Garmin Chirp Offers Geocachers More Creativity And Fun

By Matthew Chung on 10/15/2010, filed in Home >

Garmin has something for geocaching fans with the introduction of the Garmin chirp. This beacon can be detected by most of Garmin’s outdoor GPS units and is capable of automatically unlocking hints or other details when close by. The owner has full control of the device and is capable of putting a password-lock on the beacon. Other features include the ability to create coordinates for a multi-cache set or check how many users have visited a given chirp unit. Considering that it’s designed to be in the outdoors, it’s capable of running for up to a year on its internal battery and can withstand the trials of the weather. The chirp is already available and should only set you back $23. Video after the jump.

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Garmin: Garmin Ltd. was incorporated in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. It was founded by Gary Burrell and Min Kao in 1989, hence the company name Garmin. Garmin specializes in developing consumer, aviation, and marine technologies that rely on Global Positioning System or GPS for navigational assistance. Burrell and Kao, both electrical engineers, first named the company ProNav, but opted to change it to Garmin in 1991 when another competitor, who had a product called NavPro, sued the company for trademark infringement. Today, Garmin has more than 9,200 associates in 35 offices worldwide.

GPS: Global Posting System: The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a satellite system (space-based) that provides geographical location and time information in all weather, anywhere on Earth where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites. It is maintained by the United States government and is freely accessible to anyone with a GPS receiver

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