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I just had the unique pleasure of Geocaching for the first time. I've always been interested in the concept: someone hides the tiny desert and use GPS tracker to find it. However, the thought of traipsing around in the forest to look for someone hippies in Tupperware did not compute. Then we got GeoMate Jr., a small GPS tracker designed for children and found that not all dreams traps, hidden in a majestic old oaks.
GeoMate Jr.-Geocaching is dead simple system for children. It has 250 000 caches, programmed in its interface and you scroll through them using large buttons on the left side. Then when you find a cache, you mark it using the button on the right. You can set tracker to take you home, clicking both buttons at the same time. It's literally just five years could use it (and the reader: mine did).
Hunting consists of choosing the cache and then the screen arrow and distance calculations. As you move closer to the cache reading distance falls, and once you're there you unfortunately on its own. Unfortunately all the tips and description on sites like geocaching.com are not available on this device. Cache come in order of distance from your current location so if you do not note previously found caches may eventually led to the same thing over and over again.
You can also enter a code in the geocache is populated manually by using the buttons, but it's a bit of a chore. The device costs $ 69.95 and $ 24.95 for upgrade kit for programming new geocaches on your device.
We were initially upset while looking for caches with us until we began to understand the size of these things. In the city most people conceal a tiny bit of microcaches, no bigger than a pebble. Without hints is much tougher to find them, but once you know what you are looking for is pretty simple.
Fortunately, when we went out in the wilds of Brooklyn with GeoMate Jr., we stumbled upon a cache, useful staff member who goes by the name schbus86 (he drive the school bus). Its cache, Crete had captured coins that we later will fall off, other countries. It is this mixture of adventure, the search for pirate booty and electronics that makes geocaching is so compelling.
GeoMate Jr. runs on two AA batteries and the connection can be a bit difficult for small children. However, paired with responsible adults and access to the geocache is populated online is a great and fun way to get excited about exploring the street children.
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