For the fifty-seventh edition of the GeoGearHeads our hosts (The Bad Cop and DarrylW4) talked about using technology to support Geocaching events. For loading GPSRs during events they spoke about "" (check our show Beta.30) and "GSAK." We also talked about getting the information to smartphones including use of services like "DropBox" (check our show Beta.50). DarrylW4 generally recommends attendees use "Geo Bucket" or "Looking4Cache Free" for iOS (though he prefers "Geocaching with Geosphere") and "CacheSense Demo" or "Neongeo - Demo" (check our show 56).We also received word from Groundspeak related to our topic of show 55. Thanks to Wet_Coaster and his question for kicking off the conversation in this show about the use of NFCs in Geocaching. We also talked about the GeoGearHead 2013 traveler race starting next month. You can add your traveler to that race through TB-Run.com (quick tip; login to TB-Run before clicking through links). The live video session from this Google+ Hangout On Air can be found on YouTube. Subscribe to the feed: iTunes RSSSocial Media: Email: [email protected]

For the fifty-sixth edition of the GeoGearHeads we're joined by AZtech, forum moderator for NeonGeo. The Geocaching app for Android devices is available from the Google Play Store as a full, paid version or in a trial version. AZtech provided several screenshots used during this show's recording and we suggest watching the YouTube for the visual as he talks about the features. He also answered questions from JerseyEric and Nighthawk700 in the 70 minute long show. The live video session from this Google+ Hangout On Air can be found on YouTube. Subscribe to the feed: iTunes RSSSocial Media: Email: [email protected]

For the fifty-fifth edition of the GeoGearHeads we spoke with Bells Angels about NFC and his "Can you NFC me?" GC3QBN7 cache. He recommends Android users check out the "NFC TagWriter by NXP" ("NFC TagInfo by NXP" for reading) and "Tasker" apps. More discussion about using NFC can be found in our previous Beta.47 and Beta.48 shows. We also heard from TheWoodenRadio on last week's discussion of wool socks. The live video session from this Google+ Hangout On Air can be found on YouTube. Subscribe to the feed: iTunes RSSSocial Media: Email: [email protected]

Our ninth Randomize edition played out for the fifty-fourth edition of the GeoGearHeads. We started with the news from Garmin of their new Oregon 600 series GPSRs. GPS Tracklog included some video in their CES 2013 – Hands on, videos & reactions post. Next we covered options for TeamOrville who was looking to read a GPX file on a Mac. We mentioned running GSAK (her usual program on Windows) through Apple's included Boot Camp virtual machines (e.g. VirtualBox, Parallels Desktop for Mac, and VMWare Fusion). We also mentioned loading through GPSBabel (featured on GGH Beta.30). Then there were two options through the Mac App Store; Geocache Manager (publisher website) and iCaching (publisher website). We also heard from UnNamed Mike asking about Geocaching.com Reviewer tools. Then we wrapped with a question about hiking boots from Nighthawk700 and a response from debaere. The live video session from this Google+ Hangout On Air can be found on YouTube. Subscribe to the feed: iTunes RSSSocial Media: Email: [email protected]

Cacheline for Sunday, January 6, 2013 reports on Garmin's listing of four new Oregon models via their website: Oregon® 600 Oregon® 600t Oregon® 650 Oregon® 650t Subscribe to the feed: iTunes RSS Social Media: Email: [email protected]

Noted hider JJBarretts2 joins hosts The Bad Cop and DarrylW4 for the fifty-second show. He's also created a FaceBook group -- "Cool Geocache Creations" -- to share some creative caches. The live video session from this Google+ Hangout On Air can be found on YouTube. Subscribe to the feed: iTunes RSSSocial Media: Email: [email protected]

ClickChik returns to talk about Earthcaching for the fifty-first beta show. First, we mentioned a couple of things from the previous edition of the GeoGearHeads, including the iOS version of Base Camp and the TUAW article on iOS 6 upgrade rates. A couple events were mentioned in the course of the show; "2nd International EarthCache Event" (GC3JG9V) and "International EarthCache Day" on October 13, 2013. ClickChik also recommends getting a Geocaching.com Premium Membership and checking out Earthcache.org and National Park Service. The live video session from this Google+ Hangout On Air can be found on YouTube. Subscribe to the feed: iTunes RSSSocial Media:

Episode fifty-one is a discussion about the future of location tech and gaming. The session opens with a very complimentary voicemail from smile makers (who had been featured on episode 257 of the original Cache-A-Maniacs). We also heard from Ed2Ed about the TB-Run and TB-Rescue sites. The real conversation starts with former guest (Beta.08) Rich Owings's "GPS Predictions for 2013" article from GPSTracklog. Later on we're joined by debaere for a discussion about location-based gaming, mostly Ingress and Wherigo. The live video session from this Google+ Hangout On Air can be found on YouTube. Subscribe to the feed: iTunes RSSSocial Media:

For the fiftieth beta show The Bad Cop and DarrylW4 talk about how Geocachers make DropBox (referral links for The Bad Cop & DarrylW4) work for them. Before we got into that topic we had a voicemail about the new "gadgetcaches" YouTube channel by WVTim (featured on Beta.41). We also heard from darkman2371 about the Google_Map_V3 macro for GSAK. NoNameYet202 also wrote to remind us of the Geotribes site and how he uses DropBox to sync his GSAK databases. The live video session from this Google+ Hangout On Air can be found on YouTube. Subscribe to the feed: iTunes RSSSocial Media:

For the forty-ninth beta show The Bad Cop and DarrylW4 continue with the random selection of topics from Beta.48. A voicemail from DudleyGrunt following up from last week's discussion on cross posting. Next we heard from ripperjack369 about a quality series of caches. TheWoodenRadio contacted us about carrying bags to perform a little CITO and help with camo of your caching activity. Nighthawk700 asked about caching games. Next was a question from UrbanGeo53 about printing a map with a list of caches (we had a discussion on Google+ as well). Our last question came from kenna4u about UV materials. We also talked about Groundspeak retiring Geocaching Challenges, the article on Mobile Apps 4 Biz titled "Salvage That Water Damaged Phone" as a follow up to Beta.40, the new Communities on Google+, and Qualcomm's new battery efficient NFC chip. The live video session from this Google+ Hangout On Air can be found on YouTube. Subscribe to the feed: iTunes RSSSocial Media: