Useful tools

Is my cache on Crown Land?

• Check the Nova Scotia Crown Land interactive map

Do my caches need maintenance?

• To search for your caches with DNFs or other issues, go to this link at project-gc.  Log in with your geocaching ID, and then select your username under "Profile name".

• The geocaching website also has a cache owner dashboard.

Puzzle tools:

• General purpose:

  • Geocaching Toolbox: https://www.geocachingtoolbox.com/ 

  • CacheSleuth:  https://www.cachesleuth.com/ (wide variety of tools; their "helpful links" page points to over 70 other geocaching sites including many puzzle tools)

  • GC Wizard: https://gcwizard.net/ and https://blog.gcwizard.net/ (lots of tools; can be used offline on Andriod or iOS)

• Codes and Ciphers:

  • DCODE: https://www.dcode.fr/en , including columnar transposition cipher

  • https://sites.google.com/site/cryptocrackprogram/

  • Cipher tools at rumkin.com

  • https://geocaching.dennistreysa.de/multisolver/

  • Text Manipulator at rumkin.com

  • https://www.boxentriq.com/code-breaking/cipher-identifier

  • https://quipqiup.com/ (automatic cryptogram solver)

  • http://altamatic.com/crypt (another automatic cryptography solver)

• Geocaching puzzle help facebook group (closed) https://www.facebook.com/groups/geocachingpuzzlehelp/ .  The group includes an extensive list of helpful sites (too long to list here).

• Images:

  • http://fotoforensics.com/ (analyse images)

  • There are many online tools to view metadata hidden in images.  Just look for "exif viewer".  There's one at https://exif.tools/

  • https://incoherency.co.uk/image-steganography/ (online tool to hide images inside the lower "bits" of other images, or extract them)

  • https://pinetools.com/c-images/ (various image manipulation tools including edge detection and edge enhancement)

  • https://ezgif.com/maker  (can split an animated gif into frames)

  • http://magiceye.ecksdee.co.uk/ (Magic Eye viewer)

  • https://tineye.com/ (reverse image search)

  • Google search by image: https://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en 

• https://www.wolframalpha.com/ (online mathematical tool)

• https://www.jsingler.de/apps/logikloeser/index.php?language=en (logic puzzle solving tool)

Coordinates and maps:

• Free GPS maps for Garmin: http://garmin.openstreetmap.nl/ 

• GPS converter: http://boulter.com/gps/  (at http://boulter.com/geocaching/ )

• GPS visualizer: http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/ 

• OpenStreetMap: https://www.openstreetmap.org 

Databases, lists, finding and organizing caches, cachers, etc: 

• Geocaching Swiss Army Knife (GSAK): https://gsak.net/ 

• Project-GC: https://project-gc.com/ 

Trip planning / safety:

• AdventureSmart Trip Planning tool from https://www.adventuresmart.ca/ .  App available from Apple App Store, Google Play, or online at URL.

Log sheets:

• https://www.techblazer.com/geocaching-log-sheets/