Geocaching on a Lake Murray Island--July 2006
Mason, Kira, Kelsey, Garrett, and Campbell
Mason, Kira, Kelsey, Garrett, and Campbell A Geocaching Glossary
camouflage: sticks, bark, rocks. logs, vegetation, and/or paint resembling these used to hide a cache from view
challenge: what must geocachers negotiate to locate the cache? can be physical (terrain) or mental (multi-caches, codes, camouflage)
compass: what the navigation screen of a lower-end GPS (like a Garmin eTrex) is not
container: what will geocachers find when they reach the posted coordinates? size and contents should be appropriate to the challenges involved in finding it
coordinates: longitude and latitude of the geocache’s or the geocacher’s location
even or up: how to trade one item in a cache for another
geocaching: sport whose name is derived from geo-earth, from “the practice that mountain men had of ‘caching’ goods in hiding spots for later use, ” and from memory caching in computers
GPS: Global Positioning System or a receiver that defines a location in terms of its latitude and longitude by calculating the time difference at that location for signals from different satellites
location: where are you taking the geocachers? can be remote, recreational, or in the midst of everyday life? can be scenic, meaningful, or simply fun to visit
logbook: where you record your visit; for microcaches, bring your own pen
maintenance: what creators of caches should assume responsibility for
micros: very small caches
multicaches: a series of caches in different locations
N 45 17.460 W 122 24.800: the waypoint of the first ever geocache (May 3, 2000)
permission: what you need to place a cache on private or public land
poison ivy: one of the many natural obstacles geocachers encounter during their search
stealth: the challenge of locating a cache in a public place without being observed doing so
terrain: difficulty rating from from ˜ (handicap accessible) to ˜˜˜˜˜ (requires special equipment to access)
travel bug: “Simply put, a Groundspeak Travel Bug is a trackable tag that you attach to an item. This allows you to track your item on Geocaching.com. The item becomes a hitchhiker that is carried from cache to cache (or person to person) in the real world and you can follow its progress online.”
tree cover: one of the many natural obstacles GPS users encounter during their search
watertight: characteristic of most cache containers
waypoint: longitude and latitude coordinates (stored in a GPS) for a given location such as HOME, the cache, on any point along the way
