For the two hundred tenth edition of the GeoGearHeads shortyknits, scottberks, The Bad Cop, and DarrylW4 talk about geocaching with a smartphone. The Bad Cop found "GPS Averaging" for averaging waypoints on iOS. He also likes his "Monoprice 8,000 mAh battery." Darryl mentioned his "EZOPower iPhone 6 and 6S Battery Case with Bumper Protection," "Pop'n," "Pop'n 2," and "FosPower FOSPWB-10002 Water Proof" batteries. They also talked about the "Fre Power" case for weather protection and external battery power. shortyknits and scottberks use the "Otterbox Defender Series." The Bad Cop uses the Monoprice "Water Resistant/ WeatherProof Pouch."

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For the two hundred ninth edition of the GeoGearHeads we were joined by several of the Patrons for conversation on many subjects. On the panel were Carrot Killer, Limax, Team MavEtJu, subwaymark, TheWoodenRadio, with The Bad Cop and DarrylW4. The panel talked about the wishes for Geocaching.com features from Geuguy, Sherminator18, Susan225, Coon&Bud, lafitefl, excaliburrd, jonnybgoode9, Brilang, afishoutawater, Starkacher, Carrot Killer, Team Pugatch, Retro, and Team MavEtJu. Limax also looked into the radio frequencies mentioned in GGH206 for the goTenna and thinks they're using the MURS. The newly released Cachly iPhone app was also given a quick review. Congratulations to Geuguy for submitting the winning response for this week's question and to Susan225 for the live question. Thanks to CoinsAndPins.com for their donation of this week's gifts!

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scottberks (of "Geocaching Podcast") joins The Bad Cop and DarrylW4 to discuss live streaming of geocaching adventures for the two hundred eighth edition of the GeoGearHeads. Some of the live streaming apps discussed were Periscope, Meerkat, Katch (this archives live feeds from the previous two but doesn't stream live), UStream, Facetime, Hangouts, and Skype. coon&bud submitted the "Periscope Marketing Tips From Broadcast Pros" article and asked a couple questions (Darryl mentioned his Foneso Extendable Selfie-portrait Aluminum Monopod Stick in response to one of those). Mark of the "Oh Beep!" podcast shared a couple of blog posts titled "More Tips For Periscoping and Geocaching" and "Tips for Periscoping and geocaching." Darryl referred to the Gizmdo post "Meerkat and Periscope Can Really Chew Through Your Precious Data" about the data usage of these apps. Scott talked about Periscoping from the "Martin-Baker" (GC2PW84) geocache in an F-14. Then the Periscope accounts for the panel are;

• Scott Berks
• The Bad Cop
• DarrylW4

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For the two hundred seventh edition of the GeoGearHeads Danno of Team Pugatch talks with The Bad Cop and DarrylW4 about geocaching in cold weather. He shared the article "Why Do Batteries Discharge More Quickly in Cold Weather?" yellowjeeperman also shared through Google+ the "Six Best Touchscreen Gloves" and "Making A Glove Work With A Touch Screen" articles to help touchscreen users.

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Sonny of Podcacher joins The Bad Cop and DarrylW4 for the two hundred sixth edition of the GeoGearHeads. The selection of topics kicked off with the "UTC to retain leap second at least until 2023." Next up – discussion about the stress-test of Project-GC which can yield some lucky users with memberships. Feedback from ChrisRG and Billy Robson about GGH204 brought up several excellent points. There were also a couple articles – "ESA Declares Galileo 7 and 8 Fully Operational" and "Galileo 11 and 12 mission to launch Dec. 17" – about the continuing rollout of Galileo. Astronut shared the interesting goTenna device which allows for messaging and location sharing without data service. Finally Subwaymark submitted a few discussion topics to mull over.

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For the two hundred fifth edition of the GeoGearHeads DarrylW4 talks with MrV about Munzee's games other than their flagship. Most of the attention went to their latest addition – Wallabee. They're funding much of the improvements through a Kickstarter campaign. MrV mentioned SkipOkane (who was in the Live Q&A) and his "Skip's Lists" which include valuable information like "Stuff To Try." They also talked about the Eventzee photo scavenger hunt game and the new Runzee game on iOS and Android.
Darryl plugged the coming Cache And Release Podcaster Extravaganza. Watch live for special prizes and to see The Bad Cop and DarrylW4 with the hosts from several other shows on December 13th.

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We talk about international road caching with debaere for the two hundred fourth edition of the GeoGearHeads. He suggests using Google Translate to convert the text of the cache pages before venturing into the field, then the mobile apps (Android and iOS) in the field. They also talked about Project Fi as a solution for the traveler to get mobile service in many countries.

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For the two hundred third edition of the GeoGearHeads we return to smartphone geocaching. debaere, LANMonkey, The Bad Cop, and DarrylW4 began the conversation with the results of the question from last week which placed the official Geocaching.com apps for iOS as the most popular among the 35 responses. There was also a recommendation by JR and Juju for "Ampere." Next the panel looked at a selection of leading and interesting apps on Android and iOS;

• Android:
• Geocaching Intro (Free)
• c:geo (Free)
• CacheSense ($5.00)
• Demo (Free)
• GCDroid - Geocaching ($4.99, Free for Preview)
• Locus
• Free (Free)
• Pro ($7.99)
• Geocaching4Locus (Free)
• iOS
• Geocaching Intro (Free)
• AMAZE
• Lite (Free)
• Pro ($2.99)
• Cachebot (Free)
• Pro ($6.99)
• Geo Bucket (Free)
• Remove Ads ($3.99)
• GeoCaches
• In-app donations ($1.99 or $4.99)
• Looking4Cache
• Lite (Free)
• Pro ($8.99)

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Michael Miller (of Cache and Release) joins The Bad Cop and DarrylW4 for the two hundred second edition of the GeoGearHeads. The conversation started with the "Lock Those Trackables" post by scrapcat. Anteaus and Thavia wrote in about the GIFF Events. Darryl shared the results of voting from the event he attended. Michael shared the news about two new souvenirs coming up. excaliburrd asked about loading a GPSR from a mobile device. We pointed back to "GGH 109: GPSR Loads" and Darryl mentioned that he was told the GPSMap 64s allows transfer of a GPX through the BlueTooth transfer but hasn't been able to test it. Jim52 recommends the OziExplorer program. The article "Fitbit trackers can be hacked in '10 seconds'" caught Darryl's attention and Brad shared that he likes Matchup.io for its community. Thavia submitted the "Seattle's Famous 'Gum Wall' Is Getting Scraped Clean" article which affects a famous geocache (check the coverage in "Caching In The Northwest 119: LISTENER FEEDBACK" and "Podcacher Show 533.0: Interview with Jeremy Irish"). "Why Every GPS Overestimates Distance Traveled" submitted by brilang had the panel talking. Russell Atkinson (from GGH193) shared that "Cached Out" was now available on Audible.

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ChileHead is back for the two hundred first edition of the GeoGearHeads for talk about GeoMob and Intercaching. Questions and comments from kc9gbo, debaere, brilang, Limax (who mentioned GC4Z4Y3), MavEtJu, and Wet_Coaster (who mentioned GC4Z1VA) we fielded during this show.

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shortyknits and scottberks return for the two hundredth edition of the GeoGearHeads to talk about geocaching trips.

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For the one-hundred ninety-ninth edition of the GeoGearHeads debaere (of "Only Googlebot Reads This Blog"), thecyr (of "Avoiding Chores"), The Bad Cop, and DarrylW4 talk about how they pick GPSRs. Some of those picked were; Magellan eXplorist GC, Garmin eTrex 20x, Garmin eTrex 30x, Garmin eTrex Touch 25, Garmin GPSMAP 64s, Garmin GPSMAP 64st, Garmin GPSMAP 78s, Rino 650t, Garmin Oregon 600, Garmin fenix2, Delorme inReach Explorer.

Anteaus emailed about the story in "DTNS 2605 ONE MAN'S TRASH IS ANOTHER MANS POWER" that caught his attention and the related "NASA's Version of Mr. Fusion" story.

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Jennifer of teamajk and "Geocaching Puzzle of the Day"" returns to discuss a variety of topics for the one-hundred ninety-eighth edition of the GeoGearHeads. debaere left feedback about the show on solo geocaching and an article titled "What an RAF pilot can teach us about being safe on the road." DarrylW4 talked about an issue with the "2016 GeoGearHeads Patron Traveler Race" and premium caches. Then the panel talked about several articles in GPS World; "Ten Galileo Satellites Now in Orbit," "Galileo: Are We There Yet?," "China Launches 20th BeiDou Satellite with Hydrogen Clock," "GPS IIF-11 Set to Launch Oct. 30," and "ISRO: All 7 IRNSS Satellites in Orbit by March." Next up was the article about the camera that restricts photography at specific locations. Jennifer liked the story "GPS SmartSole Launches in Germany for Alzheimer’s Monitoring." The Bad Cop shared the story "Most Android phones are vulnerable due to lack of security patches."

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Geocaching alone is the subject for the one-hundred ninety-seventh edition of the GeoGearHeads. DudleyGrunt, nativtxn, The Bad Cop, and DarrylW4 talk through some of the considerations when hitting the trail solo. The conversation was framed by feedback from a^shark, Thavia, DuneBuddy, gnies (and his log on GC4WYZX), brilang, Limax, 2eTango, Carrot Killer, yellowjeeperman, jcoreyc, Giraffe015, Team Pugatch, and J6family. Some tools for sharing location the panel suggested were Glympse, Waze, SPOT, and DeLorme inReach. DudleyGrunt and nativtxn suggested a few items to makes sure to carry, expanded from a list by American Hiking Society. DarrylW4 also mentioned his Automatic as his way to tell where he parked (and much more).

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We're talking about partnerships between Geocachers and business for the one-hundred ninety-sixth edition of the GeoGearHeads. Craig Farrel (Executive Director of the West Bend Area Chamber of Commerce) shared their experiences and numbers with the "West Bend Four Seasons GeoTour" and "West Bend $1000 Cache Ba$h." Carrot Killer brought up the annual refresh of the JaxParks Challenge in the Live Q&A.

BernieH wrote in about the "The Melbourne Event 2015" megaevent (GC5GCJ8) he's involved in organizing. DudleyGrunt wrote in about the "Geocaching Symposium 2015" (GC62CD6) by the APLCachers.

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For the one-hundred ninety-fifth edition of the GeoGearHeads Magnus (the Developer behind Project-GC.com) is welcomed back to talk more about the tool for Geocachers. He was previously on GGH166 and GGH122 – both shows with more information about the service not covered in this episode. And email from Tanjent shaped the first part of the show. Then questions from Limax, Wet_Coaster, and Team Pugatch in the Live Q&A shaped the rest of the show with a post from Sydney on Google+. Magnus shared the page for Membership as a good reference for those wanting an overview of the benefits of the paid membership, and their YouTube videos for visual guides to help use the service.

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Rock Chalk comes back for the one-hundred ninety-fourth edition of the GeoGearHeads to talk with The Bad Cop and LANMonkey. Some of the questions fielded in this episode came from cjrickard, dsms99, Brilang, gslink&slinkymama, Team MavEtJu, Team_Pugatch, Geuguy, Anteaus, Limax, and Wet_Coaster.

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Walt Grogan joined The Bad Cop and DarrylW4 for the one-hundred ninety-third edition of the GeoGearHeads. DudleyGrunt and Wet_Coaster sent in more feedback about the "Needs Archive" log. StridentUK shared some links; "Ye Ole Survey Monuments," "Lakes Guides, bench marks," and "Waymarking Mobile." Limax asked about the information contained in a Pocket Query. Wet_Coaster also emailed about a situation his wife (green_words) encountered with one of her travelers – "Airstream Tag" (TB6KN7R). Tanjent emailed about the "plus+codes" site (which he found through an Engadget article). Walt mentioned the very difficult puzzle cache by Darth Leviosa – "$100 for 100: Darth Leviosa's 100th Hide" (GC60H65) – which carried a cash prize for the first validated finder and is still unclaimed after 20 days. Next was a reminder about the upcoming souvenir for International EarthCache Day. Then a little discussion about the discovered through another Engadget article. Last during this installment was a reminder that iOS Users should hold off on installing iOS 9 which is scheduled to rollout on September 16th.

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The LANMonkeys talked with DarrylW4 about their recent geocaching travels for the one-hundred ninety-second edition of the GeoGearHeads. They spoke of the "Helena Montana GeoTour" and "Spokane History GeoTour" which they hit this summer. They also mentioned their "Cueva Saturno - Karst-Cenote" (GC5NDGX) earthcache hid during their winter trip to Cuba. They talked about loading their Garmin eTrex 30 from their Microsoft Surface 3. Some of the tools used were GSAK, Geocaching.com Pocket Queries, and Project-GC.com. Check out their YouTube channel for more on these adventures and much more.

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The Waysiders return for the one-hundred ninety-first edition of the GeoGearHeads to talk about "Going Caching 2015" (GC5695A). The "Going Caching" (formerly "Going Coastal") events are in their sixth year and have been growing each year. From that website you can get more information about the seven kingdoms, cache cards, register, and more.

QuesterMark also emailed about the "Lasting Impressions; A Glimpse into the Legacy of Surveying" book by Rhonda L. Rushing which might be of interest following last week's show.

Also mentioned was the Hairbrained/4 Podcast Giveaway!.

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For the one-hundred ninetieth edition of the GeoGearHeads MDSurveyor talk about Benchmarking. The discussion started with comments from dsms99, Wet_Coaster (who mentioned GC43F3), Geuguy, Team MavEtJu, Eric and Virginia (who mentioned "Scaredy Cat Films Benchmark Viewer"), and Axeman22. Some of the recommended resources are;

• Benchmark Hunting on Geocaching.com
• DSWORLD (view NGS marks in Google Earth)
• view NGS marks in Google Earth (web viewer)
• Android:
• BenchMap
• FindAControl
• iOS:
• FindMarkers

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Kev_MacD and Team_K1W1 return for the one-hundred eighty-ninth edition of the GeoGearHeads to talk about electronics in geocaches. The GeekBoys from the Vancouver Hack Space were on show "GGH 185: Hackspaces I" but joined us today for a little information about some of the geocaches they've placed which rely on electronics. Those discussed were;

• "CacheDuino" (GC274MK)
• "CacheDuino II" (GC2NPQQ)
• "GB PuzzleBox" (GC45R51)
• "GB Puzzle Box II" (GC4RTHN)
• "POV at Burnaby" (GC2WKCB)
• "POV at LLJ" (GC2WDTH)

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For the one-hundred eighty-eighth edition of the GeoGearHeads the panel of five talks over several submissions from the GeoGearHeads audience. Cornell Finch ("UK Geocaching Podcast"), debaere ("Only Googlebot Reads This Blog"), and Mark ("Oh Beep!") join The Bad Cop and DarrylW4 to start with an extensive discussion about "Needs Archive" logs (originally started in GGH186). JerseyEric called in about THE RAT's lack of a smartphone and listening to this show. Nighthawk700 shared his use of GSAK and the KMLCircles macro with FizzyCalc to maximize cache placements for some new hides. Following that work he discovered the update to Google Map V3 macro which would have made it easier. Finally the panel talked about a question from CountryQueen about getting in touch with new Geocachers and reaching out to mentor and help them avoid mistakes. can also enjoy the extra 40+ minute bonus show.

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For the one-hundred eighty-seventh edition of the GeoGearHeads we're excited for the return of WVTim. Since his last appearance ("GGH Beta.41: Gadget Caches with WVTim") he's launched a "gadgetcaches" channel on YouTube to help inspire cache hiders. He's also launched the "The Gadgets of Berkeley County" and "Mystery Caches of Berkeley County Geotrail" geotrails.
Also mentioned was the OpenCaching North America contest – "The OpenCaching NA 5th Anniversary Contest."

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For the one-hundred eighty-sixth edition of the GeoGearHeads. scottberks (of "Geocaching Podcast") and Michael Miller (of "Cache and Release") join The Bad Cop and DarrylW4 to talk about a few emails from the GeoGearHeads. THE RAT opened with comments about "GGH 183: Ingress I." Then afishoutawater mentioned she'd visited the OmniCorpDetroit in Detroit. MavEtJu asked about Reverse Geocaches on Geocaching.com and we heard from Rock Chalk about Geocaching.com's position. Wet_Coaster shared about the Geocaching.com listed intercache he did (GC4Z1VA) – a topic covered in "GGH 075: Intercaching" which the panel seemed to agree might need to be revisited. Last on the agenda was a discussion about "Needs Archive" logs from the question by Those_guys.

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Three members of the Vancouver HackSpace talk about Hackspaces for the one-hundred eighty-fifth edition of the GeoGearHeads. Kev_MacD, LANMonkey, and Team_K1W1 talked about how the hackspace works and some of the resources available. Kev_MacD and Team_K1W1 (also known as the Geekboys) told us about their "cacheDuino" (GC274MK) and "RFIDuino" (GC3420J) built at the hackspace. They authored the "RFIDuino - Using an Arduino & RFID Reader to make a puzzle GeoCache" and "Building a Prusa i3 3D Printer" on Instructables.

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Audience questions about puzzle caches take over the one-hundred eighty-fourth edition of the GeoGearHeads. childofatom (author of "How to Puzzle Cache" and Jennifer of TeamAJK (author of the "Geocaching Puzzle of the Day") fielded questions from Limax, Hakuin, PatientRock, Electric Water Boy, and the Live audience.

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Ingress is the subject of the one-hundred eighty-third edition of the GeoGearHeads. Some of the resources The Bad Cop and DarrylW4 suggested were Decode Ingress:Manual, "Zen and the Art of Ingress," Intel Map, and Ingress Live events.
On the previous week's discussion of Lab Caches, debaere emailed with some explanation as to where and why they'll show up in stats.

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For the one-hundred eighty-second edition of the GeoGearHeads The Bad Cop and DarrylW4 about the UK MEGA Essex 2015 and other random topics. The mega-event GC53P8F is being held August 1, 2015 from 10AM to 4PM with side events for the week before. The guys also talked about the "Geocaching Road Trip '15" and lab caches.

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For the one-hundred eighty-first edition of the GeoGearHeads debaere returns to talk about OpenStreetMap. The panel talked about the OSM Fundraising Drive 2015 and resources like Garmin.OpenStreetMap.nl. Before that came a voicemail from those_guys in reference to the "GGH 079: Caching Solo I" show.

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Rock Chalk – Geocaching.com's Community Volunteer Support Coordinator – talked with The Bad Cop and DarrylW4 about their "Geocache Listing Requirements/Guidelines" for the one-hundred eightieth edition of the GeoGearHeads. The conversation started with the new time length requirement for events detailed in help center article 5.9. Next was a question from JerseyEric about how changes in the guidelines are communicated to the community. Rock Chalk also shared insight about the Challenge Cache review. Some other points mentioned in this show were permission, proximity, precedence, and commercial listing.

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Aaron (CoinsAndPins) talks about boating for the one-hundred seventy-ninth edition of the GeoGearHeads. Aside from being one of the prize donors (thanks again CoinsAndPins, he's a member of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary and spoke about boating on Podcacher 501.

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For the one-hundred seventy-eighth edition of the GeoGearHeads we talk again about Opencaching North America. DudleyGrunt and NativTxn last talked with The Bad Cop and DarrylW4 about the service on "GGH125: Opencaching North America." The discussion really started with a look at the cache types on the service, especially the guest book, dead drop, BIT Cache, and challenges. They also talked about using GeoKrety and Pathtags with the service. You can find Opencaching North America on Google+, Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter. They also have articles on their blog for the entire community.

DarrylW4 was recently visited by scottberks and shortyknits. While at the Metro Detroit GeoGearHead Studios he got them to record a bonus show available to everyone about planning (thanks to the Patrons for making the bonus show possible).

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It's a show full of feedback and Geocaching discussion for the one-hundred seventy-seventh edition of the GeoGearHeads. Michael Miller of the "Cache and Release" podcast attempted to join The Bad Cop and DarrylW4 this week, but due to some issues with the Google+ Hangout On Air wasn't able to participate much. The feedback started with some from Limax about Waterfield Designs bags and the new Geocaching.com messaging service. The panel took a short detour into the Geocaching.com six souvenirs for the summer. Nighthawk700 tipped us off to the name change of the official Geocaching.com app to "Geocaching Backcountry." Then both Jennifer of TeamAJK and Astronut shared information about a new centimeter accurate positioning system in development. The Live Q&A was also active with feedback from the live viewers (thanks to everyone who contributed).

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Danno of Team_Pugatch returned to talk with The Bad Cop and DarrylW4 about gear for your bicycle for the one-hundred seventy-sixth edition of the GeoGearHeads. Danno talked a little about his "Le Tour de SoPo" (GC5T3C) multicache designed to be done by bike. CP590 also mentioned in the Live Q&A that orienteering is still a Scouting Merit Badge. Some of the gear mentioned on the show included;

• Device Mounts
• RAM Mounts
• Garmin Bike Mount
• Banjo Brothers Smart Phone Bag
• Nite Ize Handleband
• Lifeproof Bike + Bar Mount with QuickMount and the Lifeproof FRĒ Power for iPhone 6 Case
• Tigra Sport BikeConsole and the Tigra Sport BikeConsole Power Plus
• Unimogger reported using the iOttie Active Edge Bike & Bar Mount through the Live Q&A
• Bags/Racks
• Blackburn Expedition Rack
• Portland Design Works Takeout basket and bag
• Ortlieb Back Roller Panniers
• Timbuk2 Dashboard Laptop Messenger Bag
• Camelbak M.U.L.E.
• Ahearne Cycles Spaceman Bicycle Flask Holster
• Support
• Pletcher Double Leg Kickstand
• Lights
• Portland Design Works Radbot 1000 Rear Light
• Planet Bike Blaze 2 Watt Head Light
• Nite Ize Lite Ride GT
• Nite Ize Ridelit LED Bike Light
• Basics
• Cache Advance 3 Inch Travel Bug Decal
• Schwalbe Marathon Plus Tires
• Mr Tuffys Tire Liners
• Topeak Road Morph Pump with Gauge
• Topeak ALiEN II
• SKS Xtra Dry Fender
• Origin 8 Pro Toe Straps
• Oury Grips
• Brooks Saddles
• Apps
• Glympse (check "GGH 126: Glympse" for more)
• RunKeeper
• MapMyRide

Misha email looking for feedback on fellow Geocachers who might be riding tadpole-style trikes (he home built his but they're also available from Utah Trikes and other stores).

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childofatom talks about the process of solving a puzzle geocache for the one-hundred seventy-fifth edition of the GeoGearHeads. He's the author of the "How To Puzzle Cache" book but recommends puzzle geocachers also read "Omniglot" for alphabets and writing systems and "Rumkin.com" for codes and ciphers. He suggests using "TinEye" and "Google Images" for reverse image searches.

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The geocachingvlogger, scottberks, The Bad Cop, and DarrylW4 joined up for the one-hundred seventy-fourth edition of the GeoGearHeads. The show kicked of with extensive discussion about the Challenge Cache Submissions Moratorium. Geocaching.com is looking for input through May 12th from the Geocaching community which will inform a survey coming out later, which will in turn influence the future of Challenge Caches on Geocaching.com. Nighthawk700 tipped us off about a change in the Geocaching.com Live API as posted to the CacheSense and GSAK forums. As of May 18th access tokens expire every six days rather than lasting till revoked (authorizations are managed through the "Authorizations" tab from the "Account Settings"). Then lafitefl shared more about Kayak caching, along with TheWoodenRadio and his planning for "Geo-Boat #1" (GC54CB4). On mass transit caching we heard from Oh Beep! about the "Sidetracked" series of caches. Ulf also mentioned "24" (GC1AGHB) – a real time puzzle website paired with mass transit to create an unknown cache with more than a thousand favorite points. The Engadget article about lithium-ion batteries under a microscope was next. Finally the changes to the Munzee Code of Conduct were submitted by brilang.

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For the one-hundred seventy-third edition of the GeoGearHeads Mr. & Mrs. LANMonkey talk about kayaking. They suggested reading a forum post on Paddling.net in response to a question from kc9gbo. Nighthawk700 shared his favorite kayaking caching visit to "Degobah" (GC3NB2J). He was also looking for information on containers and the discussion is started in the Maryland Geocaching Society forum. The mention of geoart for kayak caching reminded the LANMonkies of "Ducky 1" (GC53T0Y). Dr.Cachenstein emailed about their kayak geotrail which starts with "Shenango River Water Trail #1: An Oxbow?" (GC3TGD7).
Update: LANMonkey posted the "LMGA 83 - Kayak Unboxing and Burnaby Lake" video.

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We're talking about using public transportation for the one-hundred seventy-second edition of the GeoGearHeads. subwaymark, The Bad Cop, and DarrylW4 share some tips and many stories from fellow GeoGearHeads. Limax emailed about his experience with the VTA Light Rail series (1, 2, and 3). debaere shared links for a few of his blog posts. ("A Wand'a Thru Toron'a - Part 1," "A Wand'a Thru Toron'a - Part 2," "Bears Go East: The National Mall," "Bears Go East: The National Mall Redux," and "Bears Go East: A Small Piece Of Canada In America"). brilang emailed about his experiences including "LRT - American Blvd." (GC2DV2J). TheGCDoc also shared his videos (part 1 and 2) of geocaching from mass transit. Lindskog, Team_Pugatch, Billy Robson, Thavia, Jim52, Vinceo, LeofricH, and iHam also had emails shared in this show. Darryl brought up the 2007 issue in Boston – "Aqua Teen Hunger Force Promo Causes Panic In Boston."

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We thought it would be helpful to provide links some of the other Caching Podcasts currently available.

• Cache And Release A weekly audio show out of Florida.
• Cacher's Corner Podcast An audio show about geocaching in New Brunswick.
• Caching in the Northwest An audio show about geocaching in the Northwest U.S.
• Dansk Geopodcast A Danish podcast about geocaching.
• Dosenfischer A German language audio show with a casual feel.
• Geocache Radio A show for the Dutch Geocachers.
• Geocaching Podcast A general interest talk show recorded live through a Google+ Hangout On Air.
• GeoSnippits Reboot A talk show recorded live through a Google+ Hangout On Air.
• Oh Beep! Geocaching Podcast Geocaching experiences from a young family in the U.K.
• The Podcache Show A light-hearted look at geocaching in the UK through audio and video.
• Podcacher Podcast This is the most recognized audio podcast in the Caching world. If you haven't checked out Sonny and Sandy's show, you should.
• UK Geocaching Podcast This show focuses on Geocaching in the United Kingdom.

If you have a new podcast to add please e-mail me at darrylw4@cacheamaniacs.com.

Noted hider puzzler26 joins us for the one-hundred seventy-first edition of the GeoGearHeads.

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We look at some of the foolish things Geocachers do for the one-hundred seventieth edition of the GeoGearHeads. The stories started with one from Limax about "Ker-Splash" (GC5C58) and "Wind Caves" (GC1KH9N). Next up were stories from KratzFamily5, Wet_Coaster, and Redbeard4570. Redbeard4570's story revolved around "Castle Rock Cache" (GC1HNYX).

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For the one-hundred sixty-ninth edition of the GeoGearHeads we talk with a couple hosts of GeoWoodstock XIII. cooley1103 and snurt of BJ&Snurt101 are the guests – just two of more than two-dozen committee members of "GeoWoodstock XIII" (GC54840) – to share some of their insight about the major gather for Geocachers. Darryl also requested that GeoGearHeads wishing to trade Pathtags email him to set up their trade for his "DarrylW4 10 Years of Podcasting" PathTag.

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For the one-hundred sixty-eighth edition of the GeoGearHeads debaere returns to talk about attending mega-events. He wrote an article – "Mega Events: A Survival Guide" – last March about attending events which can help. Before that we read an email from gslink&slinkymama about their Pi Day and their "The Vikings of Greenheim" series. Wet_Coaster also shared the Alberta Battle Cache game from this year and last.

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LANMonkey joins DarrylW4 to talk over a variety of topics for the one-hundred sixty-seventh edition of the GeoGearHeads. They started with a discussion of Pi Day and the Happy Pi Day Souvenirs. simrebel emailed about "The Great Norfolk to Norfolk TB Race 2015." Darryl also requested that GeoGearHeads wishing to trade Pathtags email him to set up their trade for his "DarrylW4 10 Years of Podcasting" PathTag (listen to the show for details). Next up was the release of the new search feature on Geocaching.com as announced on the Geocaching Blog, and through their FAQ. Cedar & Co. emailed about the efforts to get Cachers out in the winter – "Atlantic BattleCache 2015 Event" (GC5GZZ3, see their web page) and "Scabblecache." DuneBuddy emailed about options for caching the GeoGearHeads YouTube videos for offline use. That's a function YouTube had been talking about adding to the mobile apps. He also recommended AlternativasLibres.es; Routable Maps for Garmin, GPS File Depot, and garmin.openstreetmap.nl as sources for Garmin GPSR Owners to get free OpenStreetMap tiles for their devices. Wet_Coaster asked whether Challenge Caches have their own icon. Oh Beep! wanted to know the one feature on your preferred geocaching site that you wouldn't be without.

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Magnus – the Developer of Project-GC.com – returns for the one-hundred sixty-sixth edition of the GeoGearHeads. He was last on GGH 122 to share some of the key features. Now he talks about some of the new features including "Auto-challenge-checkers" and "Challenge difficulty."

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Danno of Team_Pugatch talks about keeping your two-wheeled caching vehicle on the trail on the one-hundred sixty-fifth edition of the GeoGearHeads. He asked a live question about the peanut butter wrench for a special prize pack he assembled which went to Nighthawk700. A couple resources for cycling repairs are the "The Bicycling Guide to Complete Bicycle Maintenance and Repair" book by Todd Downs and the Sheldon Brown website. They also talked about a few bike mounts, including the Arkon SmartPhone Mount, Biologic, and Nite Ize HandleBand. Some of the tools mentioned included NewLeaf Fabrications Tool Roll, Pedro's Multitool, Pedro's Tire Levers, Topeak Road Morph Pump, Topeak Alien II, and Velo Orange.

SkipOkane also launched a contest for the GeoGearHead Wallabee players.

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For the one-hundred sixty-fourth edition of the GeoGearHeads Jennifer (author of the "Geocaching Puzzle of the Day") from teamajk answers questions about puzzle caches from the GeoGearHeads audience. The first questions came from tjarrard and Astronaut about what makes a puzzle cache different from other caches. A.Demshar wanted to know opinions about puzzle cache logging etiquette. Limax wanted to know how to determine the puzzle type when looking at the cache for the first time. Anteaus recommended "How to Puzzle Cache" book and wondered if there might be an extra book with more tips and tricks. Jennifer added a "Puzzle Solving Toolbox" post with resources she collected for solving puzzles. A.Demshar then asked for help through the Live Q&A with a play fair cipher while scrapcat wanted to know about a one-time pad. Thavia wanted tips for creating a puzzle cache, to which Jennifer provided a link to information from her recent talk. CraigsOutside called in about using a keyword as a passphrase in his cache. Then LeofricH asked about the process of submitting a puzzle cache to the Geocaching.com Reviewers. billy robson asked about an easy way to find the cache description in the HTML from the cache page. Team_Pugatch asked about the average difficulty rating for puzzle caches. TAZ427 wanted tips for solving puzzles in a foreign language (he's planning to visit last remaining APE cache – GC4ZGHZ). Jennifer suggested using Cryptocrack as it does work in multiple languages. Brilang wanted a tool to determine the steganography encoding, to which Jennifer suggested "Jeffrey's Exif Viewer." Next graywolf5 asked for image search tools. FauxtoPro wanted an opinion about single- or multi-stage puzzles, as well as container expectations. Lastly dsvmusic wanted tips about the container itself.

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For the one-hundred sixty-third edition of the GeoGearHeads we talk with Russell Atkinson (author of the Cliff Knowles Mysteries) about ciphers. Some resources he suggests are;

• American Cryptogram Association Cipher Types
• Wordsmith.org Advanced Anagramming
• Rumkin Cipher Tools
• BION's site for ACA types
• ACA Tools

A couple of tools to solve the ciphers are;

• quipqiup
• Ack!! Game Cipher test page

Google+ Users are encouraged to join the Recreational Cryptanalysis community. Then some puzzles geocaches on which you can practice are;

• Hail Caesar (GCGHGW)
• Cipher Sites (GC901B)
• Franklin Canyon Code Cache (GC2FP01)
• Frac (GC1R3YN)
• Morbit (GC1WA3K)
• Elementary Nervousness (GCF1FD)
• As Dizzy As It Gets (GCGBAT)
• Ceremonial (GCCBEC)
• Revenge of the Nerds, Basically (GCGGT1)

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For the one-hundred sixty-second edition of the GeoGearHeads the panel (debaere, TheGCDoc, The Bad Cop, and DarrylW4) talks over several subjects from the audience and news. The discussion kicked off with a question about GSAK from Misha. Next was a question on trackable visualization from PatientRock. Aside from the Geocaching.com tools they panel also suggested checking out geotrib.es. Then it's on to the news with a story from Engadget about Engergizer's first high-performance battery made with recycled batteries – EcoAdvanced. Next was the Engadget articles about Garmin's new Vivoactive, Fenix 3, and Epix. Nighthawk700 shared the Skink GPS Android app which allows Pebble watch users to navigate with their watch. Engadget's "This power pack can charge your iPhone 6 in 15 minutes" post generated some discussion about rapid charging. And of course we talked with TheGCDoc about winning the MichelinQuest contest.

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For the one-hundred sixty-first edition of the GeoGearHeads we're talking with a couple committee members about MOGA 2015 (GC511F1).

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Geocaching.com shares a first look at their new Advanced Search feature in this special edition of the GeoGearHeads. Scott and Eric talk with TheBadCop and DarrylW4 about the beta soon to be release to Premium Members. Check out the "Premium Members: Get a Sneak Peek at the New Advanced Search" blog post for more how you can get in on this beta!

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Xpunkx returned to talk about GSAK for the one-hundred sixtieth edition of the GeoGearHeads. (He offers a GSAK 101 and GSAK 201 web video.) He fielded questions from TheWoodenRadio, kittykatch, and DaddyOtho.

brilang also emailed feeedback on "GGH 158: Hiking Tips for Cachers I."

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Five members of Team Munzee joined TheBadCop and DarrylW4 for the one-hundred fifty-ninth edition of the GeoGearHeads. They shared a little of what's happened since "GGH 127: More New From Munzee" and a little about a new product in beta testing. Near the end of the show they launched the new "Trail Munzee."

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thecyr (of "Avoiding Chores") joined DarrylW4 to shares tips Geocachers can use while they hike for the one-hundred fifty-eighth edition of the GeoGearHeads. Several GeoGearHeads also shared their tips, including; afishoutawater, Anteaus, cjrickard, DaddyOtho, debaere, dsvmusic, GeO_Kacher, JerseyEric, JR and Juju, TheGCDoc, and Wet_Coaster.

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For the one-hundred fifty-seventh edition of the GeoGearHeads we're talking with Listener and Patron Anteaus about his experience with 3D Printed Geocaches. Some of the geocaches he's hidden using 3D Printed containers are;

• The Settlement (GC5C5HX)
• The Texas 360 Degrees of Smileys Challenge (GC56MPM)
• LOL! - Le Park & Capto (Latin for grab) (GC5641Q)
• I guess it's not a road to nowhere! (GC53653)
• Bullis County Park Maze (GC4XC0E)
• Belterra (GC3T9ZZ)

He's also been involved in printing containers for;

• Helping a friend (GC5E636)
• Anteaus Special (GC57CBN)
• Anteaus in the Himalayas with Amadeus (GC5AJNW)
• H.A.D.S. (GC53ERM)

Some of the files on Thingiverse he recommends are;

• geocache (hanging micro)
• Geocache Micro Hanging Remix
• A-Mazing Box
• Labrynth Gift Box
• Easy as PI locking Container
• Bauble with a Twist
• Makerbot Gnome

He also suggests looking at Tinkercad for editing the models. Correction; the cost for the small soda/pop cap container should have been 33¢.

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Walt Grogan and Scott Berks (of "The Chicago Geocacher Podcast") stuck around to record a special bonus show for the one-hundred fifty-sixth edition of the GeoGearHeads. This episode strays from the normal format, following the Patron Bonus shows we normally record following the Randomize episodes, but also this is not safe for the family. Some of the articles discussed were:

• OMG Ubuntu: This Modular Smartphone Wants to Offer Ubuntu, SailfishOS
• Engadget: Verizon gets ready to shut down its 3G networks as LTE takes over
• Engadget: PocketQube kits make it easier for amateurs to build their own satellites
• Yahoo!: Man proposes to girlfriend with record-breaking GPS drawing
• PSFK: Giant Tourism Vending Machine Dispenses Bikes, Surfboards & Kayaks
• Core 77: Show Your Home to Potential Buyers Via an In-House Rollercoaster
• Shittens
• Indiegogo Life

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For the one-hundred fifty-fifth edition of the GeoGearHeads Walt Grogan and Scott Berks (of "The Chicago Geocacher Podcast") return to talk over a number of audience submissions with The Bad Cop and DarrylW4. JanIflisa sent in some thoughts on garmin.openstreetmap.nl and frikart.no. KratzFamily5 emailed about this week's guests. Cedar & Co. emailed on Open Street Maps, GSAK, and Parallels. brilang sent tips about using GSAK for bookmark lists. Scott and Darryl also talked about the "GeoCaches" which now supports the OpenCaching sites.

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For the one-hundred fifty-fourth edition of the GeoGearHeads previous guests (last on GGH 117: Road Caching IV) Peanuts or Pretzels (of the Peanuts or Pretzels blog) return to talk about geocaching during their travels. We also heard from Team AZMO (who recommended the "GPS Status & Toolbox" app for Android users), kidvegas19, Limax, Lookout Lisa, and Team_Pugatch, Wet_Coaster during this recording.

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The Developer of GCDroid - Geocaching" joined in-studio for the one-hundred fifty-third edition of the GeoGearHeads to talk about the Android App for Geocachers. Stephan of june17 shared some of the features and how the app which started as his tool designed for his geocaching has grown into the product available today. Sloth96 wrote in about his love of the app, including the "GCDroid Plugin Phone-A-Friend."
We also heard from several GeoGearHeads about topics from the last show. kristaandgeoff shared more about the "Brass Cap Cache -Douglas Fir Trail" (GC43F3) moving virtual cache, and the "Stash n' Dash" (GCA0D6) unknown cache. Tentmantent wrote in to thank us for the help on his question, but also looking for more help with bbbike.org. Meanwhile debaere wrote in to suggest Tentmantent look at adding those roads to Google Map Maker and OpenStreetMap.

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LANMonkey returns for the one-hundred fifty-second edition of the GeoGearHeads to talk with The Bad Cop and DarrylW4 on a number of subjects. The conversation began with information about using Evernote without the paid memberships from TheWoodenRadio. Next was the email from gslink&slinkymama questioning the use of a TILE as a traveler. DarrylW4 released one (TB6JBG9) at his local November Meet & Eat (GC5F7M6) to see how it works and the response from Cachers. Brightblades email about issues he's experienced with the Geocaching.com site. GPX tracks for mapping was next on the agenda as Tentmantent was looking for a way to create maps for Malawi. He also challenged GeoGearHeads to the first-to-find on his "The Red Soil of Malawi" (GC4N0EV). Wet_Coaster also wrote in about traveling caches, specifically the virtual "Brass Cap Cache -Douglas Fir Trail" (GC43F3) he found that keeps moving and changing its date hidden. The crew also talked about the Nerdoholic article "The bottle that ‘makes’ water out of THIN AIR: Gadget uses solar energy to collect moisture in a flask as you ride your bike."

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Pete of The Amasons and the "the Podcast Show" returns for the one-hundred fifty-first edition of the GeoGearHeads to talk about camping.

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We're talking about hiding puzzles for the one-hundred fiftieth edition of the GeoGearHeads. Jennifer (author of the "Geocaching Puzzle of the Day") from teamajk returns (from GGH 123: Puzzles I) to help The Bad Cop and DarrylW4. The conversation started with the coord/geochecker options;

• Evince
• Geochecker
• Geocheck
• Certitude
• Geochecker Plus

Jennifer used "Master of Mystery #01 - PARIS" (GC213AF), "Mastermind" (GC11PYB), and "Missed DiRectiΘn #1: The Foot" (GC45K32) as examples of geocaches with creative use of the coord/geocheckers.

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The Bad Cop, DarrylW4, and debaere talk about the Pocket Queries feature of Geocaching.com for the one-hundred forty-ninth edition of the GeoGearHeads. [Team D]Benignsource shared a question from the Nottingham Geocachers Facebook group about "The Church Micro Series."

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[Team D]Benignsource (of "The Oh Beep! Geocaching Podcast" and "Chasing Smilies") and sammydoctord (of "The Oh Beep! Geocaching Podcast") join The Bad Cop and DarrylW4 for the one-hundred forty-eighth edition of the GeoGearHeads, our twenty-eighth Randomize show. Cedar & Co. emailed about "Escape the Locked Room" (GC3Z047) and "Escape the Music Room" (GC45K14) as well as some thoughts about appropriate cache placements. JerseyEric emailed about tracking apps on smartphones and how they can be used. The crew also talked about the HikerAlert.com service.

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The Bad Cop and DarrylW4 continue discussion from last week for the one-hundred forty-seventh edition of the GeoGearHeads. This the emails from Brilang, geO_Kacher, Kittykatch, iHam, and Nighthawk700 were tackled in this episode. Thank you to all the wonderful GeoGearHeads for their submissions!

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nativtxn and Wet_Coaster joined The Bad Cop and DarrylW4 for the one-hundred forty-sixth edition of the GeoGearHeads and a discussion of poor geocache placements. This show was shaped by the submissions from the audience. We received too many for one show and didn't tackle even a third of them. We discussed examples from lafitefl, jonnybgoode9, A.Demshar, jinta29, RescuePenguin, limax, Tanjent, and finally Team_Pugatch. Thank you to all the wonderful GeoGearHeads for their submissions!

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TheGCDoc (his YouTube Channel and "GGH 137: The Geocaching Doc") returned for the one-hundred forty-fifth edition of the GeoGearHeads The Bad Cop and DarrylW4 about several subjects subjected by the audience. XpunkX (of xpunkx & Julez) sent us a recording about using GSAK to log finds. JerseyEric asked about logging etiquette. brilang was looking for ways to compile his own maps. He's currently using maps from OpenStreetMap.nl with trails from SwitchBacks.com/NWTrails. DarrylW4 mentioned the Garmin Custom Maps, and suggested "GGH 060: Ontario Trails Project" as a listen to find out what goes into building trail maps. The Live Q&A suggested checking out GPSFileDepot as well. team_pugatch called in some information about his new hide – a Cabin in Maine (GC5D116) – in which the finder plays a text adventure game to collect the clues for the final cache location. The last bit in this show was from KratzFamily5 looking for opinions about cache size ratings.

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figures returns for the one-hundred forty-fourth edition of the GeoGearHeads to talk about several GSAK topics. The conversation about GSAK started with a question from Limax out of the Live Q&A. He asked about learning to code Macros. While there's not a single tutorial, the best place to learn seems to be the "Macro Library" in the "GSAK Forum." A couple of figures's articles – "Creating a geocaching itinerary" and "Logging Caches With GSAK's 'Geocaching.com Access' Feature" – discussed with several other comments and questions from the Live Q&A. You can find figures writing under his real name (Adrian Faulkner) on GPSTracklog and his AdrianFaulkner.com.

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The guys talk about Geocaching.com Travelers again for the one-hundred forty-third edition of the GeoGearHeads. The Bad Cop, DarrylW4, and debaere (of "Only Googlebot Reads This Blog") pick up the conversation started on "GGH 131: Travelers I" (and they'll likely continue with another show in the 2015). JerseyEric shaped a good portion of this week's discussion with his voicemail including a question asked of the GeoGearHeads about their discovery trackables. Limax, Anteaus, and Team_Pugatch shared their answers to that question. The Live Q&A was also active during the show this week and some of the live viewers had their feedback used in this episode.

Before that we'd heard from JR and Juju about the GSAK to Evernote Macro. That was written by XpunkX who was the guest on "GGH Beta.09: Evernote." It's an easy method to move caches from GSAK into Evernote.

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For the one-hundred forty-second edition of the GeoGearHeads we talk about using Evernote as a tool for Geocachers – a topic last received a full show for GGH Beta.09: Evernote. Scott Berks returns to talk with The Bad Cop and DarrylW4 about it, and field feedback from fellow GeoGearHeads. "Giz" called in his pick of a Sliver Gripper and Buckmasters Nano Light (and sent a photo). juris1c shared his picks of a Fenix E05 and Victorinox Manager (and his photo). Then we moved on to emails from pinkunicorn, Kittykatch, juris1c, and JerseyEric (well, he called in a voicemail actually). We also heard from many live viewers (including nativtxn and Wet_Coaster) through the Live Q&A.

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We talk about the tools Geocachers shouldn't be without for the one-hundred forty-first edition of the GeoGearHeads. Pete of The Amasons and the "the Podcast Show" and geocachingvlogger – famous for his YouTube channel – join The Bad Cop and DarrylW4 to discuss some of the options. Team_Pugatch sent us his thoughts about the Maxpedition M-4 Waistpack (which he already created a video to share). He also wrote in about the Rite in the Rain pen. JR & Juju also like a bag as an essential tool – the "Cabela's Chest/Waist Pack." Tanjent wrote in that gel pens are great on the trail. Kittykatch shared that her top tool would be her bum bag (though she listed several other top picks) while brilang picked his brain as the top tool for the trail. Subwaymark's list was also read, including the multitool.
TAZ427 wrote in about using OpenStreetMap in c:geo and on his Garmin GPSRs. He grabs maps from Mapsforge.org to use offline in c:geo, and OSMMaps.com for the Garmin GPSRs.

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The topic for the one-hundred fortieth edition of the GeoGearHeads is geocaching without relying on a data connection. debaere (Only Googlebot Reads This Blog) returns to talk with The Bad Cop and DarrylW4 about how and why to pre-load data before going into the field. debaere's favorite app for geocaching on Android is Locus Pro for it's offline mapping abilities. He also mentioned the "Ontario Trails Project" (check out GGH060) as a great resource to find trail maps. Darryl talked a little about using MOBAC to load open-source maps into Looking4Cache on iOS (instructions).

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We tackle a variety of subject for Randomize XXVI, the one-hundred thirty-ninth edition of the GeoGearHeads. Sonny of Podcacher, The Bad Cop, and DarrylW4 kicked off the topics with the article "Galileo satellites go into wrong orbit, European Space Agency says" about the "No 26-2014: SOYUZ GALILEO LAUNCH : INJECTION ANOMALY." debaere asked Sonny about how to ensure your gear works when you get where you're going. He suggested the Pelican Cases, Mophie Juice Pack, and Sanyo Eneloop. brilang asked about loading targets and their surrounding caches onto a single GPSR. The new voicemail came from [Team D]Benignsource who wanted to know about something we'd buy for Geocaching were cost not an object. Darryl wanted the Terrafugia Transition, Iridium GO!, or Printrbot Simple Metal. The Bad Cop went with a Unicat. Sonny raise the bar with the Helicarrier. The article "Oregon Garden caching in on high tech tourism" about The Oregon Garden's use of Geocaching to draw in guests was submitted by subwaymark. Wet_Coaster shared the news about "Newton Community Police Station" (GC58NKN) having been muggled before it first find. On a related note, Soho & Vic Police invited many of the podcasters to try their caches ("Police join global Geocaching craze and hide treasure in Sandwell"). After fielding many questions from the live viewers, the "The mystery of Death Valley's sailing stones has been solved" was next up.

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Shapespeare joins The Bad Cop and DarrylW4 for the one-hundred thirty-eighth edition of the GeoGearHeads to talk about his 3D Printed maps. Find more about him and his 3D printing on the "3D Printing Today" podcast, his YouTube channel, and blog. Questions from NativTxn, Team_Pugatch, and Wet_Coaster were fielded during this show.

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For the one-hundred thirty-seventh edition of the GeoGearHeads The Geocaching Doc joins us to talk about his YouTube Channel, vlogging, and his geocaching. He got his start vlogging through the "Im Not Being Pokey!!!" (GC2TPJJ) cache. After sharing his kit, [Team D]Benignsource asked for suggestions to get young, inspiring vloggers going. TheGCDoc highlighted "Magic LAB GEOCACHE," "GEOCACHING PRANK!," and "GEOCACHING Brotherhood" as his favorite videos.

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debaere returns to talk about geocaching while traveling with The Bad Cop and DarrylW4 for the one-hundred thirty-sixth edition of the GeoGearHeads. EngPhil emailing with a correction about the way the Geocaching LIVE API limits work (referring back to show 134). Next was a question from onlysleepn about how debaere plans for things like DeLorme challenges while traveling with children and still finding time to see the sights. Urbandude23 submitted his question through the Live Q&A about the challenges of caching in different countries.
Update August 15, 2014; debaere posted some preparatory notes to his blog.

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The focus is on hosting a Mega-Event for the one-hundred thirty-fifth edition of the GeoGearHeads. Brawny Bear and Dane of Team AZMO talked with The Bad Cop and DarrylW4 about their experiences with Geowoodstock XII and MOGA (mark your calendars for MOGA 2015 – GC511F1). BrawnyBear also shares a document (PDF, RTF, and Word 97) with some guidelines from his experience.
We also heard from several GeoGearHeads this time. iicydiamonds typed in about the "Crotches Kill" campaign against using devices in your lap. bilang emailed about many things, including the Amazon Basics AA LSD NiHM batteries he uses. EngPhil shared his thoughts and the reaction in the Geocaching.com forums to the changes in the emails from Geocaching.com. But nikcap was anxious to get some tips to help in hosting "MEtroGAthering" – GC56TP7.

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It's time for another Randomize show for the one-hundred thirty-fourth edition of the GeoGearHeads! The Bad Cop and DarrylW4 are joined by LANMonkey – on of The Bad Cop's co-hosts on Caching in the Northwest. Anteaus asked about tracking guardian portals in Ingress. Then brilang shared information about the emails from Geocaching.com and thoughts about using GLONASS. A voicemail from JerseyEric asks for feedback about the use of trackables by fellow GeoGearHeads. Wet_Coaster wonders about playing location-based games with non-participants. "Opencaching NA Diversifed Cacher Contest starts soon, shared by DudleyGrunt. Team_Pugatch called in looks for tips with get geocaches approved by the Reviewer. Anteaus also wanted to know a about Geocaching LIVE API limits, Pocket Queries, and GSAK. The articles "U.S. Tightens Security on Electronics at Overseas Airports" by NBC News and "GPS Windshield Mounts Illegal in over Half the U.S." by GPSTraklog were also discussed.

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For the one-hundred thirty-third edition of the GeoGearHeads The Bad Cop and DarrylW4 look at the gear that got them (and some of the fellow GeoGearHeads) through Geocaching. Submissions by Anteaus, TheTowerOfSong, kristensson, Limax, and debaere kicked off the discussion. Several viewers also contributed through the Live Q&A feature.

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For the one-hundred thirty-second edition of the GeoGearHeads subwaymark returned to share about his cruise through the Panama Canal. Wet_Coaster shared through the Live Q&A that he's attended an event hosted by a couple of crusing cachers (GC56G1C) and asked how common these event were. As is turns out subwaymark had hosted his own (GC4ZJD8) for this trip having met some Geocachers from his ship at that event. Darryl also shared that U.S. residents might look into registering their equipment with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to avoid ownership questions.

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debaere returns for the one-hundred thirty-first edition of the GeoGearHeads to talk about Geocaching.com Trackables. He, along with The Bad Cop and DarrylW4, fielded comments and questions from Nighthawk700, iicydiamonds, NativTxn, scrapcat, and Wet_Coaster.

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Scott Berks joins TheBadCop and DarrylW4 for the one-hundred thirtieth edition of the GeoGearHeads. This Randomize shows covered a pile of questions and feedback from the GeoGearHeads audience. Kristensson shared a tip about translations while Nighthawk700 shared how to export a field notes text file from CacheSense. Brightblades asked about documenting cache finds and the panel raved about Evernote for that (and other) task (check GGHBeta09 for the episode about Evernote and caching). Billy Robson shared his success in transferring GPX files from an iOS device to an SD card for his GPSR using the AirStash and the iFiles app (also referencing a Pocketables article). DarrylW4 also caught an article about another possible option – "RAVPower RP-WD01 Wireless Filehub / Media Drive." TeamKross was hoping for help with issues on his Galaxy S4 and it's compass. Then back on iOS Brilang was looking for caching apps with driving directions. Good and bad news there. While the Geocaching apps don't provide driving directions, most (Geocaching, Geosphere, Looking4Cache Pro, Looking4Cache Lite, Caches, Geobucket) will send the waypoint to external apps. The guys did manage to get some articles in too; "These phones will survive the apocalypse," "New sensors will scoop up 'big data' on Chicago," "Google turns on its crazy modular phone in public for the first time," and "Google's insane all-seeing Project Tango tablet is coming to consumers next year."

Congratulations to jcoreyc for submitting the winning answer for this week's question. Thanks to Project-GC.com for their donation of this week's gift! The Going Caching Crew's gift pack goes to TFulton42. The stencils from Cache At Night were won by Kittykatch. Thanks to each of them for those prizes. Finally, thank you to Geocaching.com and Glympse for their prizes in the live drawing.

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John Robb returns to talk about night caches again on the one-hundred twenty-ninth edition of the GeoGearHeads. He caches under the teamvoyagr name, is half of the duo behind CacheAtNight, and one of the team bring the "BFL Bootcamps" to the Toronto-area each fall (mark your calendar to attend November first this year). He's been on several past episodes with more information about caching after dark:

• GGH 058: Caching by UV Light
• GGH 066: Caching Lights I
• GGH 092: Night Caches I
• GGH 108: Caches with Lasers I

This time the took live questions from nativtxn, wanzong, and Wet_Coaster.

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For the one-hundred twenty-eighth edition of the GeoGearHeads The Waysiders talk about their "Going Caching" Mega-events. This year's "Going Caching MMXIV" (GC4AHKM) event takes place on October 18th with several other events running the 15th through 19th. They recommended checking out GGH 123: Puzzles I for tips on solving puzzles.

The GeoGearHeads special coverage from their Geowoodstock XII trip is also available with nearly 2.5 hours of bonus audio.

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Rob of Munzee returns for the one-hundred twenty-seventh edition of the GeoGearHeads to discuss the changes since our last conversation. TheBadCop, DarrylW4, and NativTxn heard about the Munzee Hotel, Rover, Virtual Munzee Colors, Blast Capture, and FitBit integration. Rob also shared some coming plans and launched the Munzee Football Event. You can keep up with the developments at Munzee through the announcements page, "Munzee Podcast," and blog.

Congratulations to Starkacher for submitting the winning answer for this week's question. Thanks to Project-GC for their donation of this week's gift! The winner of the special GW12 coverage prize from GxProxy was BethanyInWonderland.

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For the one-hundred twenty-sixth edition of the GeoGearHeads we talked with Darren Austin of Glympse.

Congratulations to Billy Robson for submitting the winning answer for this week's question. Thanks to Cache-Advance for their donation of this week's gifts! Then XpunkX & Julez, Brightblades, and Kristensson won prizes from OpenCaching North America. Finally, the winner of the special GW12 coverage prize from GxProxy was [Team D]Benignsource.

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For the one-hundred twenty-fifth edition of the GeoGearHeads we're talking about OpenCaching North America with DudleyGrunt and NativTxn. All Geocachers might be interested in checking out their OCNA Blog, and those outside North America might check out the other nodes – Germany/Austria/Switzerland/Italy/Spain, Poland, Czech Republic, Norway/Sweden, The United Kingdom, and Romania (or the main portal at OpenCaching.EU). The smartphone apps currently available using the API are c:geo (Android), OpenCaching (Android), GeoCaching Buddy (Android), Columbus (Android), Geocaching Buddy (iOS), Me Caching Geo (Windows Phone), and OpenBasic (Windows Phone).

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We had a discussion of many topics for the one-hundred twenty-fourth edition of the GeoGearHeads. Special guest Walt Grogan joined The Bad Cop and DarrylW4 started with questions and feedback from the GeoGearHeads. The first one was a tip from brilang about the compass in iOS 7. juris1c asked about a method for getting a GPX file of Munzees, followed by Limax asking about a way to reduce overlap of Pocket Queries from Geocaching.com (the answers were to look at the tools in GSAK and Project-GC or using manually created route files). Last on the feedback train was a trip report from Phillyman who had issues with his GPSR and fell back to his smartphone as backup. Then came the articles and new releases, kicked off by an article on the Verge about the updated Moto G and new Moto E. Finally the panel talked a little about the changes to Ingress reported by Android Headlines and there's more information in INGRESS REPORT - EP5M.

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Jennifer (author of the "Geocaching Puzzle of the Day") from teamajk joins The Bad Cop and DarrylW4 for the one-hundred twenty-third edition of the GeoGearHeads to talk about puzzle caches. The Bad Cop and and teamajk mentioned the humorous "Puzzle Cache Public Service Announcement." Jennifer put together some additional information to help geocachers with puzzles.

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For the one-hundred twenty-second edition of the GeoGearHeads we talk with the Creator of Project-GC. There's some great instruction about using features on their YouTube channel. Some of the features covered in this show were the Profile stats, Discover, Challenge Checker, Map Compare, and Map Coverage tools.

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Brawny Bear joins us for the one-hundred twenty-first edition of the GeoGearHeads to discuss Geowoodstock XII. The main event (GC4BGXM) takes place May 24, 2014, 9AM to 5PM along side the "Missouri River Irish Festival" in Historic St. Charles. Many other events surround Geowoodstock and some of those are available on the "Event Schedule" page. In the local spirit of volunteering and giving (referenced in this article on the Huffington Post) the committee choose to support the Wounded Warrior Project this year. Brawny Bear also suggests people read "Mega Events: A Survival Guide" by debaere (especially if this is their first Mega-Event).

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Cacheline for Tuesday, April 22, 2014 reports on Groundspeak's new Giga-Event type.

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nativtxn joined The Bad Cop and DarrylW4 to talk about tools for Geocacher collaboration for the one-hundred twentieth edition of the GeoGearHeads. Some of the tools mentioned were:

• Google Drive
• Evernote
• Dropbox
• Box
• OneDrive
• Pogoplug
• Transporter
• Glympse
• Waze

Brightblades and Wet_Coaster also wrote in with questions and feedback this week.

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debaere returns with talk with The Bad Cop and DarrylW4 for the one-hundred nineteenth edition of the GeoGearHeads to tackle several subjects. Golfer89 emailed about contacting Geocachers through Geocaching.com with accounts that haven't been validated. DuneBuddy asked about caching without a data connection. debaere shared his experience with the Garmin Monterra which he reviewed on his blog. He also shared a fact about GPS from Gizmodo. They then talked about CNet's "Meet the next-gen USB cable that could sweep away all others" article and the promise of the new cable format. Wet_Coaster also asked a couple questions; one about printed maps and the other about supplies carried when caching. They wrapped about with a little tidbit about "GEOCACHE" being added to Scrabble.

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Dr. Everett L Braun and Dr. Nicolas E. Where join us for the one-hundred eighteenth edition of the GeoGearHeads to discuss the implications of time travel and geocaching. Our thanks go to BananaForce for inspiring this feature and to NativTxn and Wet_Coaster for their feedback through the Live Q&A.

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Peanuts or Pretzels (of the Peanuts or Pretzels blog) talk about their geocaching adventures for the one-hundred seventeenth edition of the GeoGearHeads. billy robson asked about tools to translate cache pages. Some of the options the panel found were "Google Translate" (and their Android and iOS apps) "Bing," "SysTran" (and their iOS App), "iTranslate" (for Android and iOS, plus their "iTranslate Voice 2" for iOS), "SayHi Translate," "Word Lens." After that our guests talked about their early geocaching experiences using free WiFi to load up information on their iPhone during their visit to Edinburgh. They also talked about geocaching and navigating using their Oregon 650t on the Yucatan Peninsula. They also talked about their favorite Geocaching adventure in Angkor Wat and their short visit to Seattle during a layover.

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For the one-hundred sixteenth edition of the GeoGearHeads we revisit the subject of batteries (see Beta.01 and Beta.02 for the first two). The Bad Cop and DarrylW4 started with some information about Heavy Duty, Alkaline, Lithium, NiCd, NiMH, and LSD NiMH AA and AAA batteries. Then they looked at a question from Wet_Coaster about NiMH performance in cold weather. There were a couple of resources from Panasonic and a PDF by Boguslaw Pierozynski with some helpful information. LANMonkey also asked about the life and charging of NiHM batteries. They then tackled the rechargeable batteries for mobile devices – LiOn, LiPo, and Lead-Acid. Some helpful tips were shared from Lifehacker and more information is available from Battery University. They wrapped the show up talking a little about fuel cells and the Brunton Hydrogen Reactor.

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For the one-hundred fifteenth edition of the GeoGearHeads debaere and StevensAdInfinitum join DarrylW4 to discuss many subjects. We returned to the conversation about "GGH 109: GPSR Loads I" via an email from Wet_Coaster. We also heard from CP590 about the "Soup, Bread and Caching Love Stories the 6th Year" (GC4X6XE) and the permanent "Share the Love: Laboratory" (GC4Z47R) placed as a result. The last bit of email came from Martin asking about the Garmin GLO and GNS 2000. The Bad Cop also left us an article about rescuing a wet phone. He would have been excited to discus Google's conference on the Aura platform this April. Another important topic came to us from the Verge – "California court says drivers can read maps on their phones." The panel also talked about some of the new products released around this year's Mobile World Congress:

• The Verge: Samsung's new Gear smartwatches are updated takes on a familiar idea
• The Verge: Samsung dives into fitness wearables with the Gear Fit
• The Verge: Samsung's Galaxy S5 is here with more power, more pixels, and a refined design
• Android Central: Sizing up the LG G Pro 2, LG Optimus G Pro and LG G2
• Android Central: Panasonic announces rugged 5-inch Toughpad phone

Perhaps the most interesting and most geeky story came from The Atlantic – "Where Time Comes From" – it's recommended viewing and reading for all tech geeks!

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For the one-hundred fourteenth edition of the GeoGearHeads we're joined by djbach about their geocaching from a cruise ship.

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The authors of "101 Devil Caches" joins us for the one-hundred thirteenth edition of the GeoGearHeads to share some creative cache containers. The authors of the book and Mad Cacher Blog talked about the book almost a year ago on Episode 296 of the Geocaching Podcast.
We also heard from a couple people on past episodes. TAZ427 emailed about his experience with carrying a knife through airport security (which we'd talked about on GGH112). We appreciated the voicemail from JR and Juju thanking debaere for the article and information he shared on GGH109.

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For the one-hundred twelfth edition of the GeoGearHeads subwaymark joins us to talk about geocaching on trips. We heard from cybrgeek about using the Microsoft Surface RT to load his GPSR. Phillyman asked for opinions about traveling along Route 66 with his Garmin Oregon 400t, 550t, nüvi 40, and 2475 without data for his iPhone. Eric and Virginia wrote in about using GSAK and the Garmin POI Loader to load Geocaches into his Garmin GPSMAP 60 and nüvi. Wet_Coaster asked about issues subwaymark might have encountered carrying his gear through airport security.

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The team (bendodson, Simon Wicks, and Alan) from WallaBee joins us for the special edition of the GeoGearHeads on the second birthday of the game. The WallaBee team took quicks submitted from the Live Q&A along with those from 24Karat, abqfox, Acyducy, ALEVanguard, Aunt Carol, baleensavage, beavermuffin, BelleLea, betasito, BonnieB, BridieMayDeacon, bullseyeshooter, Carissa848, carolyhi, chan2013, Chuck's Ghost, Decoyote, dlp100, flame_b, Forman, HakanB, heterochromia11, ilowari, itsme123, JoMac, jRiegert, jwolf, Kagey, Katie W, katietot, kd7iem, KerryBee, loupea, lucycronk, maroo268, mert, mrsbatch, NiteOwlRN, onlysleepn, patnpc, peteroo31, RenevHasselaar, Robbie, scottyallanb, scrapcat, ShaneP, SkyRattlers, smurf, soxfan, Susie, targeteer2k, traciefrench, tszcz18, and vanda. The "WallaBee 101" guide was mentioned as a good tutorial. Also mentioned were the "ItemBrowser," "Honey Blend," and "WallaBounce" tools.

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[Team D]Benignsource (of "The Oh Beep! Geocaching Podcast") joins the panel for the one-hundred eleventh edition of the GeoGearHeads to discuss Mac OS Geocaching Apps. The apps mentioned were;

• iCaching (Mac App Store)
• Geocache Manager (Mac App Store)
• GCTK (Mac App Store)
• FizzyCalc (Mac App Store)
• iSpoiler (Mac App Store)
• GCStatistic
• GPSBabel
• Garmin BaseCamp (Mac App Store)
• Garmin POI Loader (Mac App Store)

Also mentioned was "GGH Beta.38: Waypoints vs. POIs vs. Paperless" for a good discussion of using POIs.
TheWoodenRadio shared some information about the geohashing conversation last show. He shared the links for xkcd Geohashing Main Page, xkcd Daily Page, and xkcd's Detroit graticule page. He also shared a similar activity called GeoDashing.

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The Bad Cop and DarrylW4 talk through several subjects for the one-hundred tenth edition of the GeoGearHeads. The first item was let over from last week about Wet_Coaster's experience with his Asus Transformer. Nighthawk700, TAZ427, CodeJunkie, FuzzWuzz, billy robson, CP590, and Stucuk wrote in about their plans for the "I <3 Geocaching" Lab Cache (CP590 mentioned a couple of events – "Soup, Bread and Caching Love Stories the 6th Year" (GC4X6XE) and "I ♥ Geocaching" (GC4XMHV) – around exchanging them). Scrapcat shared her experience with "Klikaklu - Scavenger and Treasure Hunts" and wrote it up in her blog. We heard from NativTxn about the "GeoKrety Logger" app for Android. We also talked about a question from TheWoodenRadio about Google Maps. Next was the article from The Verge: "California woman who got a ticket for driving with Google Glass is off the hook." "H.R.3304 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014" aims to block six Russian monitoring stations (New York Times and The Verge). Last on the list this week was a question from JerseyEric about geohashing.

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For the one-hundred ninth edition of the GeoGearHeads talk about getting geocaching information to a GPSR. debaere (Google+) joined The Bad Cop and DarrylW4 to talk about the kit he uses mentioned in his "Nexus 7 Based Geocaching Kit" post. That kit is based on an OTG Cable and Nexus Media Importer. We also heard from Nighthawk700 who shared his technique using GSAK at the center. gnies asked about using his Galaxy S4 to load his eTrex 20. TAZ427 used the Live Q&A function in the Google+ Hangout On Air to let us know he does that with his S4 and Oregon. kc9gbo shared a little about his technique using Motorola Photon to my Delorme PN-60. The panel then talked a little about the dead Go Rove project and the failing of BaseCamp Mobile.
We heard from ds8300 and tor_selden with follow-up to last weeks's show. They told us about new laws in Sweden – "Stricter rules for powerful laser pointer from January 1, 2014 " – and laser safety.

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For the one-hundred eighth edition of the GeoGearHeads John Robb returns to talk about lasers and geocaching. On his fourth appearance, John Robb (of Cache At Night who caches under teamvoyagr) shares some of the issues to consider when attempting a laser-based geocache, advantages, disadvantages, and some examples. John's first laser cache was "After Dark Duet" (GC24MXZ) which lead him and his partner to create "BFL Boot Camp V - Alien MacGyver" (GC2EYDW). So other example laser caches are "BFL VI - ...in a galaxy far, far away" (GC35FHF) and "BFL 7: Sin - Blinded By The Light" (GC40V3B). He also provided the "Angular Size Calculator" page for helping calculate errors. A couple of caches created with their Laser Loci are "Knights Templar" (GC4Q90W) and "GAG20 - Loki (NIGHT CACHE)" (GC4NWN9). Thanks to StevensAdInfinitum and Two_Drews for their audio feedback used in this episode.

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We return to the Lily Pad for a special release of GeoGearHeads. Bryan shares a little about the coming "Geocaching Adventure" feature during this interview recorded at the beginning of the month.

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For the one-hundred seventh edition of the GeoGearHeads we talk with the Geocaching Vlogger. We also heard from Fishheadjr about how he uses geocaching videos to get inspiration, PadreJim and the video of one of his movements, and the UnDrCacher about his viewing and channel. Nighthawk700 wrote in about captioning videos and how well some videos like "Geocaching.com's Lost & Found Video Trailer" are done.

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Cacheline for Tuesday, January 14, 2015 reports on Garmin's release of three new GPSMAP 64 models via their website:

• GPSMAP 64
• GPSMAP 64s
• GPSMAP 64st

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The creators of Sighter join us for the one-hundred sixth edition of the GeoGearHeads. (They spoke briefly about the venture on "UK Geocaching Podcast 25" last year.) The photography-based geolocation game is available for free on Android and iOS. DudleyGrunt, Two_Drews, and Nighthawk700 shared their initial reactions to the game. The creators also talked about the branded "Lakeland Treasures game (available for iOS) and the associated video. In a rare occurrence we recorded a few minutes after the show (available following the credits in the audio version or as a separate video on YouTube) answering some questions from DudleyGrunt, nativtxn, and Wet_Coaster during the show.

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The Bad Cop made a trip to the Groundspeak office (Geocaching.com's parent) to grab several interviews for the one-hundred fifth edition of the GeoGearHeads. The first of those interviews with Bryan and UncleJames you'll find in this episode (there are two more we'll share in future episodes and another is available on episode 25 of "Caching in the Northwest"). One bit of information shared was the coming development of a Geocaching Intro app for Android, similar to the free "Geocaching Intro" app for iOS. UncleJames also shared a little about the 31 of 31 streaking and the role of Geocaching.com Souvenirs. Finally we heard about the hamsters powering the Geocaching.com servers.
We also heard from XpunkX that the service that had allowed for SMS connections to Geocaching.com was TextMarks.

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Geocaching with multiple devices is the topic for the one-hundred fourth edition of the GeoGearHeads. The Bad Cop and DarrylW4 start with some feedback emailed by Murfster who recommends carrying the brochures from Geocaching.com in the native language of your travel destination. [Team D]Benignsource and TeamBuxton also shared their multi-device usage through social networks. Some related shows with more information are;

• GGH 097: Smartphone Cache II
• GGH 094: Getting Good Coords I
• GGH Beta.34: Going Smartphone from GPSR
• GGH Beta.32: Going GPSR from Smartphone
• GGH Beta.02: Battery Power II
• GGH Beta.01: Battery Power I

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For the one-hundred third edition of the GeoGearHeads The Bad Cop and DarrylW4 tackle a variety of subjects. Two_Drews emailed audio feedback. wolrab shared a Road Caching story about "Nicosia V, Ochi" (GC1G71C). neonride93 emailed about the future of Waymarking. The last feedback was emailed by murfster. Next up was an article from The Verge about cellphone unlocking in the U.S. Then it was on to the Bad Elf GPS for Lightning Connector. The Verge also posted an article about Google's location gaming platform. Meanwhile users can now add their own streetview images and add Google Maps to their website. BioLite's thermoelectric fire pit was next, then finally the PowerPot X project on Kickstarter gives owners the chance to charge their devices while cooking.

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For the one-hundred second edition of the GeoGearHeads we're joined by Ricky Briganti of "Inside the Magic" to talk a little about the various location games within the Disney Parks. Nighthawk700 and JerseyEric shared some of their experiences before we moved into the "Agent P's World Showcase Adventure" (formerly the "Kim Possible World Showcase Adventure"). Other games mentioned were the "A Pirate's Adventure: Treasures of the Seven Seas," "Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom," "Fantasyland: Break The Curse," and "Menehune Adventure Trail."

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ItMustBeJames and hokiecachers join in for the one-hundred first edition of the GeoGearHeads to talk about their geocaching on business trips. subwaymark and WoodenRadio pitched in with their travel caching – including a story about "Thing Sites: Thingvellir Lögberg" (GC3W68R). Thanks to Nighthawk700 for connecting us with ItMustBeJames and hokiecachers, and for his questions (most of which we didn't have time to ask these guests).

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For the one-hundredth edition of the GeoGearHeads The Bad Cop and DarrylW4 handle a packed agenda of random topics. First was feedback from [Team D]Benignsource (through his blog post), subwaymark, KristaWalks, Nighthawk700, CodeJunkie (through his post on a regional forum), wolrab (through his blog post), and BananaForce about their promotion of the GeoGearHeads. Next was the announcement of the "2013 GeoGearHead Audience Survey," where one lucky entry by the end of the year will receive a Magellan eXplorist GC (listen to the show for more information). "Giz" called in about a premium activity at the Greenbrier Resort which lead into discussion of Geoteaming. ds8300 contacted DarrylW4 about getting a GeoGearHeads Show unique. Geosphere 3.1 was the next item on the agenda. Then The Bad Cop got into the modular phones with the announcements from Motorola and ZTE. They also talked a little about GPS Tracklog's First looks at the Android-based Garmin Monterra. Next was articles about new mobile devices – "The Verge: Spec Sheet: Motorola shakes up low-cost smartphones with the Moto G" and "Android Central: Tegra Note 7 review." Some more information about T-Mobile's 200MB of free data for tablets came out. Engadget and The Vergewrote about a Google Glass Explorer who received a ticket for wearing Glass while she was driving. Finally was some discussion about the rule changes to flights in the U.S. and the E.U. allowing personal electronics in all stages of flights. Here are some links to articles on The Verge for more information:

• "FAA officially approves using electronics during all phases of flight"
• "Delta and JetBlue become first airlines to allow electronics during takeoff and landing"
• "American Airlines now allows personal electronics use throughout entire flight"
• "United becomes the latest airline to let customers use electronic devices gate-to-gate"
• "US Airways joins list of airlines allowing electronics during all phases of flight"
• "Southwest Airlines now lets you use electronics during takeoff and landing"
• "Southwest Airlines now offers Wi-Fi access even when planes are on the ground"
• "Virgin America now lets you use electronics during takeoff and landing"
• "EASA guidance says Europeans can use personal electronics during flights"
• "Europe approves 3G and LTE networks for in-flight use"

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BloodHoundsGeoCache are the guest for the ninety-ninth edition of the GeoGearHeads to talk about 3D Printing and Geocaching. They've set-up a little business printing 3D Cache containers as well as signature and trackable items under the name BH3DCaches. We also heard from YRAFT and iHam (with his blog post) about how they've been spreading the word on the GeoGearHeads shows.

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For the ninety-eighth edition of the GeoGearHeads The Bad Cop and DarrylW4 discuss geocaching and space. This discussion was prompted by the "Geocaching in Space" events and hype from Groundspeak marking the return of Geocaching to space (Rick Mastracchio carried "International Space Station Travel Bug II by the 5th Grade Class of Chase Elementary School-Waterbury, CT" to the International Space Station). The Bad Cop attended the "Geocaching in Space - A Geocaching HQ Event!" event at the Pacific Science Center, hosted by Geocaching HQ. The Bad Cop and DarrylW4 talked about ways for civilians to get into space through Virgin Galactic, Novaspace, XCOR Aerospace, Armadillo Aerospace, and World View Enterprises. None of those options will get you to the "International Space Station" (GC1BE91) cache, and only seven civilians have flown to the ISS. There are geocaches and traveler here on Earth that have been to space. On GGH Beta.27: Orbiting Cache I we spoke with e6c about his caches launched into space – "PINELAND: Sputnik 2010: A Geocache Odyssey" (GC2JPJJ) and "PINELAND: LEIF MMXII: Geocache From Space!!" (GC3P578) – and some travelers (including our own Cache-A-Maniacs in Space!). Also mentioned was Gogo's partnership with Glympse for in-air location sharing and Gogo Text & Talk.

Thanks to Listener "Giz" for his voicemail on how he promoted the GeoGearHeads.

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The Bad Cop and DarrylW4 revisit geocaching with a smartphone for the ninety-seventh edition of the GeoGearHeads. Smartphone geocaching was last featured during "GGH Beta.13." They tackled feedback, tips, and questions from iHam, JerseyEric, and Wet_Coaster. For iHam, look for the new epsiodes of "Caching In The NorthWest" each week. Wet_Coaster might be interested in the Trimble Juno T41 Family and Trimble Juno 5smartphones built for GIS. The list of some geocaching apps was also updated from that last show;

• Geocaching Live Apps
• a:Drake (Android)
• CacheSense (Android & Blackberry)
• CacheBox (Android & Windows Mobile)
• Caches (iOS)
• CacheMaid (Android)
• GeoBucket (iOS)
• Geocache Navigator (Blackberry, Nokia, & feature phones)
• Geocaching Droid Army Knife (Android)
• Geocaching with Geosphere (iOS)
• GeoHawk (Android)
• Geooh Live (Android)
• GeoScout (Windows Mobile)
• Neongeo (Android)
• Locus (Android)
• Looking4Cache (iOS)
• PocketDrake (Windows Mobile)
• Tracky (Android)
• Official Geocaching.com Apps (Android, iOS, & Windows Phone)
• Unofficial Geocaching.com Apps
• GeoBeagle (Android)
• iGeocacher/iGeoPad/CacheLight (iOS)
• c:geo (Android)
• Non-Geocaching.com
• OpenCaching (Android & iOS)

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For the ninety-sixth edition of the GeoGearHeads Robert Lipe returns to talk about geocaching during business trips. (He was previously on GGH Beta.30 and CAM229.) He shared a story about needed seven stitches during one of his business trips. We also heard from Astronut who called in about his geocaching while on business trips.

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For the ninety-fifth edition of the GeoGearHeads The Bad Cop and DarrylW4 tackle a range of topics (mostly from the audience). The new GeoGearHeads YouTube channel was the topic before we started on the meat of the show. Please head over to subscribe and check out all the old shows. First was feedback from scrapcat about her blog post from last week's show with our tip for getting the degree symbol (°) on iOS. Next was a follow-up by f1drivr about his question from GGH090. We pointed him to the "Report a Map Error" link from Garmin. wanzong emailed about a couple topics – information on filtering logs on Geocaching.com and questions about WallaBee workflows. [Team D]Benignsource connected through Google+ about a question he saw on CacheFace. We went through the hardware (WAHOO KEY, Lightning to 30-pin Adapter, PROTKT BIKE MOUNT & CASE FOR IPHONE 5/5S), software (GeoBeacon), and a live demo of using a Garmin Chirp with an iOS device. Sh@rpey asked via Google+ about shows for caching with an Android smartphone or iPhone. Check out "GGH Beta.13: Smartphone Caching I," "GGH Beta.17: Android Apps I," "GGH 056: NeonGeo," and "GGH 070: Geosphere 3 Tips & Tricks" as some good starting points, but there were several other shows with good information for smartphone caching. The Upgrades to Intercaching (featured on GGH075) were mentioned before moving on. Rich Owings's excellent "Good satellite days and bad satellite days" article was the subject of conversation for several minutes and a good, quick read for geolocation users. Next was a brief conversation about the new Garmin tactix GPS watch. Finally they suggested those interested in smartwatches check the "Fragments of time: the wild, messy state of smartwatches" article from the Verge.

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The Bad Cop and DarrylW4 take on methods to get good coordinates for the ninety-fourth edition of the GeoGearHeads. The show kicked off with a question from JerseyEric about adding waypoints in the Official Geocaching app, CacheSense for Android, c:geo, NeonGeo, Geobucket, Geosphere, and Looking4Cache. Then we heard from StevensAdInfinitum and Nighthawk700 about how they get their coordinates for geocaches. Articles from Garmin and Trail Tech on waypoint averaging were mentioned. Groundspeak's article "1.2. Convert Decimal Coordinates to DDD MM.MMM" was also used as a good reference about conversion of expressing the values.

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Podcast Observer and Participant Rob Walch joins us on the ninety-third edition of the GeoGearHeads. Through his work on "Podcast411," "Today in iPhone," and at LibSyn he's been involved in Podcasting since its early days. (More background and the history of podcasting is available through Wikipedia.) Darryl ran through a list of when some of the notable podcasts on Geocaching began (including the late "CacheCast" show by pdantic – interviewed on CAM105 – which has since podfaded and slightly most recent SLAGA by konopapw – interviewed on CAM019– which was retired many years ago), but also the current list of English-based shows:

• Cachers Corner
• Caching in the Northwest
• The Chicago Geocacher Podcast
• Geocaching Podcast
• GeoSnippits Reboot
• Geotalk
• Hikerjamz Geocaching Talk Show
• The Podcache Show
• Podcacher
• Twin Cities GeoCaching PodCast
• UK Geocaching Podcast

sseegars also shared that the first podcasts to which he subscribed were the "Home Town Tales" and "Nocturnal." For Geocachers looking to get into podcast creation Rob recommends the bossjock studio iOS app and iRig MIC Cast as an ease mobile solution. He's also setup "Podcasting How To" information on his Podcast411 site, including a PDF for those looking to record through Skype. He also recommends his "Podcast411" and the LibSyn "The Feed" shows for people interested in creation of podcasts.

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John Robb (of Cache At Night who caches under teamvoyagr) returned on the ninety-second edition of the GeoGearHeads to talk about Night Caches. He's also one of the hosts of the upcoming "BFL Boot Camp Illumin8" (GC420YB) event November 9th in the Toronto, Canada area. One of his favorite laser-based night hides was "BFL VI - ...in a galaxy far, far away" (GC35FHF) by The Cacheketeerz. His company now offers the "Light Loci" and "Laser Loci" (with a limited time discount on the "Laser Loci" for GeoGearHead Viewers/Listeners) for creating the night cache stages without building your own electronics.

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Noted Geocaching Event Host Monkeybrad talks to us about his Halloween Events for the ninety-first edition of the GeoGearHeads. This year's events are "8th Annual Loyal Order of the Sleepless Knights" (GC4MN75) and "11th Annual Haunted Halloween Caching Evening" (GC4MN7M). Their previous events include:

• Halloween Caching:
• "31 and Halloween" (GCH4Y1)
• "2nd Annual Haunted Caching Hayride and Cookout" (GCKNPA)
• "3rd Annual Haunted Caching Hayride and Cookout" (GCQ2E3)
• "4th Annual Haunted Hayride & Caching Cookout" (GCY9AT)
• "5th Annual Haunted Hayride & Caching Cookout" (GC15QEE)
• "6th Annual Haunted Hayride & Caching Cookout" (GC1GJQ4)
• "7th Annual Haunted Halloween Caching Campout" (GC1ZRG9)
• "8th Annual Haunted Halloween Caching Campout" (GC2EFKX)
• "9th Annual Haunted Halloween Caching Campout" (GC33Q8Z)
• "10th Annual Haunted Halloween Caching Evening" (GC3WHKY)
• Royal Order of the Sleepless Knights:
• "The Royal Order of the Sleepless Knights" (GCY6RB)
• "The Next Royal Order of the Sleepless Knights" (GC148VP)
• "The Third Royal Order of the Sleepless Knights" (GC1GR0V)
• "4th Annual Royal Order of the Sleepless Knights" (GC1Y41K)
• "5th Annual Royal Order of the Sleepless Knights" (GC2E23G)
• "6th Annual Royal Order of the Sleepless Knights" (GC33Q7N)
• "7th Annual Loyal Order of the Sleepless Knights" (GC3WHKF)
• CITO:
• "The Morning After the Night of the Living Dead" (GC1HA6F)

For more on Monkeybrad check his 2007 interview on "CAM Ep. 055: Monkeybrad."

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The Bad Cop and DarrylW4 tackle a seeming complete random series of topics on the ninetieth edition of the GeoGearHeads. The show kicked off with feedback from both DudleyGrunt and Ed2Ed about c:geo and it's use of the Geocaching.com Friends feature. Then the Bad Cop shared news from PhoneBloks about a modular smartphone system they'd like to create. Of course the iPhone 5S release had to be mentioned and the M7 processor and 64-bit A7 were the topics of interest to location-based Gamers. The Bad Cop also upgraded his iPhone 5 to iOS 7 while DarrylW4 recommended (and has been) waiting a couple weeks for the App updates to catchup. Some articles of note they mentioned were; "How to stop iOS 7 from destroying your iPhone's battery life" (from TUAW), "iOS 7 Locks Stolen iPhones to Prevent Resale" (from TidBits), and "Apple details security fixes in iOS 7. And there's a ton of them!" (from iMore). DarrylW4 brought up the release of a new memory card format – CFast (see also the Engadget Article). Wet_Coaster also mentioned the Sumsung Rubgy as an option for Geocachers and DarrylW4 mentioned a few others recently shipped (including the Samsung Galaxy S4 Active, Kyocera Torque, Sony Experia Z1) he found encouraging. A question from f1drivr on Ingress triggered some discussion on the changes in the game (see Engadget's "Google's mobile MMO Ingress gets badges for monitoring player progress") and how its important to connect with fellow players. He also asked about Garmin map updates and using GPSFileDepot maps. JerseyEric asked about using the official Geocaching.com App for marking waypoints as well as other options (most of which will be talked about in the future "Getting Good Coords" show). Wet_Coaster asked in the Live Q&A about a GPSR with an emergency phone function. While neither the Bad Cop or DarrylW4 knew of a device doing both functions they suggested the SpareOne, Spot Messanger, or DeLorme InReach depending on needs. Finally Superted asked about getting a GSM SIM for use in the U.S. DarrylW4 recommended using the AT&T network as they have better coverage overall than the other large GSM carrier in the U.S. – T-Mobile – but not necessary to use AT&T itself. Two MVNOs offered as options were GoPhone and StraightTalk.

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For the eighty-ninth edition of the GeoGearHeads The Bad Cop and DarrylW4 discuss some of the tips and tricks posted to the entries in the "GeoGearHeads 2013 Traveler Race." We were excited to try out the new "Live Q&A" function for the first time during this recording with the assistance of f1drivr. The first of the traveler tips mentioned were from lafitefl's "Sea Cache Horsing Around" and "Cache Patrol" and a couple tips in their logs from gflyer. NoNameYet202 "GGH TB Race Technology Tag" was the next up along with bonus tip from EttaKrewe in its logs. 4freds's "QR-Code Travel Beetle" shared a tip seemingly learned from first-hand experience and a tip in the log from TheMoiety. globaltreckers mentioned GGH Beta.13 and the usage he learned about using NeonGeo (also check GGH056) on "email us plz if you grabbed thnx." Joe.small shared some tips on flashlights (check GGH066 for more on flashlights for Geocaching) on his "Shine a little light GGH 2013" traveler, which also picked up a tip from The Small Ball Crew in its logs. Minnesota Boy's travelers ("Goofy," "Rumpelstiltskin," and "US Flag History Geocoin") managed to collect the most tips on their logs including ones from gravitybear, cdnilpog, Jensentravels, and EvilRhino. Meanwhile debaere released a series of themed travelers into the race – "Top Gear(UK) - The Stig," "Top Gear(UK) - Jeremy Clarkson," "Top Gear(UK) - James May," "Top Gear(UK) - Richard Hammond" – each with its own tip. The "GeoGearHeads 2013 Evernote Racing Coin (II)," "GeoGearHeads 2013 QR Racing Coin (II)," and "GGH 2013 Race Traveling Tip Exchange" travelers from our own DarrylW4 received a little discussion again, but the add-on tip from scrapcat got more air time. Tips on those travelers from Poppa's Chick and peeknseekjr were also mentioned. "Doin' It Old School" by TeamOrville mentioned the "Log Them All" site. Finally for this week, Team Shiney's "Caching Friend" shared two more tips. Our thanks again to GXProxy.com for supplying many of the gifts for the participants!

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The Bad Cop and DarrylW4 tackle a variety of subjects on the eighty-eighth edition of the GeoGearHeads, the fifteenth installment of the Randomize show. juris1c wrote in wanting an iOS app to merge Geocaching, Munzee, and WallaBee notifications. Then we heard from TheWinterTrio who was hoping we knew something more about Geocaching.com's "Your Friends" feature (in short, no). Then the news that Microsoft killed their tags and the smartwatches out of IFA (Qualcomm Toq and Samsung Galaxy Gear) wrapped up the show. The "GeoGearHeads 2013 Traveler Race" is over, and we mentioned the three leaders in that race. Next week we're going over those tips.

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