Piperbiker Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 I just read about geocaching in my Adirondack Life magazine and would love to give it a shot. The only problem is that I don't have a GPS and want to find someone near me to go out on my first hunt with. If I really like it I'll probably end up buying a GPS but I'd at least like to try it first. Where can I find people who are in my area (Elmira, NY)? Quote Link to comment
+woodsters Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 Check the Northeast section of the forum, towards the bottom on the list and see if there are any there. You may also want to do a search and see if there is a club or association there in New York. Brian Wood Woodsters Outdoors http://www.woodsters.com Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 If you can read a map you can find a cache without a GPS. Lostoutdoors.com has great arial photo's that you can get close with. You just need to plug in the coordinates after you convert them to decimal degree's. ===================== Wherever you go there you are. Quote Link to comment
+Stunod Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Renegade Knight:If you can read a map you can find a cache without a GPS. Lostoutdoors.com has great arial photo's that you can get close with. You just need to plug in the coordinates after you convert them to decimal degree's. ===================== Wherever you go there you are. Actually, you can enter it in the DD MM.MMM format used at geocaching.com. Just put a space in between the degrees and the minutes. From the lostoutdoors.com mapmaker page: quote:Coordinates (WGS-84) can be entered in Degrees (ex. "34.227817"), Degrees and Minutes (ex. "34 13.66902"), or Degrees Minutes and Seconds (ex. "34 13 40.14"). In all cases, N and W are assumed (it is USGS data, not world data!) "Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand." Quote Link to comment
+Gimpygoo Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 I was so excited that I just bit the bullet and bought my own GPS. I haven't been sorry. They are really cool gadgets and do much more than I thought...I've come up with lots of practical uses for mine. Buy a $100 model. Use it a few times, and if you don't like geocaching (what, are you crazy?)then sell it on EBay!! TAke the plunge! Gimpygoo Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Stunod: quote:Originally posted by Renegade Knight:If you can read a map you can find a cache without a GPS. Lostoutdoors.com has great arial photo's that you can get close with. You just need to plug in the coordinates _after you convert them to decimal degree's._ ===================== Wherever you go there you are. Actually, you can enter it in the DD MM.MMM format used at geocaching.com. Just put a space in between the degrees and the minutes. From the lostoutdoors.com mapmaker page: quote:Coordinates (WGS-84) can be entered in Degrees (ex. "34.227817"), Degrees and Minutes (ex. "34 13.66902"), or Degrees Minutes and Seconds (ex. "34 13 40.14"). In all cases, N and W are assumed (it is USGS data, not world data!) http://208.55.63.109/images/homer.gif __"Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand."__ Strange, when I tried I got timbucktoo then when I spent the time and converted I got the right spot. Must of not had it right. ===================== Wherever you go there you are. Quote Link to comment
+Shoebox Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 If you want to look for a cache without a gps, www.lostoutdoors.com also has a drop down under the arial photo's to produce a topo map of the area and will put a marker at the cache location. Quote Link to comment
+Turtle3863 Posted June 10, 2003 Share Posted June 10, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Piperbiker:I just read about geocaching in my Adirondack Life magazine and would love to give it a shot. The only problem is that I don't have a GPS and want to find someone near me to go out on my first hunt with. If I really like it I'll probably end up buying a GPS but I'd at least like to try it first. Where can I find people who are in my area (Elmira, NY)? All the advice on this page is correct, but if you are like me and are not that good reading a map. You can look in your area and find several caches that have good clues in areas that you know the local landmarks. This is how I found my first find, and that is all it took. I was out buying a GPSr a day later. Quote Link to comment
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