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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Geocaching, 2nd Edition |  | Author: The Editors & Staff of Geocaching.com
Publisher: Alpha
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 13380
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Pages: 320
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 9 x 5.9 x 0.8
ISBN: 1592578772
Dewey Decimal Number: 796
EAN: 9781592578771
ASIN: 1592578772
Publication Date: May 5, 2009
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Product Description
The ultimate global game revealed!
The Complete Idiot's Guide(r) to Geocaching, Second Edition is a comprehensive, yet entertaining and easy-to-understand book for getting started and having fun with geocaching-the high-tech version of hide-and-seek for global positioning system (GPS) users. In this edition, two new tools of the game-Waymarking and Wherigo-are included.
The Geocaching website, which began operating in 2000 and is owned by Groundspeak, Inc., is the first and currently the largest website devoted to Geocaching
Today, well over 800,000 geocaches are registered on various websites devoted to the pastime
Geocaches are currently placed in over 100 countries around the world and on all seven continents, including Antarctica
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 Disappointed September 5, 2010
Paul Turpin (Charlotte, NC USA)
I have always found books in the "Complete Idiots" series to be extremely helpful. This one is the only exception. One of the earlier reviewers said the book probably contains more information than you want and I agree with that. I found that the book contains a lot of technical details about GPS technology and geocaching that are interesting, but not useful to a beginning geocacher. I expected the book to be like other "Complete Idiot" books and be targeted at the beginner and I found little practical information for a beginning geocacher. What I expected to find is much more practical advice about finding caches, like examples of places caches are hidden, what a geocache container looks like and how to get advice from other geocachers when you are stuck. Pictures of typical geocaches would have been helpful. Pictures of containers used for geocaches like bison tubes, film cannisters and magnetized containers would also be helpful. The cloverleaf technique on page 87 is interesting, but so far I have not gotten it to give me any better accuracy. The chapter on selecting a GPS Receiver was too generic for me to select a specific unit, but it did give some good ideas to think about. Because units change so frequently, it will probably always be impossible to have any more than generic advice in this chapter.
I gave the book a rating of 2, because while it gave interesting ideas to think about, I just did not find it to be practical enough for a beginner. It frustrated me because the beginning information I need, is not in the book. This is where I expected to find it. I would suggest this book to someone who is interested in an overall look at geocaching or someone who wants more details about it, but not a beginner who is looking for tips that will help them be successful quickly. Normally, in "Complete Idiots" books I find a good bit of information to make beginners successful, but not in this one.
 Perfect book for the beginner August 22, 2010
John Kashka (Overland Park, Kansas USA)
This is a great book for explaining everything necessary to start geocaching. After reading it I felt almost like an expert.
Check it out Beginners!! August 11, 2010
elora (Perth, Australia)
I borrowed a copy of this book from the library when we first started geocaching and then decided to get a copy of my own. It is easy to read, well organised and has a lot of information packed inside that is really helpful. It is a great book to have on your shelf for you will always keep going back to it from time to time.
Good for beginners July 14, 2010
bhl
I bought this along with the eTrex Venture GPS. I have been geocacheing only a few months and found this book explained everything that I needed to know to continue and enhance the experience of geocaching. I recommend this book to all new geocachers as well as those who have been at it a while. You just might learn something ou didn't already know.
This book offers so much more info than what I had found on the internet, even on the geocache.com site handled by the same folks who worte this book.
 A Good Start If Wanting To Learn Geocaching May 17, 2010
William W. Bresee (Tampa Bay, FL USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Being that I've been geocaching 5+ years. A lot has changed thru the sport of geocaching, somethings were removed and some new things added. This book explains a lot of it. A good book to give for yourself or to the geocacher in your life.
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