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Lodging Venues in NC Offer On-Site Geocaching
CULLOWHEE, N.C. – Two adjoining accommodations in Jackson County now offer on-site geocaching to guests, a program believed to be among the first of its kind in the Southeast. The Riverlodge Bed & Breakfast and Tuckaseigee Valley Cabins enlisted the help of nationally-acclaimed geocacher Graeme McGufficke to hide 10 caches on their mountain property, which borders [...]

NNJC Cachers featured in article
A bit of self promotion as I’m a member of NNJC - Northern NJ Cachers. 3 of NNJC cachers were featured in a story in the NJ Star Ledger. The story was the top story on the home page along with a big picture. Old Navy, LakeLady and BrianSnat were all quoted in the article which [...]

Geocaching with a Garmin Nuvi
An interesting set of steps posted at http://pilotsnipes.googlepages.com/index.html which explain how to use a Garmin NUVI for paperless geocaching. The well written set of steps includes many screen shots showing exactly how to make it work using GSAK. If you have a Nuvi, it’s definitely worth checking out.

MapSource releases Mac version & updates Windows version
Garmin has released a Mac version of MapSource which can be pre-ordered - http://www.gpscity.com/cp?&s=00001&cr=022108GU&it=cnusa8ntm. Garmin has also released an update to MapSource for the Windows platform at http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=209. They list the following as the latest updates: Changes made from version 6.13.6 to 6.13.7: Fixed an issue sending maps to units on Asian language computers. Fixed an issue where the [...]

Climbers rescued on Mount Hood aided by treasure hunt box
Two men who became lost on Mount Hood were able to aid rescuers after they found a geocache, a box used in a treasure hunt game, that contained their GPS location. Rescuers safely guided Matthew Pitts and Justin Votos out of the snow-covered forest Tuesday morning, after the pair got lost in whiteout conditions while climbing [...]

Garmin and Apple Updates
According to Garmin and the Mac Garmin is still committed to the Apple and lists the various ways Apple users can use Garmin products and some news about what is in development. There’s a link to download a beta of the new Apple beta software called Bobcat. A direct link is http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=3886

Cache In On Treasure Hunting Fun At Detroit Zoo
The Detroit Zoo has always been a great place to discover wildlife, but now it’s also a great place to discover hidden treasure. The Zoo has joined the growing craze of geocaching by creating six caches, or hiding places, throughout the 125-acre park. The GPS coordinates of the six Detroit Zoo caches can be found on [...]

Policy banning game in national parks could soon change to encourage it [Canada]
An interim policy has banned the popular activity geocaching from national parks, but a final Parks Canada policy to be released by the end of September may encourage it. The sport, played all over the world, has people hiding items and others tracking them down with global positioning systems (GPS). All of the items, hidden and [...]

Garmin MapSource 6.13.1 release
http://www.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=209 (47.3 MB) Changes made from version 6.12.4 to 6.13.1: Improved the View in Google Earth feature. Improved the Find Nearest Places dialog. Improved the transfer of user data to removable media drives for marine units. Added support for transferring user data to Symbian Garmin Mobile XT devices. Added a temperature field to the tab delimited text output. Fixed an issue where [...]

Treasure hunt spoils wedding
Wedding reception ruined because of high-tech game on Tybee Saturday evening. Geocaching is supposed to be a harmless game in which techno-savvy treasure hunters use Global Positioning Devices to find trinkets hidden in remote locations. But a Saturday trek for hidden “treasure” under the Tybee Pavillion turned out to be anything but harmless. Whoever hid a geocache there [...]