Geocaching for Dummies

by Joel McNamara

Book Overview

Find a high-tech hobby in the great outdoors Dig into this fast-growing detective sport that's fun for all ages Once you get your coordinates, your GPS receiver, maps, compass, and this book, you're ready for adventure Seek out containers of goodies hidden around the world by other geocachers, hide a cache of your own, see new places, and get a little exercise to boot. Here's where to start The Dummies Way * Explanations in plain English * "Get in,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764575716
• ISBN13: 9780764575716
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: For Dummies
• Length: 221 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

GeoCaching for Dummies

Excellent book for beginners...much better than most of the user manuals that come with GPS..

Beginner and intermediate geocachers will like this book.

This text is divided into the following parts: Part 1 Getting Ready to Geocach, part 2: Let's Go Geacaching, Part 3 Advanced Geocaching and Part 4 The Part of Tens. THe first part is focused on picking a GPS receiver and using it along with maps. The section on maps, I found particularly usefu. This information is not as easy as this book is to find out about on the premier web page for Geocaching http://www.geocaching.com. Also, if you are not experienced with using maps, this text give you a nice overview about it. The second part has information that is really readily available at the website above. The advantage to this book though, is that it is all laid out in a nice order and you do not have to sort through information piecemeal like you may have to do on geocaching websites. The third part I found helpful as it pertains to more subtle aspects and/or advaced parts of geocaching such as benchmarks and there is a nice section on how to use geocaching with your students (if you are a teacher!). The fourth part provides a nice list of websites, many of which I never found on my own just "browsing", and there is an annotated list of geocaching programs. Overall, even if you have geocached already, this book will give you background information and resources that you likely do not already know about. I particularly enjoyed the "tips" on geocahing etiquette which I may not have understood without this book.

Geocaching for Dummies

Good book for the beginner. Extra information a geocacher does not necessarily need, but the background information is nice to know.

Outstanding

This is a super book. Concise, informative, fun, very well-edited, and honest (about the value of good map and compass skills, in addition to learning to use the GPS, for instance). I went from 0 - 60 in a few days. Bought the book a few weeks ago at lunch, and I've been geocaching ever since. The book includes great websites links to resources such as waterproof logboks, and how to get a MapQuest map based on a latitude and longitude. (MapQuest has changed their method since the book was published, but I was able to find it easily, knowing it was possible.) I recommend consulting his equipment and gear list. It does get dark, you will get stabbed by thorns, or sticks, you'll get hungry and thirsty... It sounds obvious, but in the rush of trying to find the nearest cache, it's easy to forget to bring such helpful items as a flashlight, a first aid kit, extra batteries, etc. The book also includes a helpful list of U.S. geocaching clubs by state. I look forward to meeting other geocachers! Kudos to the Dummies series (again) and to the author, for a terrific book.

The ORANGE book is MUCH better!!

This yellow book has nothing in it you can't figure out yourself. The Orange "THE COMPLETE IDIOTS GUIDE TO GEOCACHING" is MUCH MUCH better! Everything from helpfull hints that even experienced geocachers can use, to the complete history of geocaching, how it started, and EVERYTHING you want to know about Latitude and Longitude and all the formats it is measured with and how they came about. The other book is MUCH better than this one!