The essential guide to geocaching : tracking treasure with your GPS
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| Main Author | |
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| Format | Book |
| Language | English |
| Published |
Golden, Colorado :
Fulcrum,
[2004]
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| Subjects | |
| Online Access | Obsah |
| ISBN | 9781555915223 |
| Physical Description | ix, 147 stran : ilustrace, mapy ; 22 cm |
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Table of Contents:
- What is geocaching?
- A brief history of geocaching
- Who should get involved in geocaching
- Where is geocaching today?
- Getting started
- Tools of the trade
- GPS receivers
- GPS accessories
- Compasses
- Maps
- Outdoor ethics and wilderness safety
- General wilderness principles
- Outdoor ethics
- Basic geocaching principles
- What is in a cache?
- Game types and cache sizes
- Rules and general guidelines
- Finding your first cache
- Creating your first cache
- A geocacher's guide to land navigation
- Reading topographic maps
- Basic functions of GPS receivers
- Map scale, distances, and working with a compass