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Gps games, Geocaches, Wherigo – Garmin Oregon 400t User Manual

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Oregon Series Owner’s Manual

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GPS Games

GPS Games

Geocaches

Geocaching is a type of treasure

hunting, in which geocachers

seek hidden treasures using GPS

coordinates posted on the Internet by

those hiding the geocache.
You can download Geocache sites

from

www.geocaching.com

. The

Web site supports the transfer of

geocache sites to your Oregon, and,

after registering and installing the

Garmin Communicator plug-in from

www.garmin.com/products

/communicator

, you can download

geocaches directly to your Oregon.

To navigate to a geocache using

Geocaches

:

1. Touch

Geocaches

>

Find a

Geocache

.

2. Touch a geocache location.
3. Touch

Go

. A colored line indicates

your course.

4. Touch

>

Compass

.

5. Use the compass to navigate to

your destination as indicated on

page 9

.

For more information on geocaching,

visit

www.geocaching.com

.

Wherigo

Wherigo (pronounced “where I go”)

is a toolset for creating and playing

GPS-enabled adventures in the real

world. Use your Oregon to guide

you to a physical location, where you

will interact with virtual objects and

characters. For more information,

visit

www.wherigo.com

.