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Spoiler
A spoiler is information that can give details away and ruin the experience of something. For example,
telling someone the end of a movie before they see it. In geocaching, a spoiler gives away details of a
cache location and can ruin the experience of the find.
SWAG
An acronym often referred to as standing for 'Stuff We All Get." It includes the trade items left in caches by
geocachers.
TFTC
Thanks For The Cache. An acronym written by geocachers in physical cache logbooks or online when
logging cache finds.
TFTH
Thanks For The Hide
TNLN
Took Nothing. Left Nothing. Usually written in cache logbooks by geocachers do not trade for material
contents in a cache.
TNLNSL / TNSL
Took Nothing. Left Nothing. Signed Logbook / Took Nothing. Signed Logbook.
Traditional Cache
This is one of several cache types. This is the original cache type consisting, at a bare minimum, a
container and a logbook. Normally you will find a clear container or ammo box containing items for
trade. Smaller containers, called micro caches are usually too small to contain anything except for a
logbook. The coordinates listed on the traditional cache page are the exact location for the cache.
Travel Bug®
A Groundspeak Travel Bug is a trackable tag that you attach to an item. This allows you to track your
item on Geocaching.com. The item becomes a hitchhiker that is carried from cache to cache (or
person to person) in the real world and you can follow its progress online.
USDA Forest Service (USFS)
The U.S. Forest Service, an agency within the Department of Agriculture, administers 191 million
acres (77.3 million hectares) of National Forests, Grasslands, and Prairies. These public lands are
generally geocaching-friendly, with exceptions of designated Wilderness Areas, and other specially
designated botanical, wildlife, and archaeological sites. The phrase "Caring for the land and serving
people" captures the Forest Service mission of achieving quality land management under the
sustainable multiple-use concept to meet the diverse needs of people. The Information Center in the
agency's national headquarters has been a Washington D.C. Virtual Geocache since August 12,
2001.
UTM
"Universal Transverse Mercator" coordinate system. This is an alternative to the standard
WGS84.UTM uses grids overlaying specific areas of the Earth's surface and divides the Earth into 60
zones.
Virtual (cache)
This is one of several cache types which are no longer available for creation on Geocaching.com. A
virtual cache is a cache that exists in a form of a location. Virtual caches have no cache container; the
reward for these caches is the location itself and sharing information about your visit. Virtual caches
are now considered waymarks on Waymarking.com.
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