CacheSense paperless geocaching
for all BlackBerry® Smartphones

Finding Caches
CacheSense has several GPS-based tools to help you find geocaches. This tutorial assumes you have either an unlocked internal GPS (most modern BlackBerrys) or an external Bluetooth GPS “puck”.
  1. Nearest Caches: when you are out caching you can sort the caches by distance from your current location. Select Sort... from the menu then click “Sort by Location” then “GPS Location” , wait for a GPS fix then click OK. Make sure you can see the distance and bearing columns (select Columns... from the main menu).
  2. Maps: CacheSense can display caches and their associated waypoints on Google Maps for Mobile and BlackBerry Maps. You can select multiple caches for display by “tagging” them. On a phone with a trackball you can tag caches by holding the SHIFT key while you click or roll the trackball, on a Storm you can use multitouch. Select Google Maps... or BlackBerry Maps... from the menu to display the tagged caches on the respective map.
    TIP: If you receive an “APN” network error while trying to view caches on Google Maps you will need to enable APN settings via BlackBerry Options (the wrench), “Advanced Options” then “TCP/IP”. Some carriers also require you to enter authentication information on this screen.
  3. Compass: CacheSense includes a geocaching compass tool, the compass shows the direction and distance to the cache as you search – follow the arrow and you should find the cache! The compass is accessed from the cache detail screen.
  4. Radar: because (as yet) BlackBerry Smartphones do not have a digital compass they are only able to report direction while you are moving. When you are standing still (or moving very slowly) the device does not know which direction you are facing, this makes the geocaching compass difficult to use once you are searching close to GZ. Enter the Radar view: In this view your position relative to the cache is shown on a radar display. The cache is displayed in the center of the screen, surrounded by a gray circle that represents the current GPS accuracy, and your recent movements are shown as an orange trail on the screen. Watch how your trail moves with respect to the cache to figure out where the cache is hiding.
    TIP: You can tell CacheSense to automatically switch from the Compass to the Radar view once you get within a certain distance of the cache. Select Options... from the main menu then “GPS Radar” and set the “Auto Radar” preferences.
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