{"id":312979,"date":"2010-02-12T17:01:06","date_gmt":"2010-02-12T22:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.androidguys.com\/?p=13326"},"modified":"2010-02-12T17:01:06","modified_gmt":"2010-02-12T22:01:06","slug":"geocaching-with-geooh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/312979","title":{"rendered":"Geocaching with Geooh"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"KonaBody\">\n<p class=\"first-child \"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.androidguys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/compasshorizontal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13329\" title=\"compasshorizontal\" src=\"http:\/\/www.androidguys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/compasshorizontal-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>According to Wikipedia, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Geocaching\" >geocaching is<\/a> an &#8220;outdoor activity in which the participants use GPS or other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers (called &#8220;geocaches&#8221; or &#8220;caches&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>I\u00a0 learned of an app alled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geooh.com\/Geooh\/Welcome.html\" >Geooh <\/a>today from its developer, Mobiltect.  According to them, their application far exceeds that of others designed for mobile platforms.  They even boast it might best GPS devices that run more than $400 a pop. I took a look around the website, and from what we can tell, Geooh looks full of features.<span id=\"more-13326\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Disclaimer: I&#8217;ve never done any geocaching before.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve considered it, but didn&#8217;t realize how easy it could be until just recently. The screenshots of Geeoh alone have me curious enough to give it a shot though.<\/p>\n<p>Integration with Google Maps Navigator almost seem like pure cheating, but hey, we all like the occasional walkthrough in a pinch.\u00a0 Of course, there is also radar view, compass view, plain coordinates and more.\u00a0 If any app were to get me going, it might be this one.\u00a0 So, with that, I am going to see what I can (literally) dig up around my town!<\/p>\n<p>According to the features page, Geeoh offers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Opens GPX, LOC, and KML formats<\/li>\n<li>Bulk downloading and local storage of multiple files with delete capabilities<\/li>\n<li>Paperless geocaching<\/li>\n<li>Deleting of individual waypoints<\/li>\n<li>Sorting and filtering<\/li>\n<li>Speech input<\/li>\n<li>Displays geo-points on Google maps<\/li>\n<li>Street and map views<\/li>\n<li>Rotating compass overlay on maps<\/li>\n<li>Navigate to location<\/li>\n<li>View overhead GPS satellites<\/li>\n<li>Multiple language support<\/li>\n<li>Launch web browser<\/li>\n<li>Touch screen interface<\/li>\n<li>Post field notes via SMS<\/li>\n<li>Google Maps Navigation!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/www.androidguys.com\/2010\/02\/12\/geocaching-geooh\/compasshorizontal\/' title='compasshorizontal'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/www.androidguys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/compasshorizontal-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"compasshorizontal\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/www.androidguys.com\/2010\/02\/12\/geocaching-geooh\/start_screen-2\/' title='start_screen'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/www.androidguys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/start_screen-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"start_screen\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/www.androidguys.com\/2010\/02\/12\/geocaching-geooh\/googlenavroute\/' title='googlenavroute'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/www.androidguys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/googlenavroute-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"googlenavroute\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/www.androidguys.com\/2010\/02\/12\/geocaching-geooh\/htmlview\/' title='htmlview'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/www.androidguys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/htmlview-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"htmlview\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/www.androidguys.com\/2010\/02\/12\/geocaching-geooh\/categorylist2\/' title='categorylist2'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/www.androidguys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/categorylist2-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"categorylist2\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can find Geooh in the Android Market today for $11.99 US.\u00a0 Download it, try it out and let me know what you find!\u00a0 You can also scan the barcode below with your Android handset to get taken directly to the product page.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Use Barcode Scanner to Download!\" src=\"http:\/\/chart.apis.google.com\/chart?cht=qr&amp;chs=135x135&amp;chl=market:\/\/search?q=pname:com.mobiltal.geooh\" alt=\"\" width=\"135\" height=\"135\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 8px; width: 1px; height: 1px;\">\n<ol>\n<li class=\"full-width\" style=\"line-height: 19px; margin-top: -2px; padding-left: 18px; text-indent: -18px;\">\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_7\" style=\"text-indent: -18px;\">Opens GPX, LOC, and KML formats<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"full-width\" style=\"line-height: 19px; margin-top: -2px; padding-left: 18px; text-indent: -18px;\">\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_7\" style=\"text-indent: -18px;\"><span class=\"Bullet\" style=\"position: relative; top: 4px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 20px; width: 14px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geooh.com\/Geooh\/About_Geooh_files\/bullet_pp_2.png\" alt=\"Bullet\" \/><\/span><span class=\"inline-block\" style=\"width: 4px;\"> <\/span>Bulk downloading and local storage of multiple files with delete capabilities<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"full-width\" style=\"line-height: 19px; margin-top: -2px; padding-left: 18px; text-indent: -18px;\">\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_7\" style=\"text-indent: -18px;\"><span class=\"Bullet\" style=\"position: relative; top: 4px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 20px; width: 14px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geooh.com\/Geooh\/About_Geooh_files\/bullet_pp_2.png\" alt=\"Bullet\" \/><\/span><span class=\"inline-block\" style=\"width: 4px;\"> <\/span>Paperless geocaching<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"full-width\" style=\"line-height: 19px; margin-top: -2px; padding-left: 18px; text-indent: -18px;\">\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_7\" style=\"text-indent: -18px;\"><span class=\"Bullet\" style=\"position: relative; top: 4px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 20px; width: 14px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geooh.com\/Geooh\/About_Geooh_files\/bullet_pp_2.png\" alt=\"Bullet\" \/><\/span>Deleting of individual waypoints<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"full-width\" style=\"line-height: 19px; margin-top: -2px; padding-left: 18px; text-indent: -18px;\">\n<!-- Easy AdSense V2.83 --><br \/>\n<!-- Post[count: 38] --><\/p>\n<div class=\"ezAdsense adsense adsense-midtext\" style=\"text-align:center;margin:0px;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-8523547931208430\";\n\/* 468x60-agweekly *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"8012175393\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_7\" style=\"text-indent: -18px;\"><span class=\"Bullet\" style=\"position: relative; top: 4px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 20px; width: 14px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geooh.com\/Geooh\/About_Geooh_files\/bullet_pp_2.png\" alt=\"Bullet\" \/><\/span>Sorting and filtering<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"full-width\" style=\"line-height: 19px; margin-top: -2px; padding-left: 18px; text-indent: -18px;\">\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_7\" style=\"text-indent: -18px;\"><span class=\"Bullet\" style=\"position: relative; top: 4px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 20px; width: 14px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geooh.com\/Geooh\/About_Geooh_files\/bullet_pp_2.png\" alt=\"Bullet\" \/><\/span>Speech input<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"full-width\" style=\"line-height: 19px; margin-top: -2px; padding-left: 18px; text-indent: -18px;\">\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_7\" style=\"text-indent: -18px;\"><span class=\"Bullet\" style=\"position: relative; top: 4px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 20px; width: 14px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geooh.com\/Geooh\/About_Geooh_files\/bullet_pp_2.png\" alt=\"Bullet\" \/><\/span>Displays geo-points on Google maps<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"full-width\" style=\"line-height: 19px; margin-top: -2px; padding-left: 18px; text-indent: -18px;\">\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_7\" style=\"text-indent: -18px;\"><span class=\"Bullet\" style=\"position: relative; top: 4px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 20px; width: 14px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geooh.com\/Geooh\/About_Geooh_files\/bullet_pp_2.png\" alt=\"Bullet\" \/><\/span>Street and map views<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"full-width\" style=\"line-height: 19px; margin-top: -2px; padding-left: 18px; text-indent: -18px;\">\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_7\" style=\"text-indent: -18px;\"><span class=\"Bullet\" style=\"position: relative; top: 4px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 20px; width: 14px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geooh.com\/Geooh\/About_Geooh_files\/bullet_pp_2.png\" alt=\"Bullet\" \/><\/span>Rotating compass overlay on maps<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"full-width\" style=\"line-height: 19px; margin-top: -2px; padding-left: 18px; text-indent: -18px;\">\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_7\" style=\"text-indent: -18px;\"><span class=\"Bullet\" style=\"position: relative; top: 4px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 20px; width: 14px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geooh.com\/Geooh\/About_Geooh_files\/bullet_pp_2.png\" alt=\"Bullet\" \/><\/span>Navigate to location<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"full-width\" style=\"line-height: 19px; margin-top: -2px; padding-left: 18px; text-indent: -18px;\">\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_7\" style=\"text-indent: -18px;\"><span class=\"Bullet\" style=\"position: relative; top: 4px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 20px; width: 14px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geooh.com\/Geooh\/About_Geooh_files\/bullet_pp_2.png\" alt=\"Bullet\" \/><\/span>View overhead GPS satellites<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"full-width\" style=\"line-height: 19px; margin-top: -2px; padding-left: 18px; text-indent: -18px;\">\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_7\" style=\"text-indent: -18px;\"><span class=\"Bullet\" style=\"position: relative; top: 4px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 20px; width: 14px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geooh.com\/Geooh\/About_Geooh_files\/bullet_pp_2.png\" alt=\"Bullet\" \/><\/span>Multiple language support<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"full-width\" style=\"line-height: 19px; margin-top: -2px; padding-left: 18px; text-indent: -18px;\">\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_7\" style=\"text-indent: -18px;\"><span class=\"Bullet\" style=\"position: relative; top: 4px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 20px; width: 14px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geooh.com\/Geooh\/About_Geooh_files\/bullet_pp_2.png\" alt=\"Bullet\" \/><\/span>Launch web browser<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"full-width\" style=\"line-height: 19px; margin-top: -2px; padding-left: 18px; text-indent: -18px;\">\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_7\" style=\"text-indent: -18px;\"><span class=\"Bullet\" style=\"position: relative; top: 4px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 20px; width: 14px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geooh.com\/Geooh\/About_Geooh_files\/bullet_pp_2.png\" alt=\"Bullet\" \/><\/span>Touch screen interface<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"full-width\" style=\"line-height: 19px; margin-top: -2px; padding-left: 18px; text-indent: -18px;\">\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_7\" style=\"text-indent: -18px;\"><span class=\"Bullet\" style=\"position: relative; top: 4px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 20px; width: 14px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geooh.com\/Geooh\/About_Geooh_files\/bullet_pp_2.png\" alt=\"Bullet\" \/><\/span>Post field notes via SMS<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"full-width\" style=\"line-height: 19px; margin-top: -2px; padding-left: 18px; text-indent: -18px;\">\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_7\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0pt; text-indent: -18px;\"><span class=\"Bullet\" style=\"position: relative; top: 4px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 20px; width: 14px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geooh.com\/Geooh\/About_Geooh_files\/bullet_pp_2.png\" alt=\"Bullet\" \/><\/span>Google Maps Navigation!<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3  class=\"related_post_title\">Might We Suggest&#8230;<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"related_post\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.androidguys.com\/2009\/12\/03\/app-review-geobeagle\/\" title=\"App Review: GeoBeagle\">App Review: GeoBeagle<\/a><br \/><small>Geocaching is a high-tech treasure hunting game played throughout the world by adventure seekers equipped with GPS devices. 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