14 DAY TRIAL // Trimble has extended its Trimble Outdoors family of GPS applications for mobile phones with its newly announced Geocache Navigator application.
Geocaching is an outdoor activity that has rapidly gained widespread adoption worldwide. Through a strategic collaboration with Groundspeak, Geocache Navigator users can access the largest geocaching database in the world, containing over 200,000 caches across the U.S.
"Geocaching is a high-tech game of seeking hidden treasures around the world with the use of a GPS-enabled device. The game previously required several time-consuming steps, such as downloading information from the Web, uploading coordinates, manually updating cache finds and tethering an expensive GPS device," said Larry Fox, business development manager, Trimble Outdoors. "Together with Groundspeak's global database, Trimble's Geocache Navigator offers the same high-tech treasure hunt, but with the added convenience and cost-effectiveness of automatically navigating and managing the geocaching experience from a GPS-enabled cell phone."
With the Geocache Navigator application, users have instant access to hundreds of thousands of caches nationwide. Using Groundspeak's geocaching.com database, users can query and log caches anywhere in the U.S. from a GPS-enabled phone, using a radar-like interface that provides a clear perspective of the cache location with respect to the user. Additional information delivered onto the cell phone's display includes a standard compass, speed, heading, location, cache description, hints and other useful information.
The Geocache Navigator application is currently available through Sprint and Nextel on approximately 20 GPS-enabled mobile phones for $6.99 per month.