This allows lab cache owners to innovate and test new ideas to make geocaching. Many megaevents since then have 5, 6, 8 or 10 lab caches. Lab caches are an experimental geocache type that count towards your geocaching statistics and total finds. You will need access to the internet to play these lab adventures. Adding lab caches to the standard geocaching api would allow for integration in other apps.
Lab caches are private and temporary series of caches designed just for special events. This allows lab cache owners to innovate and test new ideas to make geocaching even more fun. Tabs that are not used are automatically hidden, for example. Only attendees at the mega event could find and log these lab caches. Its perfect for families, geocaching newbies and seasoned cachers alike. Lab caches are special caches that are extremely rare, and made as a way for groundspeak to innovate and test new geocache types. There are millions of geocaches hidden around the worldthere are probably some near you right now.
Enjoy delicious food from our array of food trucks and wash it down with geocaching friends new and old in our beer garden or on the fountain lawn. One of the perks of mega events is the opportunity to try out the new experimental lab caches or geocaching adventures. I geocaching adventures in lab caching irish beer, geocaching, wine glass, lab. These caches added to the adventures and experiences so many enjoy while visiting the area whether for a day, a few days, a week, or more. South africa saw its first set of lab caches with southern africas 2nd mega event in durban where there were a total of 10 released. The app will validate your location, so you have to be within an area defined by the lab builder when logging a find. Lab geocache are special geocaches without a container.
Dont get me wrong, i dont think these type of lab caches should be completely banned, but they should be limited where possible. They were originally developed to offer private or timelimited geocaches. Advanced gsak with chris hache creating a lab cache gpx. Get the free official geocaching app and start finding them. Then if you wish, you can try out the nearby antietam adventure, which takes you on a tour of the battlegrounds. It would make things so much easier for both developers of geocaching apps and for users of these apps. If selected, i guess i could be making an adventure lab cache.
With the profile stats from projectgc you will get a tab oriented layout automatically. Projectgc is a site with the goal to provide statistics and tools for all the geocachers in the world. This adventure is a presentation of 10 of these murals. Geocaching labs homepage lists all upcoming mega events with geocaching adventures. This will make it easier to find what you are looking for and keep it consistent between different profiles. There will be no new features added to the freeware version. You want the way projectgc handles lab cache in statistics to be consistent with how they are handled at geocaching. I finally got an email stating i had a lab cache hidden for me. When the web player is retired, then the only way to log finds will be via the adventure lab app on either ios or android. Fall of 2018 a number of geocachers worked on three new murals in the yuma area one of which is featured in a lab cache. An adventure is something new that groundspeak is experimenting with and it is actually a collection of lab caches hence the plural use of caches in the title of this post. We have created a series of 10 of these you can search for while in the rosthern area finding caches and attending satellite.
Join me and several members of the geocaching network gcnw as we walk around downtown fort worth, tx while finding some adventure lab geocaches. Is there any list or compilation where all lab caches. If he is not out caching he is probably trying to teach new. We probably could have done them in one day, and that was the plan, but there is just so much to see and take in while doing these. Using the geocaching adventure lab app you will solve puzzles and explore the seattle center and surrounding areas trackable trading. We decided to search for other unique murals in the area.
If you dort have one of a serie, ther is no chance to find the informations backwards. This will be the go to place for charts, top lists, statbars, compares, achievements and map tools. Adventure labs are an experimental addition to the great hobby geocaching and we check out grand rapids with the. There is probably a geocache near you right now download the app and find out. Antietam geocaching adventure event find your chesapeake. Adventurers across the globe are beginning to create a new kind. In contrast to other cache types, lab caches are not required to have a container and can also be located indoors. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. The trwd trinity trails geocaching adventure consists of 29 geocaches hidden along the trinity river. Formerly the lab caches forum, this is a place to discuss playing adventures.
If you have zero hides, the hides tab will not be shown. It is organized by geocachers, for geocachers and those interested in. Labcaches overview playing adventures geocaching forums. Adventure lab caches geocaching topics geocaching forums. Cachly is a simple and powerful geocaching app for ios that includes many advanced features that include the following.
Introducing lab caches geocachers are helping shape the future of geocaching by coming up with unique and clever ways to use lab caches at events. Made possible through the support of geocaching premium memberships, the api program gives thirdparty developers the opportunity to work with geocaching hq on a full suite of integrated products. Come with us as we try our hand at geocaching s latest featurethe adventure lab. Paperless geocaching means hunting a geocache without a physical printout of the cache description. Just finished the adventureall i have to say is that this is an interesting interpretation of the adventure lab cache type. You can access them via the 2 adventure qr codes 10 in each. Every cacher appreciates all the effort you put in to help us get numbers uhhh, i mean get a great geocaching experience with your series, power trails and fun hides sometimes at our entertaining expense. Me and my wife are mild hiders, and we have a few caches dedicated to our kids that are kid themed.
Antietam adventure lab caches maryland geocaching society. Cog 10 mega event a ball pit where one had to find the right ball in the bit to grab the code to claim the lab cache lab caches are claimed by entering a. I was expecting maybe a few bison tubes, or tins not the motherload. What do you say about the new adventure lab application from. Gps devices supporting gpx files some devices support and read geocaching gpx files directly, like the magellan triton and garmin colorado. Multiple databases, sendingreceiving waypoints to gpsr, leaflet maps, geocaching. Adventurers across the globe are beginning to create a new kind of interactive experience encouraging you to discover the world around you in a. Navigate to the cache using map, compass, or driving directions 0 live search continuously. All lab caches were available for 10 days, whether they started at the beginning of the geobash week or the day of the berkshire geobash. To log it, you have to go to a certain place and answer a question. Geocaching account cachly uses the geocaching live api so that you can login with your account and see all of your information.
Martin works as a community volunteer special programs manager at geocaching hq. An event cache is a gathering of geocachers, focusing on the social aspect of geocaching. So each stage is its own lab cache and you get 1 lab cache find added to your find count for each stage that you complete. For more information regarding adventure lab caches, checkout geocaching hqs faq. Me and the boys took two days and did the whole series. Learn more about lab caches in the help center geocaching. There is a great deal of things that will become simpler as a result milestones will for instance once again be aligned instead of now where my find count on projectgc trails the one on geocaching. Gpsonly cachers will not be able to log lab caches. Lab geocaches of the main event will be available on saturday. The subreddit for discussing all things geocaching. Use a smartphone or gps device to navigate to the provided coordinates on 6212018 to attend the event. The lab caches that you have found can be located by clicking on your public profile, going on the geocaches tab, and then selecting lab caches in. Part iv geocaching, container, adventurer, creative, father, software.
Geocaching adventure lab enables anyone to explore, discover, and learn through interactive locationbased games and scavenger hunts. But as far as the lab caches themselves go, i do feel that there is a future for them if they are better integrated in other apps and used as. Labs and lab caches in general is lack of integration with geocaching. The mega team of salty dogs are working hard on creating 50 lab caches. I work for an outdoor camp for kids,my girlfriend and i are looking to see if its possible to make a course consisting of about 1012 caches that would only be used by camp only. Once you have the app installed in your smartphone, you can use a qr. I just want to take a minute and say thank you to those involved in setting up the lab caches. Watch as i find a giant whale snow sculpture that is also an adventure lab geocache. I dont get to little rock often, and had never visited most of these places, much less took. I dont want to compare their implementation methods of this new cache type to their now deleted challenges, but one similarity has struck me already which is that it has been released unfinished, it is flawed, and so implemented poorly once again.
Some of the best caches i found are the ones that have only been found. We are planning on 5 sets of 10 each lab cache programs. I think itd be fun to make and see if locationless labs can live up to the creativity of some physical. Download geocaching and enjoy it on your iphone, ipad, and ipod touch. Once you have the app installed in your smartphone, you can use a qr scanner and scan the below qr code to access our little adventure, or just visit s. Join me as i find several of the lab caches at geowoodstock in boonesboro, maryland. An event cache is a gathering of local geocachers or geocaching organizations. Hey guys im not sure if this is the right place for this but i do need help. Id imagine that, if we asked, r geocaching could maybe get a lab adventure too but thats a very big maybe. Theyre a separate thing with their own rules and logging procedure. A nice couple messaged us saying they had some stuff to donate, to pay it forward for the kids. Trade and log trackables from all over the globe in a trackable trading area. Gsak is the all in one geocaching and waypoint management tool.
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