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Paperless Geocaching with an iPod Touch - Groundspeak Forums

  • Purchase and install "Air Sharing" (Apple Apps store, $6.99 CDN...a bargain!!)
    Use the very excellent instructions to set up your iTouch as a wireless remote storage volume (took me less than 5 minutes) (Note that you need to hook up to a wireless router...anywhere, i did it at work...)
    Generate a PQ.
    Load up GSAK (what, you're not using it? Get it...it's GREAT) and use it to parse your PQ zip file
    Use File>Export>HTML to generate html code for each cache...put the export in a folder by itself
    Start "air sharing" on your iTouch by tapping the icon.
    Use your Windows explorer window to drag the folder with the html files onto the iTouch
    On your iTouch, tap the "_1index.htm" file to open the index onto all the caches

    That's it! The files will open on the iTouch's browser (Safari).

    I ran a test with a PQ that returned 187 caches, it took less than 3 minutes to get it onto the iTouch.
  • Last weekend I bought GBHomeTech's GeoSphere from the AppStore.
    I use it on an ipod Touch along with my eTrex.
    Fantastic app!
    I'm really really pleased with it.
    I won't go into all the features, but if you google it youll find lots of info.

    Been trying to go totally paperless for a while now.
    At last I think I'm there!

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  • %con1 = One letter indicating the container type
  • %drop2 = Same as %code, but drops the first two characters
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Groundspeak : Profile for User: Wild Thing 73

tips for getting hint and type of cache on the gpsr

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  • Did you know, GSAK will help provide some
    "PDA" type information on your GPSr


    (1)Type container= %con1 (Micro, small,
    regular, or "other")


    (2)Type of cache= %typ1 (Traditional, multi-,
    puzzle, etc.)


    (3) Hint= %hint...(Info supplied by
    owner)

Storycaching




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The premise of Storycaching is to combine the use of a GPS with an iPod where a user goes to a specific place using map coordinates, then listens to a podcast (audio on demand), usually a story, that takes into account the nature of the area where the listener is now located.

Like geocaching, a cache may be located at the site and can contain some relevant objects that add a physical dimension or symbolism to the cached story. Storycaching is designed to enhance the experience of both the storyteller and the listener. By allowing the storyteller to reference elements in the environment where the listener is located, the listener is provided a third dimension to the story, that of authentic physical feelings and sensory input. Storycaching is a concept created by Dr. Martin Horejsi at The University of Montana-Missoula.

For example, a girl walks to a distinctive place in order to listen to a story on her iPod. Using map coordinates and a GPS, she climbs part way up a hill on the edge of town. When arriving at a specific spot according to the GPS, she locates a small box containing some relics. Sitting on a rock, she holds the objects in her hand listens to a sound file on her iPod. Overlooking the valley, the power of the Native American elder’s words stir her emotions as landmarks, smells, the wind, and other sounds are referenced in the story, all possible because the person telling the story knows that the listener will be in a specific place while listening to the story. Or maybe, the story was recorded years ago when the elder sat in the very spot where the young girl now sits. A connection with the story is forged in a way never before experienced alone.

Another example is where a high school student studying earth science walks through a river drainage with his teacher. But his teacher is not with him in person. Instead his teacher c

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