redlerm Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 Hey everyone. I'm new to geocaching. My son and I have a growing interest in navigation in general and thought we could combine compass navigation with GPS. In other words, arrive at a predetermined GPX and apply compass navigation (with hints?) from that point forward to find a geocache. Arrive at GPX. Set angle of declination on the compass. Set a bearing. When a landmark reads a certain angle on the compass, change bearing, etc... Final landmark holds geocache. Your thoughts and experiences would be appreciated. Thanks! Quote Link to comment
Keystone Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 What you describe would be classified as an offset multicache. 1 Quote Link to comment
+Wet Pancake Touring Club Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 Here's a link to such a cache, maybe it will give you some inspiration for your own. I've done this cache, however I kinda cheated. The cache was created before the days of Google Earth. Using GE, I was able to find the endpoint without using a compass and physically following the trail. (I work at the university where this cache is located, so I still walked the entire path.) https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCN4W6 Quote Link to comment
+cerberus1 Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 We've done a few similar. The last was a letterbox hybrid. We were surprised how few people know how to use a GPSr for things other than loading caches. - But (for me) your profile shows no finds. Sure you don't want to find a few first ? There's a bit more involved in hiding a cache than the idea stage too. As a basic member, sure you're going to find room without multis, puzzles, etc in your way ? Quote Link to comment
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