According to Mapquest
"Geocoding is the process that assigns latitude and longitude map coordinates to addresses."I watched the Geocache Documentary trailer, sucking up bandwidth for work-related purposes.
The Quick Geocoder was quick, but inaccurate.
The Google geocoder found:Result precision [sic] address
Full address 8080 El Rio St, Houston, TX 77054, USA
Latitude 29.685804 Longitude -95.388943 Coordinates 29.685804, -95.388943N29°41.14824, W095°23.33658
It would be a leaner in horseshoes, the game where "almost" counts. Google put the little green droplet marker in the middle of the divider close to the intersection of Holly Hall and El Rio. I moved the marker and edited the listing, but I have to wait two weeks for the verifying postcard to show up in the mail.
* It was, as happens so often in cyberspace, yet another case of where the woozle wasn't. (In Which Pooh goes visiting and Pooh and Piglet nearly catch a Woozle / A.A. Milne ; illustrated by E.H. Shepard.)
Part 2
I was fascinated to learn the coining of the term geocaching, and how it came to replace the origninal phrase "GPS stash." Of course, if librarians had been in at the creation they would have given it the proper Library of Congress Subject Heading, "Treasure troves," but now the lexicon has been enriched by "Geocaching (Game)." I just hope there's a See Also reference.
For the sake of the exercise, I will post, but not actively seek:
Beat the Heat - +1 #03 BIKING TRAIL, A simple micro cache just off of T C Jester.
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=16e9e966-9798-450a-baa9-c6024dac5fcb
Geocashing sounds like a fun game, and a chance to get some healthy out of doors exercise, a nice unvirtual reality game for first life, but currently I feel too overscheduled to start another hobby.
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