{"id":7398,"date":"2011-12-01T06:30:35","date_gmt":"2011-12-01T20:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/?p=7398"},"modified":"2015-12-10T14:06:35","modified_gmt":"2015-12-10T22:06:35","slug":"geocaching-com-presents-geocaching-without-gps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/geocaching-com-presents-geocaching-without-gps\/","title":{"rendered":"Geocaching.com Presents: &#8220;Geocaching Without GPS&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>[Editor&#8217;s note: This video contains spoilers and was filmed with cache owner permission.<\/em>]<\/p>\n<p>[vsw id=&#8221;BqRn0tZzEyw&#8221; source=&#8221;youtube&#8221; width=&#8221;425&#8243; height=&#8221;344&#8243; autoplay=&#8221;no&#8221;]<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7404\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7404\" style=\"width: 256px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/profile\/default.aspx?guid=e920f56b-dd2c-485f-adbd-846f28ddcb36&amp;wid=4c833aed-c1a7-4e71-aa36-8cbb67397d7c&amp;ds=2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7404 \" title=\"ed scott\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/ed-scott1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"260\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7404\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ed Scott<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ed Scott (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/profile\/default.aspx?guid=e920f56b-dd2c-485f-adbd-846f28ddcb36&amp;wid=4c833aed-c1a7-4e71-aa36-8cbb67397d7c&amp;ds=2\" rel=\"nofollow\">edscott<\/a>) admits, &#8220;I&#8217;m sort of obsessed with maps.&#8221;\u00a0 The Pennsylvania, USA geocacher discovered more than 2,500 geocaches using only maps, aerial photos and his wits. Watch <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/videos\/default.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\">Geocaching.com Presents<\/a>: &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BqRn0tZzEyw\" rel=\"nofollow\">Geocaching Without GPS<\/a>&#8221; to see how edscott geocaches without using a GPS device.<\/p>\n<p>He says, &#8220;In the beginning I preferred to do it this way. Then after that it became, well, people expect me not to have a GPS. So that\u2019s what I\u2019ll keep on doing.&#8221;\u00a0 The geocacher does use a GPS device occasionally, but says he&#8217;ll never use a GPS device 100% of the time.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7405\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7405\" style=\"width: 328px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/ed-uses-compass_00000.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7405\" title=\"ed uses compass_00000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/ed-uses-compass_00000-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"328\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7405\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ed using a compass and a map<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Geocaching.com will continue to release new thrilling and educational English, Czech and German language geocaching videos each month.<\/p>\n<p>The next Geocaching.com Present video to be released will be &#8220;The 2011 Geocaching Year in Review.&#8221; What do you think should be included in the year in review? What are your personal geocaching highlights?<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/GoGeocaching?feature=mhsn\" rel=\"nofollow\">YouTube<\/a> channel to be one of the first to see new videos. Watch the more than 50 videos produced by Geocaching.com on our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/videos\/default.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\">video<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Editor&#8217;s note: This video contains spoilers and was filmed with cache owner permission.] [vsw id=&#8221;BqRn0tZzEyw&#8221; source=&#8221;youtube&#8221; width=&#8221;425&#8243; height=&#8221;344&#8243; autoplay=&#8221;no&#8221;] Ed Scott (edscott) admits, &#8220;I&#8217;m sort of obsessed with maps.&#8221;\u00a0 The Pennsylvania, USA geocacher discovered more than 2,500 geocaches using only maps, aerial photos and his wits. Watch Geocaching.com Presents: &#8220;Geocaching Without GPS&#8221; to see how&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[132],"series":[],"class_list":["post-7398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deutsch","tag-deutsch"],"episode_featured_image":false,"episode_player_image":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/seriously-simple-podcasting\/assets\/images\/no-album-art.png","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"stitcher":{"key":"stitcher","url":"","label":"Stitcher","class":"stitcher","icon":"stitcher.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/inside-geocaching-hq-podcast","embedCode":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"6mPa4qRXol\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/geocaching-com-presents-geocaching-without-gps\/\">Geocaching.com Presents: &#8220;Geocaching Without GPS&#8221;<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/geocaching-com-presents-geocaching-without-gps\/embed\/#?secret=6mPa4qRXol\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" title=\"&#8220;Geocaching.com Presents: &#8220;Geocaching Without GPS&#8221;&#8221; &#8212; Official Blog\" data-secret=\"6mPa4qRXol\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! 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