Editing Geocaching (section)

===Mobile devices===
The website geocaching.com<ref>{{cite web|author=${l.c} |url=https://www.geocaching.com/ |title=geocaching.com |publisher=geocaching.com |access-date=March 27, 2013}}</ref> now sells mobile applications which allow users to view caches through a variety of different devices. Currently, the [[Android (operating system)|Android]], [[iOS]], and [[Windows Phone]] mobile platforms have applications in their respective stores. The apps also allow for a trial version with limited functionality. The site promotes mobile applications, and lists over two dozen applications (both mobile and browser/desktop based) that are using their [[proprietary software|proprietary]] but [[royalty-free]] public application programming interface ([[API]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.geocaching.com/mobile/partners/ |title=Geocaching > API Partner Applications |access-date=2017-02-12 |archive-date=February 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213164036/https://www.geocaching.com/mobile/partners/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Developers at c:geo have criticised Groundspeak for being incompatible with open-source development.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cgeo.org/faq#1_21 |title=c:geo – FAQ |access-date=2017-01-17 |work=cgeo.org |archive-date=June 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607023243/http://faq.cgeo.org/#1_21 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Additionally, "c:geo - opensource"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cgeo.org/ |title=cgeo.org |publisher=cgeo.org |access-date=March 27, 2013 |archive-date=April 2, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402153102/http://cgeo.org/ |url-status=live}}</ref> is a free opensource full function application for Android phones that is very popular.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lim |first=Ian |title=c:geo Geocaching App for Android Review |url=https://the-gadgeteer.com/2011/11/02/cgeo-geocaching-app-for-android-review/ |access-date=January 21, 2013 |newspaper=The Gadgeteer |date=November 2, 2011 |archive-date=March 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130326201335/http://the-gadgeteer.com/2011/11/02/cgeo-geocaching-app-for-android-review/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Kilián |first=Karel |title=c:geo: vyšla další aktualizace (c: geo: published more updates) |url=https://www.svetandroida.cz/cgeo-vysla-dalsi-aktualizace/ |access-date=January 21, 2013 |date=January 14, 2013 |archive-date=January 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120034215/http://www.svetandroida.cz/cgeo-vysla-dalsi-aktualizace-201301 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Schön |first=Otakar |title=Nexus 4 na chvíli v redakci IHNED.cz: Krásný a extrémně rychlý telefon od Googlu Vyzkoušeli jsme novou generaci telefonu Nexus, který pro Google (Nexus 4, while in the newsroom IHNED.cz: Beautiful and extremely fast phone from Google) |url=https://tech.hn.cz/c1-59059030-prvni-dojmy-nexus-4-video |access-date=January 21, 2013 |newspaper=ihned.cz |date=January 4, 2013 |archive-date=January 7, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130107014536/http://tech.ihned.cz/testy/c1-59059030-prvni-dojmy-nexus-4-video |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Bardua |first=Joachim |title=c:geo – Geocaching Apps für Android Smartphones (1) (c: geo - geocaching apps for Android smartphones (1)) |url=http://www.navigation-professionell.de/cgeo-geocaching-apps-fur-android-smartphones-1/ |access-date=January 22, 2013 |newspaper=Navigation-Professionell |date=April 27, 2010 |archive-date=March 2, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302152256/http://www.navigation-professionell.de/cgeo-geocaching-apps-fur-android-smartphones-1/ |url-status=live}}</ref>  This app includes similar features to the official Geocaching mobile application, such as: View caches on a live map ([[Google Maps (app)|Google Maps]] or [[OpenStreetMap]]), navigation using a compass, map, or other applications, logging finds online and offline, etc.<ref>{{cite web |title=c:geo – Geocaching for Android |url=https://www.cgeo.org/ |website=cgeo.org |access-date=2015-11-05 |archive-date=November 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151105204403/http://www.cgeo.org/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

Geocaching enthusiasts have also made their own hand-held GPS devices using a [[Lego Mindstorms NXT]] GPS sensor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dexterindustries.com/blog/2010/11/24/geocaching-for-einstein/ |title=Finding Einstein: Geocaching with dGPS &#124; &#124; Dexter Industries BlogDexter Industries Blog |publisher=Dexterindustries.com |access-date=July 15, 2012 |archive-date=August 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815035828/http://dexterindustries.com/blog/2010/11/24/geocaching-for-einstein/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Articles on Lego Mindstorms |work=wired.com |url=https://www.wired.com/geekdad/tag/lego-mindstorms-nxt/ |first=Ken |last=Denmead |access-date=March 7, 2017 |archive-date=November 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113102536/http://www.wired.com/geekdad/tag/lego-mindstorms-nxt/ |url-status=live}}</ref>