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@Trekkin and Birdin wrote:
I’d be interested to hear what other non-music apps people have on their iPods and how useful they find them.
VLINGO – A voice command app that lets you speak into the microphone to search words or topics on Google and find places/addresses on the Google map program. Very useful, use it every day.
GENIUS SCAN – A document scanner, can instantly email as PDFs instead of using a scanner in your home or office. Use it for work almost daily to send scanned docs.
AROUNDME – Search for POIs nearest you in many categories. Unlike Google maps, this app will show you a LIST of what’s near you, in order by distance, in various categories.
FACEBOOK – It’s Facebook! Some use it frequently.
BING – I use it sometimes for detailed satellite maps that are more detailed than Google satellite images. A good backup when needed out in the field if you have an iPhone.
REDLASER and ATTSCANNER – Can scan bar codes, including those that are often used on mystery caches
CAMERA GENIUS – Adds additional options to the camera, such as a 10 sec timer, burst mode, and anti-shake. Is helpful at times for certain situations.
SPEEDTEST – Test your internet connection speed whether via cellular coverage or wi-fi. Geeks love it.
IDRIVE LITE – Makes an online backup of your phone/address book that can restore if crashed or if you get a new unit
TRANSLATOR+ – Translate to or from many different languages. Just in case…
TRIPADVISOR – User reviews of hotels, restaurants, etc. I love this app!
iTV- A TV Guide, very useful for me, well laid out.
STANZA – A Book reader
JUST ONE WORD BIBLE + – Many translations of the Bible (must be online to read). There’s other apps that will store the entire Bible offline on your iPod, but usually only in the KJV version.
JS ONLINE – Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel online newspaper
USA TODAY – newspaper
MYCADDIE PRO – A golf GPS for iPhone. I have a dedicated golf GPS but this is an OK backup.
CAR FINDER – GPS for iPhone to mark where you parked.There are several worthy music apps I could recommend, but you asked about non-music apps.
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I have had geosphere on my iPhone for quite a while, and have never used it because it doesn’t seem to do anything that the groundspeak app already does. I just figured it would be good to use if the groundspeak app ever got corrupted. So what’s the deal with the geosphere app? Why do you use it?
Here’s a few items that haven’t yet been mentioned. For me, these are musts.
– A hat (prevents scratches and bug bites when in the woods). I hate getting bugs in my hair.
– Safety glasses (unless you already wear glasses, prevents getting your eyes scratched or poked when in the woods bushwhacking)
– Camera. Granted that’s not a must for everyone, but it is for me. I take a picture (usually) of every cache, every waypoint, and that’s what I refer to when it’s time to log my finds. The pictures show me, in chronological order, all the needed details of finds and DNF’s, as well as any WP coordinates along the way. I like to take a spoiler picture (which I can’t post) and a non-spoiler picture or two (which I usually post). I can also refer to them later if needed for PAF situations.We carry the usual items that have already been mentioned; none which I would describe as homemade gizmos though. The concept however is intriguing.
Good question.
Way to go! And keep going!
Well done you two! We would like to do the same but it probably would take 10 more years if we’re lucky. That’s a wonderful accomplishment; enjoy the journey! ❗
Way to “man up” and earn that GSF patch!
@Team Deejay wrote:
Alright, John, stop gravedigging these old threads!
No problem Dave! Just approve my hides near the train tracks, the grade school playground, the freeway bridge, and the rooftop of city hall. I don’t need permission for those, do I? ❓
06/10/2011 at 4:17 pm in reply to: CodeJunkie and WalkingAdventure Cram in a dual milestone #1948727Nice going guys, sounds ideal (even if it was seemingly “uneventful”). ❗ I’m sure many of us look forward to those kind of special milestone experiences!
This is a fun topic worthy of being bumped up. Here’s our circle (excluding disabled caches) currently based on 1,041 finds:
1 mile – 1 unfound (16 total)
3 miles – 18 unfound (111 total)
5 miles – 64 unfound (219 total)
10 miles – 377 unfound (715 total)
15 miles – 879 unfound (1,372 total)
20 miles – 1,400 unfound (1,946 total)So many caches, so little time. This will keep us busy for a while! 🙂
Way to go you two! Looks like a very challenging cache. And no helmet or kevlar vest! Now you’re in an even more exclusive club of the 4,000/250 club (finds/hides). 🙂
Holy cow CONGRATS REBECCA! I didn’t get a chance to read much of the latest issue yet but the picture of Goirish’s license plate immediately caught my eye. Now I see that there is a whopping TWO PAGE article written by our own Beccaday that is prominently placed on pages 4 & 5. In fact it’s the first full length story in this issue.
Very cool. So Rebecca, how many extra copies are you going to order 😉 ?
Wow, that was great! A great collaboration of video, music, drawing, humor, and geocaching! I’ve never seen anything quite like it.
Well it wasn’t just me! I had the same thing happen today, but then when I would close the beta map, the old map would appear with everything as normal. And I can’t remember now: it was either Firefox or IE that was having the problem, but I don’t think it was both.
Wow, free? How did you manage that? We haven’t ever gotten anything free from Groundspeak (except fun, adventure, etc.).
05/30/2011 at 4:30 am in reply to: WOOO WOOO Down by the Station, KungFuHippie rides to 1200 #1948366Congrats KFH, you even got a pathtag to commerate the find! How cool is that!
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