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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