# Who has a GPS? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 6, 2002, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-a-gps/102196 "2002-04-06T18:56:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-a-gps/102196/1 "2002-04-06T18:56:05Z")
Today’s Weird Earl is [http://www.geocaching.com/](http://www.geocaching.com/) If you have a GPS, or are interested in getting one, please take a look. If we have enough people interested, we could start our own SDMB treasure hunt. ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-a-gps/102196/2 "2002-04-06T23:10:03Z")
Oooooh, that looks like fun. I’ve got a little DeLorme unit with Topomap USA, and will (hopefully) be getting a handheld with a GPS unit next month… ---
**Author:** ![TheNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TheNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerd)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-a-gps/102196/3 "2002-04-06T23:12:44Z")
I’ve got a couple of GPS units, and I’ve done the geocaching thing (there’s a cache within walking distance of my apartment). It was mildly fun. But I introduced my parents to it, and they LOVE it. I think they’ve even placed their own caches around Houston. ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-a-gps/102196/4 "2002-04-06T23:37:46Z")
I’m thinking, if we get enough people, we could put a “travel bug” in there of some kind. Something you would find and take to the next cache for other dopers to find. Jill ---
**Author:** ![kellibelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@kellibelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellibelli)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2002, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-a-gps/102196/5 "2002-04-07T05:52:28Z")
I am playing WAY too much everquest, I saw the thread title and wondered which mob dropped it. Verry tired, bed now. night. ---
**Author:** ![Erroneous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71c47a/32.png) [@Erroneous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erroneous)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2002, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-a-gps/102196/6 "2002-04-07T12:32:44Z")
Another cool site for people with GPS thingies is [The Degree Confluence Project](http://www.confluence.org) > [@](#): > > The goal of the project is to visit each of the latitude and longitude integer degree intersections in the world, and to take pictures at each location. The pictures and stories will then be posted here. There are still a handfull of confluences left to be done in the USA, and even more in other parts of the world. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2002, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-a-gps/102196/7 "2002-04-07T14:03:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Erroneous \* > \*\*Another cool site for people with GPS thingies is [The Degree Confluence Project](http://www.confluence.org) > > There are still a handfull of confluences left to be done in the USA, and even more in other parts of the world. \*\* Yeah, there’s one very near to my home! ---
**Author:** ![Yossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/9de0a6/32.png) [@Yossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yossarian)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2002, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-a-gps/102196/8 "2002-04-07T15:49:00Z")
Yes, I do have a GPS (Magellan 4000XL), AND I greatly appreciate the heads-up to the Weird Earl–according to that site, there’s a Geocache on the hill behind the University campus I work at (which is less than a mile from where I sit now)!