Equipped with a hand-held GPS (Global Positioning System) unit that guides you to specific places ased on coordinates you enter into the unit, you and your family and friends can hunt for hidden caches.

There are various types of caches that can be involved in this adventure game. Caches placed by local groups are in the categories of traditional

geocaches, virtual caches and multi-caches.

The cache found at the end of a traditional geocache hunt is a hidden container with a log book, an information sheet and perhaps small tradable items associated with a theme or with

the sites and communities in the area. It is expected that those who take an item will also leave an item.

Comments in the logbook are always of interest to those that follow. Like a traditional treasure hunt, clues to locations are key to finding the “treasure.”

However, in the 21st century, using hand-written clues on small pieces of paper hidden in unexpected places is not the way to attract an adventurer equipped with all things electronic. This is where GPS units enter the game.

A handheld GPS device is a small electronic receiver that gathers information from a number of satellites that orbit the earth twice daily. After longitude and latitude coordinates for a location have been entered, the unit can guide the user

to that location. Simply follow the arrow carefully. These receivers are able to show navigation routes to within 3 metres (10 ft) of any place on earth. Some units have electronic compasses and voice navigation.

With the information from the Internet, a GPS unit, and the curiosity of Sherlock Holmes, anyone can become a successful sleuth.

— taken from the Parkland Tourism Association website, www.parklandtourism.com -

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GPS Adventure Hunt - August 3rd, 2009

Flashback - Virtual Tour

Waterview - Traditional cache