Geocaching Goes Mobile with Geocache Navigator
Are you a first time geocacher
looking to purchase a GPS unit? Or have you ever forgotten your GPS unit but still
wanted to go geocaching? Use your mobile phone instead!
The Trimble® Geocache Navigator™ is the first fully featured
geocaching application for the mobile phone. The software combines
the GPS that is built into your phone with your phone's wireless data network to
allow you to:
- Search for caches near your current location with a single click.
- Search for caches anywhere by entering an address, intersection, coordinates or
a cache code.
- Navigate to the geocache by following the direction in which the arrow on the built-in
compass points.
- View your location, and the location of the geocache, on an aerial, topographic
or street map that you can pan and zoom.
- Mark a cache as "found" on Geocaching.com so you can return home and share your
experience with other geocachers.
Supported Phones
Visit GeocacheNavigator.com for the most up to date list of compatable networks
and GPS-enabled phones.
If you have a GPS enabled mobile phone on Sprint, Nextel, Boost or Southern
Linc networks you can get started caching without a standalone GPS
unit, cables or cache data printouts today!
If you have a BlackBerry smartphone with built-in GPS - 8800, 8820,
8310 (Curve), 8830, or 8130 (Pearl 2) - you can buy it directly from Handmark as
a monthly or yearly subscription. The software will not work on the Verizon Wireless
network.
More....
Nokia Series 60 owners: a free ad-supported version of Geocache
Navigator application is now available for Nokia N95, Nokia N82 and Nokia 6110 Navigator
phones. More....
How it works
Geocache Navigator is linked directly to Geocaching.com's geocache listings and
provides you with real-time access to caches near your location. Your GPS enabled
cell phone becomes both your browser for accessing listings of caches and your GPS
unit for navigating to them. Once you have found a cache you can use your phone
to post a log of your find.
Logging Your Finds
Once you find a cache you can log your find using the
field notes option in Geocache Navigator. This will document all of your
finds online while out on a cache hunt. When you return home you can post a more
descriptive log for the cache page. The field notes
link is always available from your "my account" page and is
a helpful way to keep track your finds.
Application Screenshots
Interface
On the main menu you can do a quick query of caches in your area or customize your search for listings that fit your interests.
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Navigation Options
Navigation is available in the traditional compass style or an alternative radar
interface.
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Mapping
Aerial, topographic and street map data is available to help you research the cache
location before you start hunting.
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Ready to get started?
Visit GeocacheNavigator.com to learn
more about this application and how to get it for your phone.