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 +{{ :manual:user_guide:logo_geocaching_.png?nolink|}}====== About Geocaching Generally======
  
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 +**Geocaching is a real-world, outdoor treasure-hunting game for which you use GPS-enabled devices**.
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 +Your task is to find a geocache that was hidden by another player. The hiding place is accurately located and its GPS coordinates are put on a geocaching website. The coordinates are acquired from there and put into a GPS device that guides you to the geocache location. There you have to rely also on your senses to find the geocache.
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 +===== Membership =====
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 +**The geocaches' locations coordinates and further information is available only to a geocaching website members.** There are many geocaching websites but the most used and best working with Locus Map is [[http://www.geocaching.com|www.geocaching.com]].
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 +To use [[http://www.geocaching.com|www.geocaching.com]] you need an account. There are two types:
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 +  * **Basic Membership** - free
 +  * **Premium Membership** - paid
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 +The most important difference between them is that as a **Basic member** you can display traditional caches only (no multicaches or mystery caches etc.) and import only **3 geocaches with full attributes a day** directly to Locus Map.
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 +Nevertheless, there is a a way how to get more than 3 full geocaches a day to Locus Map with Basic member account. It is provided by a [[manual:user_guide:geocaching:import#cgeo|cooperating application]].
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 +===== How to create a geocaching.com account =====
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 +  * Go to **[[https://www.geocaching.com/account/register|Geocaching.com registering website]]**
 +  * **Fill in the form** and aggree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
 +  * Click **Confirm**.
 +  * Then you should receive an email from Geocaching.com with **validation instructions**.
 +  * Tap the **validation link** in the e-mail.
 +  * You have successfully created a free (Basic) Geocaching.com account.
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 +<WRAP round tip >
 +Geocaching.com provides also registration by your Facebook account.
 +</WRAP>
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