Thursday, July 24, 2008 - 04:49 PM

What is GEOPDF?
GeoPDF is a proprietary extension to the Adobe PDF file format, from TerraGo Technologies. It is used to present GIS and mapping data in a standard Adobe Systems PDF.
GeoPDF - Wikipedia



Adobe Toolbar Reader
The free GeoPDF Toolbar turns Adobe Reader into a powerful geospatial application that gives users the ability to view, manipulate and update mapping data.
Features include the ability to view maps with multiple coordinate displays, measure length and area, turn layers on and off and search map attributes.
GeoPDF Toolbar, the Ultimate GIS Adobe Reader
GEOPDF Toolbar video


US Geological Survey Maps
From the link, click on the 'map locator' link to select a location
Topo Maps


Missouri Dept. of Conservation Maps
Select maps from list
Raw PDF file list
Raw PDF xref

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 - 09:04 PM

This is a log of a cache in the St. Louis area from last year, but is worthy of publishing.

August 7, 2007 by SherpaRon
About a month ago, I went hunting for a place to spend a long weekend, and grab a few caches. I checked out areas within a 5 hour drive from Louisville. I pulled a lot of PQ’s and studied them for interesting spots. When I saw the caches along Grant’s Trail, I knew I had found our spot. We just love caching on bikes, so our decision was made. Last weekend we packed up the bikes and headed to St. Louis. While it was nice and toasty (ok it was downright HOT!!!), we had a great time. Grant’s Trail was awesome, we went 48 for 48 on hunting the caches along the trail, but we earned every smiley. There were too many clever caches to start mentioning them by name, but I could tell that the hiders in the area take great pride in their cache placements and containers. Other than Grant’s Trail, we tried to hit the major parks in the area, as well as many of the smaller parks. I am amazed to say that out of the 130+ caches we found, I can’t remember finding 1 light pole or guardrail cache. I’m not opposed to hunting LP’s or GR’s, but they don’t really take a lot of imagination to hunt or hide. I just think that is a great testament to the cache hiders in the area. So, I just want to take this time to thank all of the local cachers for doing such a fine job. I will definitely recommend St. Louis to anyone who really enjoys caching for what it was meant to be. There are other places where you can find MORE caches, but I haven’t seen a place where you could hunt BETTER caches....and I’ll take QUALITY over QUANTITY every time.

Thanks, SherpaRon & Li’l AL Louisville, Ky

Tuesday, July 15, 2008 - 09:22 PM

Part 2 of 2
This is the formal interview with Earl and Lannis. We find out about Earl's involvement in the Cold War, how Earl and lannis met, what got them interested in caving and how to use a cave radio. Lannis takes us through her biggest painful caving experience. We hear what caving in Mexico is like. They talk about how they got into geocaching and relate a story where caving and geocaching hobbies collide.     SLAGA Geocaching Podcasts

Monday, July 14, 2008 - 04:11 PM

Your Free User-Created Publishing Resource for All Things Geocaching
"Our mission is simple - to give geocachers around the world a free easy-to-use family-friendly publishing capability for their geocaching stories!
You are invited to submit any article that is related to geocaching."

http://www.onlinegeocacher.com

Sunday, July 13, 2008 - 11:25 AM

MOGA 2009 (Mega-Event Cache) (GC1DRV3)
Location: Missouri, United States
Date: 3/28/2009 by MOGA

Time for another MOGA! Our 6th Year!! OVER 100 PERMANENT CACHES!

Mark Twain Lake State Park in Association with the US Army Corps of Engineers is proud to present MOGA 2009. The St. Louis Area Geocachers Association and the MOGA Staff will provide an event for all geocachers regardless of physical ability. We will place over100 permanent caches for this event. They will range anywhere from 4/4 to 1/1. All courses will be defined on maps so you can choose your course.

Sunday, July 13, 2008 - 11:11 AM

"Bringing the sleek ease-of-use of touchscreen technology to the rugged outdoors, Garmin's Oregon series is an exciting new line of handheld GPS devices. Geocaching is even easier with the Oregon, which quickly downloads online information for every geocache, so that you don’t have to tote printouts with you. Oregon users can also experience Wherigo™, the newest GPS-based activity from Groundspeak."

Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 09:27 PM

Part 1 of 2
Discussion with Earl and Lannis Hancock. They have been geocaching for years, however exploring caves is their main priority in their retirement years. I meet Earl and Lannis ouside my front door. We drink some wine, talk about maps, gps training and exploring caves. I talk about my experiences with the Missouri Dept. of Conservation in getting caches placed on their land. Earl explains the Meramec Dam that was proposed back in late 1970s, its effect on the environment and the controversy around the proposal before president Reagan canceled the project. During the podcast, when we mentiony MDC, we are referring to the Missouri Department of Conservation, which is the government body responsible for conservation areas in Missouri. When we say DNR, we are referring to the the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, which is responsible for all the Missouri state parks.     SLAGA Geocaching Podcasts

Tuesday, July 01, 2008 - 09:02 PM

"With CacheBerry you can finally use your BlackBerry device to carry and view your geocaching.com Pocket Queries* and GPX files.
Paperless Geocaching lets you find and view cache details, logs, hints and inventories in the field – all on your BlackBerry®."

Tuesday, July 01, 2008 - 06:47 PM

By Joe Holleman
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
07/01/2008

"Think of it as Grizzly Adams meets Bill Gates. The new pastime of geocaching — where people find objects, usually hidden along nature trails, by using a global positioning system unit — appeals to trailwalkers and mouse-clicker ..."

Read the entire story

Friday, June 27, 2008 - 05:48 PM

GPS-based Recreational Activities in US National Parks
Policy Review
October 19, 2007

GPS guidance.pdf

Monday, June 16, 2008 - 07:40 PM

Audio from the WorldWide Flash Mob III held in Jackson, Missouri. Saturday, May 10th was the day that geocachers all over the world got together for 15 minutes for the 3rd geocaching world wide flash mob event.

We start out talking with Cribbage Witch and Hobbit Taz. I arrive at the area where the event is to take place and capture some audio from there. Once the event starts, you will hear the activities. Later, you hear discussion during lunch and during group cache hunting afterwards.    SLAGA Geocaching Podcasts

Monday, June 16, 2008 - 07:32 PM

Midwest GeoBash 2008 (Mega-Event Cache) (GC154HT)
Location: Indiana, United States
Date: 8/7/2008 by Midwest Geobash

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN! Registration is FREE and OPTIONAL. By registering it allows us to plan for number of attendees and earns you a chance at free swag. Free swag is given to those registering earliest and the sooner you sign up - the better your chances. Be sure to check out the updated website and schedule for all the great details for 2008's event! Registration opened three days ago and over 250 people have already registered to attend with 42 campsites reserved so far! It's going to be a whole lotta fun.

Wednesday, June 11, 2008 - 06:44 PM

Story by GEORGE STRINGHAM
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Esprit - St. Louis District

"The childhood-favorite game, hide-and-seek, gets upgrade for twenty-first century. In a nutshell, that’s what Geocaching is and Mark Twain Lake is using this outdoor entertainment adventure game to take visitors to parts of the lake that they wouldn’t normally see ..."

Read the entire story (.pdf)

Wednesday, June 04, 2008 - 07:20 AM

Elaine and I packed up our audio, digital and video equipment and cached our way from the St. Louis area to Jackson, Missouri. We met up with Greg Franklin, aka spanky joe, and his son Carson, near where the World Wide Flash mob event is to be held tomorrow. The first part of this podcast is audio from our meeting at the park. The second part of the podcast is a formal interview with Greg.     SLAGA Geocaching Podcasts

Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 04:16 PM

This year the Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks is sponsoring the 1st annual Geocaching Contest.
Kansas Wildlife & Parks (KDWP) Statewide Geocaching contest has 29 official participating locations that will each have two geocaches.
Read full story and watch video

Monday, May 19, 2008 - 08:00 PM

Part 2 of 2
In this episode, we start talking about how Rich worked with the Crestwood City parks Dept. to set up a navigation course with their full cooperation. We talk about my favorite topic, encounters with police. We get philisophical about what we like about the hobby. I go through his list of most famous cache hides, then we finish up the conversation with more of their experiences at MOGA 2008.     SLAGA Geocaching Podcasts

Monday, May 19, 2008 - 08:00 PM

New on-line store featuring geocaching containers and gear.
http://www.cachingbox.com

Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 07:28 PM

About GPS Adventures
GPS Adventures is a hands-on traveling exhibit that features GPS technology, its history, current uses and future possibilities; and simulates geocaching indoors by leading visitors through a 2,500 square foot maze rich with interactive experiences. To learn more and suggest other possible venues for the exhibit, visit http://www.gpsmaze.com.

Sunday, May 11, 2008 - 09:20 AM

Date	Event	Location	Desc	Type	Photographer	Links
2008/05/10	Worldwide Flash Mob III	Jackson, Missouri	15-minute geocaching event		konopapw (65)	Picasaweb
					konopapw	YouTube
			Group caching in afternoon		konopapw	YouTube
			Video slideshow		konopapw	YouTube
			Pre-event setup, event, post-event caching		konopapw (14 min.)	Vimeo

Saturday, May 03, 2008 - 08:17 PM

Date	Event	Location	Desc	Type	Photographer	Links
2008/05/03	SLAGA Spring Picnic	South County, Missouri	Cliff Cave County Park		konopapw (143)	Picasaweb
					L Frank & DenMother (60)	Picasaweb
					Mrs. RGS (28)	Shutterfly

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