching.com. Geocaching is an outdoor treasure hunting game that uses GPS devices. Participants navigate to a specific set of GPS coordinates (the geocache) and attempt to find a container hidden at that location. This container may include a reward for the participant. The result of this experience is to share your geocaching stories on-line and to have fun and enjoy the nature.
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Work with geocaching files like as any other waypoints file, although geocaches include extra information comparing to normal waypoints. Among information, you can check notes from other users (logs) or even create your own notes.
In order to be fully compatible with paperless geocaching, waypoints’ file must contain geocaching extensions providing information about the geocache (description, difficulty, terrain…). Land can open the following geocaching formats:
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NOTE: *.LOC files will also be listed when choosing a geocaching destination, but these files cannot be considered as fully compatible with geocaching because they do not include geocaching extensions, so extra information as description or field notes will not be available.
Download geocaches
To easily find geocaches near your current position Land offers you the possibility to search for geocaches inside the database of http://www.geocaching.com, follow these steps:
1. At map window, center the map in the zone where you want to get a list of available elements.
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2. Press ‘Main menu > Online > Geocaching’.
3. http://www.geocaching.com will be launched and will start looking for available content near to that position.
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4. Download as much geocaches as you want.
5. Open the downloaded geocaches with Land and start working with them (geocaches will be considered waypoints).
Properties of geocaches
Geocaches normally include extra information comparing to normal waypoints: You can see notes from other users or create your own notes.
•Logs: Notes from users who previously attempted to find that geocache.
•Status: The current state of that geocache for you.
•Comment: Further information about status of the geocache.
