GIFF 2023: Award winners, wrap-up, and upcoming intermission

This past November, over 14,000 geocachers came together to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Geocaching International Film Festival (GIFF). We celebrated the 18 GIFF Finalist films from movie theaters, garages, drive-ins, and outdoor locations across the world. Overall, it was another great reminder of what we love about geocaching and how geocaching connects us all.

The votes have been counted, and we are excited to present this year’s film festival awards: the Signal Award and the People’s Choice Award. Continue reading →

Renaming of maintenance log types

Cache maintenance is critical to a great geocaching experience. It’s important for cache owners to know when there may be a problem with their cache, so that they can take appropriate action. Community volunteer reviewers may also need to be made aware of important issues with geocaches.

That’s why, as part of the recently announced new geocaching and trackable logging flow, we have renamed log types that are used to report problems with caches in the Geocaching® app and on Geocaching.com so that they more accurately reflect the intent of the logs. Continue reading →

Enhance your geocaching with API Partner Project-GC

API partner applications are designed to work with the core services of Geocaching.com and provide additional features to the community and Geocaching Premium members. Today we’re highlighting one of these partners, Project-GC, a web-based tool that connects to your Geocaching.com account and offers robust planning tools, statistics, and more. Below is a list of just some of the features Project-GC offers. Continue reading →