WBbenny

After reading this thread it is apparent that it is difficult to explain how AR can apply to Geocaching until someone writes a functioning layer for one of the apps and publishes a video. I installed Layar on my new Motorola Droid. It is a free AR app for android phones and I loaded it up and tried the usual wiki layer and local results. Because I have submitted content to Google Maps via Panoramio.com I instictively located this layer and tried it out..way cool! You would have to see it in action, so do a Youtube search for Layar or AR apps on the iPhone or Androic.. you see through the camera lens you surrounding, then you seen icons overlayed on the moving image of information. In the example I used above, Panoramio layer shows the photos that are within the user defined search range, so when my range was 1km you could see in the horizon of the camera view the images I took at the nearby park that are shared live on Google maps & Panoramio (See my photos here: http://www.panoramio.com/user/1928966) For example, knowing the direction the park was and rotating the camera view, I saw what was beyond my own dining room walls what was across the neighborhood in a park, a picture I took of a tree. There on my screen was it's image thumbnail, its distance and direction from my current location. Other icons for other local photos could be seen in the same general direction and my simply touching the floating icons the data about them appears. Geocaching using AR would alert you while driving in the MAPS mode of nearby caches, then in "REALITY" mode you would see the cache as an icon in the viewfinder and the loc data will be in the lower info pane. Picture terminator vision through your camera lens onto your touchscreen device. Yes, this would take more of the challenge out of large obvious cache locations but micro caches would still require the usual geo senses. I love caching but find it more and more difficult to match the opportunity to cache with the pre-preparation of searching and printing cache sheets. My new Droid and the Geobeagle app is going to be my first real paperless caching, add AR caching layer and it would be the perfect spontaneous caching machine. If someone creates and publishes such a layer for layar please contact me.. Ben WBBenny

Allanon.... Put a Push-Pin, /MEMBER/USER with the shout-out containing the URL to the WSGA so we Interlink... I will do the same on WSGA map.

Thanks to the 20 Members who have so far added a push pin, It is been fun seeing some of the area Cacher faces, and cartoons that have been added thus far. Even if you are just browsing the NW Forum, it is worth a look. Ben

Thanks, my bad, didn't scroll through all the forum catagories!

I created a Frapper map for Oregon Geocachers... It is free to use, simply enter a name/screename, zip code, 'shout-out' and photo (optional) and it locates you on the map where you can click on other members push pins to see there photo and 'shout-out' of other cachers. Shout-outs can contain URL's or just a comment. Oregon Geocachers I stole the idea from a wisconson version, create one for your state! It's easy & free! Ben (WBbenny)