outlive's definitions

TFTXMASC

Thanks for the Christmas Cache
Term used in online logs of individuals reporting the successful location of a Geocache on Christmas day.

24.12.2006
Found the cache located under a door on the outside of the wall - TFTXMASC!!!

by outlive December 30, 2006

Latitude

Term used for Global navigation.
Latitude and longitude create a waypoint.
Latitude is the angular distance north or south from the earth's equator ranging from 0° at the Equator to 90° at the poles (90° N for the North Pole or 90° S for the South Pole).

Your waypoint coordinates have a typo, the Latitude was 48° but you wrote 47°.

by outlive December 18, 2006

GPS Receiver

Equipment to receive GPS signals for use in navigation.

Bought a new GPS Receiver yesterday - i hope it's better than my last one...

by outlive December 18, 2006

Geomuggle

A non-geocacher. Based on "Muggle" from the Harry Potter series, which is a nonmagical person. Usually this term is used after a non geocacher looks puzzled at a geocacher making circles with their GPS receiver, or when a non-geocacher accidentally finds a cache. Geomuggles are mostly harmless.
Short version: Muggle

A lot of geomuggles around the cache in summer - use your stealth abilities

by outlive December 18, 2006

FTF

First To Find - A Term used by Geocachers

When you are the first one, finding a "virgin" cache
Usually found in the forums or written in the online or physical log books.

nice - FTF on the cache !

by outlive December 18, 2006

CITO

Cache In Trash Out - A Term used by Geocachers
When out geocaching, taking a bag with you and picking up trash along the way.

Yesterday, i was looking for the new cache down at the falls, when i discovered a lot of trash along the way, so i logged a CITO too - after picking it up

by outlive December 18, 2006

hitchhiker

A hitchhiker is an item that is placed in a geocache, and has instructions to travel to other caches.
Sometimes they have logbooks attached so you can log their travels.
A Travel Bug is an example of a hitchhiker

Placed a hitchhiker in the last cache i found, i sure hope it travels the world!

by outlive December 18, 2006