Tag: Geocaching Tools
What’s On Your Geocaching Wish List?
The world is filled with millions of great geocaches: hidden gems in the city, peaceful vistas, trees to be scaled… With so much adventure out there (and so little time), what’s a geocacher to do?
The first step: make a list! Whether you’re planning a hike with friends or your dream vacation, lists help keep your geocaching life organized. And since the most recent update, planning your geocache outings just got easier. Premium members can now create and edit lists of geocaches directly from the Geocaching® app.
Lists can also help you track those geocaches that you want — nay, need! — to find one day. Here are our some of our favorite geocaching wish lists:
- Geocaching’s Greatest Hits
- 4 Geocaches with Amazing Views
- 5 Dreamy Beaches with Awesome Geocaches
- 7 EarthCaches on 7 Continents
What geocaches do you most want to find? Share your wish list (like this one!) on Facebook or Twitter using #geocaching and it may be featured on the Geocaching Blog.
Introducing Worldwide Search
Planet Earth is Now (Officially) Your Playfield
We admit Galaxy Search was a fun joke, but we promise that our newest feature is 100% real. Say hello to Worldwide Search.
Now, with just a few clicks, you can see a leaderboard of the most favorited geocaches or learn just how many Terrain 5 geocaches there are — in the world. That’s right. We said it.
In the world. The whole world. Planet Earth is now your playfield.
With this latest update to the geocache search page, you can:
- Find geocaches anywhere in the world — no search origin needed. Premium members can filter further based on keywords, D/T ratings and more!
- The 30 mile/50 kilometer restriction on searches? For Premium members, this restriction is now gone.
- See an accurate count of matching results for all searches.
Take your new search superpowers for a test drive by trying out these searches:
See the geocaches with the most Favorite Points — in the world.
Planning a vacation? Find exactly the geocaches you want within any radius.
Learn how many Terrain 5, Difficulty 5 geocaches there are in Germany.
Answer that question you’ve always wanted to ask: How many geocaches have “Mars” in their name?
How will you use your new search superpowers (for good, not evil, of course)? Tell us in the comments below.
Search for Geocaches
Geocaching HQ Announces Historic Expansion of Search
Geocaching is all about having fun. So naturally, we love April Fools.
Last Friday, April 1st, we introduced a new feature called Galaxy Search, a tool to start planning your greatest geocaching adventure yet — in space. (Boy, do we wish this feature were real…maybe one day!)
Our favorite astronaut Rick Mastracchio even played along by “hiding” his first-ever geocache, also in space.
In addition to Astronaut Mastracchio’s geocache, 65 other geocaches were “hidden” in space, forming some stellar geo-art.
[April 4,2016] Note: All ‘Found It’ logs on the space geocaches are now notes and associated souvenirs will be removed. The caches were archived, but you can still view them on this Bookmark List.
Introducing Galaxy Search
Buoyed by the knowledge that someone has found every geocache on Earth, Geocaching HQ has taken the next logical step to keep pace with the game’s growth. With today’s website release and introduction of Galaxy Search, players can now search for geocaches in space.
This historic development is nearly eight years in the making. The HQ team first began investigating the possibility of an all-encompassing Search tool when Richard Garriott (Username: LordBritish) placed his International Space Station geocache in 2008. Astronaut Rick Mastracchio (Username: AstroRM) was FTF on that cache in 2013. Shortly thereafter, Mastracchio informed Geocaching HQ of his desire to place another space cache during his time in orbit. At that point, it became clear that work on Galaxy Search must begin immediately.
Upon completing and implementing Galaxy Search, our developers made a stunning discovery. Search results yielded not only the International Space Station geocache and Astronaut Mastracchio’s new geocache, but also a previously unknown geo-art collection of more than 60 cache listings! These amazing geocaches were placed by such luminaries as James T. Kirk, Luke Skywalker, Ziggy Stardust and others.
We’re thrilled to now share these far-out geocaches with the community. Simply visit the Geocaching.com Search and check out the latest featured search.
Alternatively, players can download the public Bookmark List of space geocaches. With the recent addition of Offline Lists to the Geocaching® app, players can easily save these new caches to mobile devices, making it easier than ever to go geocaching in space!
So Long “Intro” — Meet the Geocaching® App
Geocaching Intro, the baby app we first introduced to the world in 2013, is all grown up! In the time since it said its first ‘hello’, we’ve added a host of great features to the app for players of all experience levels.
With today’s addition of Lists, ‘Geocaching Intro’ has officially outgrown its name. So we’re renaming it. Nothing too out there. We’re kind of traditional that way.
Without further ado, we are excited and proud to introduce the Geocaching® app!
Here are 4 things you may not know about the newly named Geocaching® app:
- The updated design actually makes using the app outside, better. A crazy expectation for a game played outdoors, we know. The visual contrast and updated styling make reading geocache details easier wherever you are.
- The app is best with Premium. Premium members can find any geocache in the world. Plus, they gain access to tools for sorting and filtering geocaches as well as more intuitive workflows for finding all geocache types.
- Players can move seamlessly between Geocaching.com and the app. For example, lists that you create on Geocaching.com will automatically appear in the Geocaching® app. Same goes for conversations in the Message Center.
- We are not done with this app. We are actively seeking feedback from the geocaching community to help us improve it. Together, we think we can make this app the ultimate mobile tool for geocachers!
Don’t yet have the Geocaching® app or haven’t checked it out in a while? Here are just a few of the cool, new features you’ll find:
Live Search for Geocaches
The world is full of hidden delights. With Live Search, the geocache map automatically displays geocaches near you — even when you’re on the move!
Fun with Trackables
On a future geocaching escapade, you’ll likely uncover a trackable. The Geocaching® app makes logging trackables easy and fun.
A Better Way to Find Geocaches
Finding a Multi-Cache or EarthCache can be a good challenge! Thankfully, new tools for advanced geocaches, like adding waypoints or sending photos to geocache owners, leave the challenge where it belongs — in the thrill of finding a geocache.
