Geocaching

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Geocaching is a worldwide scavenger hunt that uses a GPS or phone app with GPS. There are over 3 million active caches around the world. Some are as small as a dime, others are big enough to walk into, all of them provide a unique adventure. We invite you to share your stories, photos, and experiences!

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[Slightly offtopic] The app street-complete allows to hunt for information and contribute to OpenStreetMaps (self.geocaching)

submitted 2 months ago by freeman to c/geocaching@lemmy.world

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My favorite feature: The Team-Mode, where you and friends can battle it out. Great when hanging around with a bigger group of friends, you can split up for a set amount of time and see, who gets the most points.

I am not affiliated with the app, but really enjoy it and thought that you guys might like it as well. Have a nice day!

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[–] TacoNot@mander.xyz 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's so cool! What a great excuse to ride my bike

[–] freeman 2 points 2 months ago

Yea, depending on your area, there will be too many questions. Sometimes even walkingspeed is too fast, as there are a lot of missing data sometimes

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

Sounds like a fun time doing both things

Collect streetcomplete points while heading to the next geocache spot

[–] Phlogiston@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Had to check it out on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.westnordost.streetcomplete

That looks pretty cool! Love that you can play it like a game as a team. I need to try this out

[–] freeman 3 points 2 months ago

Yea, right? And you get links to apps/websites which use OSM. Most of them I have never heard of or found while googeling.

The OpenSource Community is the best part of the web, maybe even the last good part.