+Ms.Scrabbler Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 We are heading to France & Germany in June and wonder if we will be in areas that have caches. I've seen listings by the country, how do I figure out what city they are near? Is there a map that shows co-ordinates to help me at least get in the area? Thanks! Scrabblers Quote Link to comment
+Divine Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 Buxley has some country maps: Germany France You can click on the dots (= caches) near the places you know you're visiting, you will get the Geocaching.com cache description page of that certain cache. Then you can click on the Find all nearby caches link on that page in order to browse through the caches at that area. Try also the German maps at Geocaching.de. Click the interaktive Karte link at the gray left colum for access. You may also want to ask recommendations in the German Speaking forum. They'll answer in English too. For recommendations for French caches you can try asking in the All Nations forum. I wish you a happy and cache-rich journey! Quote Link to comment
+Natureboy44 Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 (edited) Divine you just made my day!!!!!!! I travel in Europe quite a bit, and the lack of map functionality for European caches (as compared to the US), has resulted in some effort to find a cache in the region I'm going to so I can get a listing of nearby caches. This site just solved my problem. A great page for anyone looking to geocache outside of the U.S. THANKS AGAIN! Edited February 14, 2004 by Natureboy44 Quote Link to comment
+Sparky-Watts Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 Divine you just made my day!!!!!!! I travel in Europe quite a bit, and the lack of map functionality for European caches (as compared to the US), has resulted in some effort to find a cache in the region I'm going to so I can get a listing of nearby caches. This site just solved my problem. A great page for anyone looking to geocache outside of the U.S. THANKS AGAIN! Ditto....I'll bookmark those for my reference....I don't get to the UK or really anywhere's over seas, but I do like having different maps just for reference....thanks, Divine! Quote Link to comment
+sbell111 Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 (edited) Prior to going to Europe last year, I started my research by pulling up the gc.com maps for the countries I would be visiting. While these maps are not as detailed as those for the US, they did the trick to find caches in the areas I would be visiting. Once I identifed the caches I was interested in, MapQuest did a very good job of providing detailed maps. Edited February 14, 2004 by sbell111 Quote Link to comment
+Ms.Scrabbler Posted February 15, 2004 Author Share Posted February 15, 2004 (edited) Thanks for the help! Divine, those maps sure help. I hope we can pick up a travel bug here before we leave, maybe bring one back. Edited February 15, 2004 by Scrabblers Quote Link to comment
+Divine Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 (edited) Any time, folks. Oh, when you're on a cache page of some non-US cache, don't use the Microsoft MapPoint link for getting a map of the area. Gc.com hasn't been able to provide a properly working link for MapPoint. Instead, use the MapQuest link. The maps are way better via that link. This thread just shows, that Gc.com site could use some better mapping services outside the US, so that cachers don't have to look for the information from outside sites. *wink wink nudge nudge say no more say no more* It's not only the minority of us non-US cachers who would benefit from that, it's also those avid US travellers who visit other countries as well. Happy caching for everyone, all over the world! Edit: typo Edited February 15, 2004 by Divine Quote Link to comment
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