{{ :manual:user_guide:logo_geocaching_.png?nolink|}}====== About Geocaching Generally======

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**Geocaching is a real-world, outdoor treasure-hunting game using GPS-enabled devices**.

Your task is to find a geocache that another player hid. The hiding place is accurately located and its GPS coordinates are put on **[[https://www.Geocaching.com|Geocaching.com]]**. 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. That's how the "traditional" geocaches work. Then there are lots of other geocache types - multi-caches, mystery caches, Earth caches, etc.

===== Membership =====

**The geocaches' locations coordinates and further information is available only to registered geocaching members.** Locus Map is a certified app-partner of **[[http://www.geocaching.com|www.geocaching.com]]**.

To use [[http://www.geocaching.com|www.geocaching.com]] you need an account. There are two types:

  * **Basic membership** - free
  * **Premium membership** - paid

The most important difference between them is that as a **Basic member** you can display traditional and event caches only (no multicaches or mystery caches, etc.), import only **caches with lite descriptions** (full geocache listing is available only at the website).

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Nevertheless, there is a way to get more than that Locus Map with a 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 =====

  * Go to **[[https://www.geocaching.com/account/register|Geocaching.com registering website]]**
  * **Fill in the form** and agree 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.