[Sussex] BOOKCROSSING AND GEOCACHING ! Huh ?

[Phil Slade]

COMBINING BOOKCROSSING AND GEOCACHING
High tech bookcrossing, using Global Positioning Satellites
by nyisutter

I discovered BookCrossing through Geocaching, and since the two hobbies have
many similarities, it is natural to combine them. I have had a lot of fun
mixing the two. It is also a great way to tell geocachers about BookCrossing
and vice versa. For those of you new to the term, Geocaching is a like a
high tech treasure hunt where you find boxes of trade items, hidden using
Global Positioning Satellites (GPS). Members go and find the caches using
GPS receivers and sign the log book, trade items and then log online that
they found the cache. These caches are hidden all over the world. More than
likely there is one near you! This article describes some ways to combine
the two hobbies. ...

[read it all at http://www.bookcrossing.com/articles/1135]