Author : Mike Dyer
Publisher : Fulcrum Publishing
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 16,49 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781555915223
Presents a guide to geocaching, a type of hide-and-seek game supported by Global Positioning System technology, reviews the history of the sport, and includes checklists, a glossary of terms, and list of resources.
Author : Layne Cameron
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 37,27 MB
Release : 2017-04-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1493027921
This book introduces the reader to the fast-growing outdoor sport of geocaching, which combines aspects of treasure hunting, high-tech navigation, and exploration. New to this book: --Updates to technology and use of social media. --Full chapter on smartphone apps. --Updates to photography—showing more technology and diversity of participants. --Mention of National and State Parks, which are now promoting geocaching. --Updates to swag, with official geocaching containers, special edition coins, and micro containers, etc.
Author : Paul Gillin
Publisher : Linden Publishing
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 11,59 MB
Release : 2010-04-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1610351061
Describing the exciting and adventurous world surrounding geocaching--a worldwide hunt in which treasures are located using global positioning system (GPS) devices--this book offers an understanding and application of the principles and best practices of the game. What's different is that the authors wrap this knowledge in a tapestry of human stories that range from hilarious to touching. Paul and Dana Gillin interviewed 40 of the world's 50 most prolific geocachers as well as experts in container design, "extreme" geocaching and other dimensions of the game. They tell how this global activity inspires passion that has helped people heal frayed marriages, establish new friendships--and even save lives.
Author : The Editors & Staff of Geocaching Com
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 16,66 MB
Release : 2009-05-05
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1101058315
The ultimate global game revealed! The Complete Idiot[s Guide to Geocaching, Second Edition is a comprehensive, yet entertaining and easy-to-understand book for getting started and having fun with geocaching[the high-tech version of hide-and-seek for global positioning system (GPS) users. In this edition, two new tools of the game[Waymarking and Wherigo[are included. [[ The Geocaching website, which began operating in 2000 and is owned by Groundspeak, Inc., is the first and currently the largest website devoted to Geocaching [[ Today, well over 800,000 geocaches are registered on various websites devoted to the pastime [[ Geocaches are currently placed in over 100 countries around the world and on all seven continents, including Antarctica
Author : Editors & Staff Geocaching.com
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 40,2 MB
Release : 2012-08-07
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1615642617
Geocaching has steadily grown into a fun and enduring outdoor adventure and with the popularity of GPS units and the development of applications for nearly all of the most popular smartphone platforms, it has become an adventure that's available to pretty much anyone. In The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Geocaching, Third Edition, the editors and staff of Geocaching.com open the world of geocaching up to a much broader audience and take the reader through all of the core essentials for caching including how to play, tips and tricks for finding and placing caches, variations on traditional caching, and much more. In addition, the reader can learn about exciting new changes to the game and the new GPS-enabled games that will take cachers to an entirely new level of fun and adventure.
Author : Joshua Glenn
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 44,39 MB
Release : 2013-07-18
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1408830256
Unbored is the book every modern child needs. Brilliantly walking the line between cool and constructive, it's crammed with activities that are not only fun and doable but that also get kids standing on their own two feet. If you're a kid, you can: -- Build a tipi or an igloo -- Learn to knit -- Take stuff apart and fix it -- Find out how to be constructively critical -- Film a stop-action movie or edit your own music -- Do parkour like James Bond -- Make a little house for a mouse from lollipop sticks -- Be independent! Catch a bus solo or cook yourself lunch -- Make a fake exhaust for your bike so it sounds like you're revving up a motorcycle -- Design a board game -- Go camping (or glamping) -- Plan a road trip -- Get proactive and support the causes you care about -- Develop your taste and decorate your own room -- Make a rocket from a coke bottle -- Play farting games There are gross facts and fascinating stories, reports on what stuff is like (home schooling, working in an office...), Q&As with inspiring grown-ups, extracts from classic novels, lists of useful resources and best ever lists like the top clean rap songs, stop-motion movies or books about rebellion. Just as kids begin to disappear into their screens, here is a book that encourages them to use those tech skills to be creative, try new things and change the world. And it gets parents to join in. Unbored is fully illustrated, easy to use and appealing to young and old, girl and boy. Parents will be comforted by its anti-perfectionist spirit and humour. Kids will just think it's brilliant.
Author : Justin Miles
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,86 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781770857414
Being able to read a map and find your way is an essential lifetime skill.
Author : Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 36,17 MB
Release : 2015-06-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 162779526X
A New York Times-Bestseller! For twelve-year-old Emily, the best thing about moving to San Francisco is that it's the home city of her literary idol: Garrison Griswold, book publisher and creator of the online sensation Book Scavenger (a game where books are hidden in cities all over the country and clues to find them are revealed through puzzles). Upon her arrival, however, Emily learns that Griswold has been attacked and is now in a coma, and no one knows anything about the epic new game he had been poised to launch. Then Emily and her new friend James discover an odd book, which they come to believe is from Griswold himself, and might contain the only copy of his mysterious new game. Racing against time, Emily and James rush from clue to clue, desperate to figure out the secret at the heart of Griswold's new game—before those who attacked Griswold come after them too. This title has Common Core connections.
Author : Geocaching Com
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 14,13 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781592578771
The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Geocaching, Second Editionis a comprehensive yet entertaining and easy-to-understand book for getting started and having fun with geocaching, a high-tech version of hide and seek for global positioning system (GPS) users. The basic idea is individuals and organizations setting up caches all over the world and sharing the locations of these caches on the Internet. GPS users then use the location coordinates to find the caches hidden in city and state parks, outside buildings, alongside hiking trails, and even in local neighborhoods. In this edition, Waymarking and Wherigo (pronounced 'where I go') are also covered. Waymarking enables GPS users to catalog and record their favorite locations and share them with others, build communities around categories of interesting and unique places or things. Wherigo, which works with Geocaching, is a Beta platform that enables users to create basic tour guides or complicated interactive adventure games using the real world as a backdrop. In The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Geocaching, Second Edition, readers will find- A complete explanation of the game, along with Waymarking and Wherigo, two new GPS games. Expert tips from the founders and operators of the most popular geocaching website. Solid advice on purchasing and using a GPS unit to locate treasures (caches) Valuable information on how to create your own online geocaching profile. Basic rules and game variations. Practical guidance on safety and accessibility issues, along with commonly accepted do's and don'ts. Helpful ideas on finding or starting a local geocaching group, forum, and competition Tricks for geocaching without a GPS unit (using a map and compass) The future of geocaching and GPS gaming.
Author : Mary Jo Manzanares
Publisher : Reedy Press LLC
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 31,94 MB
Release : 2021-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1681063085
Where in Seattle can you get married in a shipping container? What about playing vintage pinball games, visiting a mummy, or renting an elephant? Is the Fremont neighborhood really the center of the Universe? Where can you research the occult, conspiracy theories, and other topics people don’t want to talk about? With Secret Seattle: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure in hand, you’ll discover the unique destinations, colorful history, and wacky legends that make the greater Seattle area such a popular destination in which to live and to visit. You’ll find out if the Seahawks really did cause an earthquake and what happened to the Bubbleator. Researched and written by travel writer Mary Jo Manzanares, this book serves as a guide to places you might never discover on your own. Whether you’re a local looking for something new or a visitor wanting to feel like a local, Secret Seattle lets you in on dozens of secrets around the Emerald City.
