Geogearheads; The Weekly Show For Geocaching And Location-based Gaming

Cacheline for Sunday, January 6, 2013 reports on Garmin's listing of four new Oregon models via their website: Oregon® 600 Oregon® 600t Oregon® 650 Oregon® 650t Subscribe to the feed: iTunes RSS Social Media: Email: Cacheline@CacheAManiacs.com

Noted hider joins hosts and for the fifty-second show. He's also created a FaceBook group -- "" -- to share some creative caches. The live video session from this Google+ Hangout On Air can be found on . Subscribe to the feed: Social Media: Email:

returns to talk about Earthcaching for the fifty-first beta show. First, we mentioned a couple of things from the , including the and the . A couple events were mentioned in the course of the show; "" () and "" on October 13, 2013. ClickChik also recommends getting a and checking out and . The live video session from this Google+ Hangout On Air can be found on . Subscribe to the feed: Social Media:

Episode fifty-one is a discussion about the future of location tech and gaming. The session opens with a very complimentary voicemail from (who had been featured on of the original Cache-A-Maniacs). We also heard from about the and sites. The real conversation starts with former guest () "" article from . Later on we're joined by for a discussion about location-based gaming, mostly and . The live video session from this Google+ Hangout On Air can be found on . Subscribe to the feed: Social Media:

For the fiftieth beta show and talk about how Geocachers make (referral links for & ) work for them. Before we got into that topic we had a voicemail about the new "" YouTube channel by (featured on ). We also heard from about the macro for GSAK. also wrote to remind us of the site and how he uses DropBox to sync his GSAK databases. The live video session from this Google+ Hangout On Air can be found on . Subscribe to the feed: Social Media:

For the forty-ninth beta show and continue with the random selection of topics from . A voicemail from following up from last week's discussion on cross posting. Next we heard from about a quality series of caches. contacted us about carrying bags to perform a little CITO and help with camo of your caching activity. asked about caching games. Next was a question from about printing a map with a list of caches (we had a ). Our last question came from about UV materials. We also talked about , the article on titled "" as a follow up to , the new , and . The live video session from this Google+ Hangout On Air can be found on . Subscribe to the feed: Social Media:

Cacheline for Monday, December 4, 2012 reports on Groundspeak Retiring Geocaching Challenges. Subscribe to the feed: iTunes RSS Social Media: Email: Cacheline@CacheAManiacs.com

Beta episode forty-eight contains a broad range of subjects submitted by our great audience! and kicked off the show with feedback from . They also mentioned the brought up in and the on the new network. We also heard from about his luck in being routed near some caches by , then their efforts to find "" (), "" (), "" () and others after hearing him on . himself then emailed us about and how he's been busy since his show working with fellow Cachers about building their own Gadget caches. shared his though on making NFCs as a shortcut for a puzzle cache, making it accessible to just about everyone. We had another story about an accidental find from . emailed about their use of to keep their databases up-to-date. Both and wrote in to ask about the "Beta" tag for GeoGearHead episodes. After the drawing, asked about stats packages like , , , and . DarrylW4 added the cross-platform tool. called in to ask about possible tools to handle geotagged photos and tied them with logs. Though neither The B

The crew from the join in for the forty-seventh beta show. , , , and talk about considerations when giving gifts to geocachers (or potential geocachers). This show doesn't talk so much about gift ideas, but things to consider before giving that person their gift. The Geocaching Podcast goes an annual gift guide, scheduled this year for . They begin with feedback from about a . The is free to try, while the is currently only $5US in the Play Store. An audio comment from prompted some discussion about NFC (and likely a full show in the future). This weeks contributors were entered into the holiday giveaways. Thanks to , listeners all over the world have the chance to win an . was also kind enough to provide a , Geomate Large Log Cache, and a Geomate Gnome Cache for those within North America. Along with those four awesome gifts, the hosts of the GeoGearHeads will be pitching in a few items themselves to be given away through a drawing on Episode Beta.48 (November 29, 2012) (). The live video session from

The Geocacher known for the "Totally Tubular" hides joins us for Beta.46. 's series includes; () () () () () () () () () () We also heard from several Cachers about last week's . called in about his "" macro. emailed to suggest working with fellow cachers (including the ) and using the "" macro to help select the date for your PQs. suggested GSAK users who want to take their GSAK databases into the field look at "," "," or "." Our last bit of GSAK feedback came from who suggested Mac Users might look at "" as a native alternative to GSAK. This weeks contributors were entered into the holiday giveaways. Thanks to , listeners all over the world have the chance to win an . was also kind enough to provide a , Geomate Large Log Cache, and a Geomate Gnome Cache for those within North America. Along with those four awesome gifts, the hosts of the GeoGearHeads will be pitching in a few items themselves to be given away through a drawing on Episode Beta.48 (November 29, 2012) (). The live video sessio

joins hosts and forty-fifth beta show to talk about and . vbpad had previously been a guest on the series, . He will also be teaching at the " () event. This show was inspired by "'s question on loading caches into GSAK. also emailed about the possibility of GSAK being made available on other platforms. Based on the from the , and some conversation, the panel decided it wasn't likely. Finally, a voicemail from asked about favorite GSAK Macros. This weeks contributors were entered into the holiday giveaways. Thanks to , listeners all over the world have the chance to win an . was also kind enough to provide a , Geomate Large Log Cache, and a Geomate Gnome Cache for those within North America. Along with those four awesome gifts, the hosts of the GeoGearHeads will be pitching in a few items themselves to be given away through a drawing on Episode Beta.48 (November 29, 2012) (). The live video session from this Google+ Hangout On Air can be found on . Subscribe to the feed: Social Media:

Our forty-fourth beta show talks about Earthcaching and the gear to help you. Before we talked with we had a stack of feedback to address. kicked off the feedback mentioning the campaign in response to our show. called in to let us know that the Google speech recognizer runs on the phone as of Android 4.1, a correction to 's comments in . and shared their stories relating to that as well. Finally we fielded questions from and on . Moving into Earthcaching we started with some questions by which we answered using "" and "" of Groundspeak's Help Center, and "." We also heard from and about what's in their Earthcache Kit. All seven of our contributors have been entered into the holiday giveaways. Thanks to , listeners all over the world have the chance to win an . was also kind enough to provide a , Geomate Large Log Cache, and a Geomate Gnome Cache for those within North America. Along with those four awesome gifts, the hosts of the GeoGearHeads will be pitching in a few items themselves to be give

and gab without any guest for the forty-third beta show, the sixth Randomized edition. They started with a topic submitted by about finding containers in good hiding spots. During a conversation about 's odd pronunciation of "Geocaching" they talked about and their song "." They talked about using to simplify logging of trackables and caches. Of course the new was discussed as a geocaching tool. As were reports by , , and . They also talked about the release of the and its possibility of being used for geocaching. This week only one contributor was entered into the holiday giveaways. Thanks to , listeners all over the world have the chance to win an . was also kind enough to provide a , Geomate Large Log Cache, and a Geomate Gnome Cache for those within North America. Along with those four awesome gifts, the hosts of the GeoGearHeads will be pitching in a few items themselves to be given away through a drawing on Episode Beta.48 (November 29, 2012) (). The live video session from this Google+ Hangout O

We're joined by of the to talk about gear for Geocachers and their Off-Highway Vehicles. He a couple of posts -- "" and "" -- from his podcast site. Some of the products he suggested were the , , , , , and . We heard from again about using the GPSR for Munzees. We talked a little about that and the three macros for bringing in Munzees; "," "," and "." Perhaps the most interesting mention in this episode was about a new set of giveaways we kicked off as of this recording. Thanks to , listeners all over the world have the chance to win an . was also kind enough to provide a , Geomate Large Log Cache, and a Geomate Gnome Cache for those within North America. Along with those four awesome gifts, the hosts of the GeoGearHeads will be pitching in a few items themselves to be given away through a drawing on Episode Beta.48 (November 29, 2012) (). The live video session from this Google+ Hangout On Air can be found on . Subscribe to the feed: Social Media:

In the forty-first beta show hosts and are joined by . He's worked some of his ideas with fellow cachers (including ) and shared some details about building "" (), "" (), and "" (). Some other gadget caches by WVTIM are; "" (), "" (), "" (), "" (), "" (), "" (), and "" (). WVTim enjoys exchanging ideas and helping fellow geocachers build more interesting hides. Contact him through . The live video session from this Google+ Hangout On Air can be found on . Subscribe to the feed: Social Media:

Listen to our intervew with quadsinthemudd out of Washington. His blog can be found at mrquads.blogspot.com. Listen in as he talks about his extensive geocaching experiences. Quadsinthemudd started with a Nextel i7, and has used the following GPSrs: Garmin eMap, Garmin Legend, Garmin Oregon 300, Garmin Oregon 450, and Garmin Oregon 550. He also uses NeonGeo on his Android phone, and wants to try CacheSense. Subscribe to the feed: iTunes RSS Social Media: Email: Connections@CacheAManiacs.comDate Recorded: October 1, 2012Recorded by: DarrylW4Show Notes: debaere

Technology journalist (of the , , and ) joins and for a discussion about recovering electronic devices after getting wet. Andy tested several technique in his article "" including use of and the specialize device. In that discussion we mentioned comments on Google+ by about recovering dunked while "...walking in high waders inside a former factory for aggricultural fertilizers in the basement of the sulfur storage...." We started with news that now supports Munzees, then followed up with a call from (also featured on ""). Listener Tom suggested through Google+ the use of a device like the while (soon to be featured on ) offered some thoughts including use of (also note that The Bad Cop misspoke while reading his comments - the Oregon 300 supports 2,000 geocaches, not 200). The live video session from this Google+ Hangout On Air can be found on . Subscribe to the feed: Social Media:

Cacheline for Sunday, September 30, 2012 summarizes the new Munzee support in CacheSense for Android version 2.7. More information is available from the release notes. Subscribe to the feed: iTunes RSS Social Media: Email: Cacheline@CacheAManiacs.com

Our thirty-ninth beta show is another Randomize edition with hosts and covering a number of issues. The first item was feedback from about using to load images into the units. Next was a topic submitted by -- distracted driving. We talked a little about AT&T's new "" site and "DriveMode" apps for and . We also mentioned the "" app for iOS users which contains information about driver laws in various locations. Our hosts moved to discussions of including the new , the , and the CacheMania post "." The new HTC and Windows Phone 8 devices were mentioned, along with the new and . The hosts also talked a little about some of the tear-down information on Apple's new and the . The live video session from this Google+ Hangout On Air can be found on . Subscribe to the feed: Social Media:

Steve of joins and to talk about waypoints, points of interest, and paperless caching for the thirty-eighth beta show. The live video session from this Google+ Hangout On Air can be found on . Subscribe to the feed: Social Media: