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What
is
Geocaching?
Very
simply, geocaching
is
a fun, recreational
game
that
you
can
play using your eXplorist
receiver. It's
been
referred to
as
"electronic treasure hunting"
and
is
just that.
Caches
are
hidden allover the world
and
your task
is
to find them, armed only with the coordinates of
the cache
and
your Magellan eXplorist.
People
will hide caches, usually
in
a waterproof container (the military ammo
box
is
very
popular),
and
record the latitude/longitude coordinates for the cache. Inside the container
is
the "bounty" that
is
the prize for locating the cache.
In
many
cases
there
may
be
a
log
book
for
you
to sign, indicating that
you
have
found the cache.
You
can
take your prize from the
cache and,
as
many
do,
leave
something
new
in
the container for the next
person
who
comes
along.
The
popularity of geocaching
is
growing rapidly
everyday
and
new
geocache points
are
constantly being added.
For
more
information
on
geocaching,
as
well
as
a great source of
geocache points, visit
GEOCACH
I
NG
at
www.geocaching.com.
What
is
the
Magellan
Geocache
Manager?
The
Magellan
Geocache
Manager
is
a software application that runs
in
Windows@
on
your
personal computer. It
is
a place to create, modify, store,
and
most importantly, upload
geocache points to your eXplorist.
There
are
two
ways
of adding geocache points to the Magellan
Geocache
Manager.
You
can
enter the points manually
by
typing
in
the information
or
you
can
download geocache points
from
one
of the many geocache fansites found
on
the
Web.
The
Magellan
Geocache
Manager
has
a link to www.geocaching.com under the Help
menu
which
is
a great source for
finding
and
downloading geocache points.
How
Do
I
Install
the
Magellan
Geocache
Manager?
Insert the Magellan
Wizard
CD-ROM
that
came
with your eXplorist into the
CD-ROM
drive
on
your personal computer. It will automatically
load
and
the Main
Menu
will
be
displayed.
Click
on
"Install software"
and
follow the
instructions to install the Magellan
Geocache
Manager.
Once
the software
is
installed,
you
can
Exit from
the eXplorist
Wizard
and
the Magellan
Geocache
Manager
is
ready
to
use.
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