[10 years and more]

I have been following and geocaching for 10 years now, not racked up many caches but have got a few trackables out and about when I can. I have enjoyed when a trackable goes outside of the UK once having a a guitar trackable reach the air guitar championships in Norway after that it went missing. I am left with only one trackable left in my collection and I am reluctant to let it go.  Like most it is a disappointment when people take the tokens and don't move them on, in west london we had a spate of caches being stolen. I will buy some more but can't afford to buy the coins anymore just for them to be taken.

I don't want to end on a downer my etrex summit gave up the ghost, but have a new tracker coming and look forward to getting out and about again.

[Missing in Norway Sweden geocoins]

Is it me or are other people finding that their geocoins are going missing when they get to Norway, I can only hope my coins will return I am wondering if others are finding the same problem as the cashes are not going missing just the coins..

[Geocaching on the iPhone - Submitted to Apple]

Brill my contract with my mobile company came to an end and have just got the iphone

[Geocaching on the iPhone - Submitted to Apple]

I'm relieved to announce that we have submitted our first geocaching application for the iPhone to Apple yesterday. Depending on how quickly they get to reviewing the application we should see it in the Apple Store within 2 weeks. The cost of the application is $9.99 and has the functionality you need to look up and seek out caches using the networking and location-based features of the iPhone 3G. It also works with the iPod Touch and first gen iPhone though you will need WiFi for the Touch and the compass won't work on the first generation iPhone (naturally).

 

The first release will not have the feature to log caches or filter hides and finds, but it will be included as a free upgrade as we add that functionality - hopefully over the next month. We wanted to get the application out as soon as possible since the demand was so high for it.

 

Some non-obvious features:

• You can look up travel bugs and find out their goal while out on the trail
  
• Saved Items allows you to save a cache listing and navigate to it, even when you are out of network range
  
• The application starts in beginner mode which only shows traditional caches. Advanced shows all types
  
• To help with speed issues on, say, the Edge network, you can restrict the number of results to 5, 10, 15 or 20
  

We'll be translating the application into multiple languages as well to support our international community.

 

Here are some screenshots of the application.

 

 

Edit - forgot to add the compass screen