Finding overseas caches

[+cgrunrun]

Is there a way to get more specific on overseas caches than just the country? I am looking for one in a specific town in Germany. When I type in "Germany", it shows the whole country's worth. When I type in the zip, it shows a Montana town. What can I do?

[Cape Cod Cacher]

Search for the town/nearest city....

 

"Lat/Lon Berlin" for example

 

wonderground.com is a quick reference

[+KA7CJH]

I'd use Google Earth and then download the Geocaching klm file. View the area in Germany with Google Earth and see what caches pop up. Then visit a cache page and click show nearby caches. That is about the only way I can think of right now. I gotta save my brain for work...

Edited April 5, 2007 by KA7CJH

[+sTeamTraen]

It's not really surprising that the 5-digit zip code put you in Montana. Every country has its own zip codes and the US didn't leave 25000 free ones for German towns, 36000 for French, etc.

 

Go to maporama.com - it's the easiest mapping site to get lat/lon data from. Find the city you want - if you specify German as the country then the postal code will find you the German city with that code! - and on the map page, you'll see the lat/lon (on the left of the page somewhere, IIRC).

[saopaulo1@hotmail.com]

I used the link to Geocaching.com Google Map. Then I type in the city and country (in Europe you can use whole addresses for some countries like Germany, France, UK)

[+sbell111]

I usually just pull up the gc.com map of that country and zoom to a cache in (or near) where I know the city I want is. Then I just pull a list of nearby caches.

 

My description seems more complicated than actually doing it.

[+cgrunrun]

Thanks to all those who have given advice. Will try again. cgrr

[+nearlywild]

I used Google Earth to get the lat. and long. of the area I needed. Then I changed my home coordinates to those. Then I used the function that allows you to find coordinates near your home.

[+cgrunrun]

Found it!!!! Thanks for all the help.

[+KA7CJH]

Found it!!!! Thanks for all the help.

 

Which method did you use? Just curious..

[+geospyder]

Here is a great link for finding world cities... Tageo

[+cgrunrun]

Found it!!!! Thanks for all the help.

 

Which method did you use? Just curious..

I got a google earth hybrid for a place near me, dragged it across the world, and then entered country and city. Maybe it wasn't the shortest distance between two points, but it got me there! For someone whose computer skills function on survival mode only, I'm just happy to get there. I'll try some of the other suggestions, too.

Edited April 8, 2007 by cgrunrun