Groundspeak
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Groundspeak, Inc. was founded to manage Geocaching.com, the largest geocaching
listing website in the world. It has over 40 employees. Jeremy Irish is the President and CEO.
game in which the participants use a Global Positioning System
(GPS) receiver or other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers (called "Geocaches" or "caches") anywhere in the world. A typical cache is a small waterproof container containing a logbook and "treasure", usually toys or trinkets of little value.
Geocaching.com is used by cache owners to list caches including descriptions, hints and puzzles, and for seekers to post about their experience searching for a cache and post photos and stories. There is also a community discussion forum. As of Augst 2011, Geocaching.com lists over 1,500,000 active geocaches.
and an Adventure game
. It is a toolset for creating and playing multimedia, location-based experiences in the real world, rather than on a computer, or gaming console.
Geocaching
Geocaching is an outdoor sporting activity in which the participants use a Global Positioning System receiver or mobile device and other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers, called "geocaches" or "caches", anywhere in the world....
listing website in the world. It has over 40 employees. Jeremy Irish is the President and CEO.
Geocaching
Geocaching is an outdoor treasure-huntingTreasure hunt (game)
A treasure hunt is one of many different types of games which can have one or more players who try to find hidden articles, locations or places by using a series of clues. This is a fictional activity; treasure hunting can also be a real life activity. Treasure hunt games may be an indoor or...
game in which the participants use a Global Positioning System
Global Positioning System
The Global Positioning System is a space-based global navigation satellite system that provides location and time information in all weather, anywhere on or near the Earth, where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites...
(GPS) receiver or other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers (called "Geocaches" or "caches") anywhere in the world. A typical cache is a small waterproof container containing a logbook and "treasure", usually toys or trinkets of little value.
Geocaching.com is used by cache owners to list caches including descriptions, hints and puzzles, and for seekers to post about their experience searching for a cache and post photos and stories. There is also a community discussion forum. As of Augst 2011, Geocaching.com lists over 1,500,000 active geocaches.
Waymarking
Waymarking is another project by Groundspeak for sharing and visiting interesting locations. The idea revolves around cataloging interesting locations around the world.Wherigo
Wherigo is intended to be a mix between GeocachingGeocaching
Geocaching is an outdoor sporting activity in which the participants use a Global Positioning System receiver or mobile device and other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers, called "geocaches" or "caches", anywhere in the world....
and an Adventure game
Adventure game
An adventure game is a video game in which the player assumes the role of protagonist in an interactive story driven by exploration and puzzle-solving instead of physical challenge. The genre's focus on story allows it to draw heavily from other narrative-based media such as literature and film,...
. It is a toolset for creating and playing multimedia, location-based experiences in the real world, rather than on a computer, or gaming console.