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GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEMS Careful Hunters, Geocachers Hit The Woods.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)(COMPUTERS MADE PLAIN)
Byline: David Noack
Bob Hogan says his only regret is that his new hobby doesn't leave him much time for his old hobby.
"I don't spend nearly as much time flying kites as I did before this new addiction set in," he said.
The civil engineer has discovered the joy of "geocaching." It's a pastime that mixes high-tech navigation gizmos with a scavenger hunt.
The idea is to find a cache of goodies -- such as compact discs, maybe some food and always a logbook -- hidden somewhere in the underbrush or in a hollowed-out tree.
The rules of geocaching are simple. Individuals or groups set up caches in various places around the world and share the locations of these stashes on the Internet.
About the only other piece of equipment needed, besides good hiking boots, is a hand-held receiver that works with the global positioning system, or GPS.
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