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Helpful Geocaching Links
External tools, checkers, apps, and reference sites for geocaching puzzles.
These are the helpful geocaching links from the original page, grouped by category.
Codes/Cipher Tool Links
- Rumkin Cipher Tools - Wide range of online cipher tools.
- GeocachingToolBox - Variety of tools specifically created for Geocachers.
- MultiSolver - Attempts to automatically solve a variety of ciphers.
- Cryptii - Multiple tools that can be chained together.
- dCode.fr - Tons of cipher tools.
- Geocaching Australia Toolbox - Range of online cipher tools.
- Anagram-Solver.net - Fantastic anagram solver.
- QuipQuip - Cryptogram solver.
- Whats This Word - Crossword solver, dictionary, word finder.
- Snarkles.net - Tool for character conversions.
- Practical Cryptography - Frequency analysis tools.
- Geocachers Compass - Puzzle resources.
- Wordplays - Anagram solver.
- D'Ni Number Calculator - From the MYST game series, the D'Ni number system uses Base 25 along with special symbols.
Coordinate Tool Links
- Geo Javawa - Wide variety of mapping tools.
- Hamster Map - Plot lat/lon on a map, convert coordinates.
- GeoLifeLine - Calculate distance and bearing.
- GeoLifeLine - Project a waypoint.
- GeoLifeLine - Convert coordinates.
- Boulter - Convert coordinates.
- Boulter - Coordinate distance calculator.
- GPS Visualizer - Coordinate calculators and distance tools.
- GPS Visualizer - Make a Google map from a GPS file.
- GeoMidPoint Calculator - Calculate the midpoint of coordinates & other mapping tools.
Number Manipulation Links
- WolframAlpha - Intelligent calculator that handles a variety of human language equations.
- Angio Primes - Allows searching through 200 million digits of pi.
- Subidiom Primes - Allows searching through 2 billion digits of pi!
- BigPrimes - Everything you ever wanted to know about a number.
- Convert xy - Number base conversion 2 - 64.
- Convert xy - Calculate area of a circle.
- DarkByte - Binary, Hexadecimal, Decimal, Base64 converter.
- Magma - Big math calculator.
- Zompist - Numbers from 1 to 10 in over 5000 languages.
Geocaching Checkers
- GeoCheck.org - Geocaching coordinate checker.
- Certitude - Geocaching coordinate checker.
- GeoChecker - Geocaching coordinate checker.
Software/Smartphone
iPhone/iPad
- Groundspeak Geocaching App - The official Groundspeak Geocaching app (Free).
- Cachly - A geocaching app with access to Geocaching.com (Paid).
- Wherigo - The Wherigo app for iPhone.
Android
- Groundspeak Geocaching App - The official Groundspeak Geocaching app (Free).
- c:geo - An Open source Geocaching app for Android which links to Geocaching.com (Free).
- Geooh - A Geocaching app for Android that includes access to Geocaching, your profile and has a built in Wherigo app. Free but requires premium geocaching access.
- WhereYouGo - The Wherigo app for Android (Free).
PC
- GSAK (Geocaching Swiss Army Knife) - Very powerful database software to manage geocaches, PQs, GPS exports, and more.
- FizzyView - View your "My Finds" file as a D/T grid, filtered by any combination of cache name (search on one or multiple terms), cache owner, locations, sizes, types, attributes, date placed, and date found.
- FizzyCalc - Windows application that allows simple conversion of coordinates to various formats. Also does high-accuracy distance calculations and projections using the Vincenty method for calculating distances on an ellipsoid.
Misc Useful Sites
- Logical Solver - Tool to solve logic puzzles easily.
- Gallifreyan Translator - Tool to create Circular Gallifreyan.
- How To Read Gallifreyan - A PDF guide on how to read Circular Gallifreyan.
- Geocaching Rescue Logs - Printable triple rescue cache log.
- Jeffrey's Exif Viewer - View exif data in images.
- Metapicz Exif Viewer - View exif data in images.
- Project GC - Statistics and tools for geocachers and caches all around the world.
- Project GC Profile Stats - Dynamically updating stats for your Geocaching Profile.
- Project GC Map Compare - A map where you can compare your finds with others. A helpful tool if you want to plan a route together with a friend.
- Project GC Challenge Checkers - Here you can check if you have completed some of the challenge caches around the world.
- Project GC Find Bad Logs - Find those caches that you have accidentally logged more than once.
- Project GC Forgotten FTFs - Lists caches that you have found on the first day that someone else found it on, and that are not listed as FTF on Project-GC which you may have forgotten to mark as FTF.
- Project GC TB Rescue - Lists trackables on a map with a mission to help owners of trackables get their trackables moved when they seem to be stuck in a geocache.
- Project GC Custom Filters - This is a customized process but is extremely useful. Here's how: Click New. Give it a name and click Add. Select the Attributes tab, find the attribute you want, select it and click Add as required. Click Add to filter, then Save. Go to Map Compare. From the Add filter dropdown, select Custom filter. In the Custom filter dropdown, select the filter you just created. Add other filters as appropriate and click Filter.