| May
2000 |
"Birth" of Geocaching, better GPS accuracy becomes available for all users (not limited to military). |
| July 2001 |
Team Spike starts Geocachingl later tells TravelingViking about it. |
| June 2003 |
Team TravelingViking start Geocaching. |
| December 2003 |
Team Spike launches web page handicaching.com |
| April 2005 |
TravelingViking & SeniorViking create their own Geocoin, not
trackable, as that was not yet offered by Groundspeak. Coin is later
traded with a Moun10Bike Geocoin, the first trackable Geocoin. |
| July 2005 |
From a USA trip, TravelingViking returns with one of Marky's Nano Caches and places first Nano Cache in Germany (GCPH5D). |
| November 2005 |
Team TravelingViking first visit to the
Groundspeak "Headquarter". |
| January 2006 |
The families of Team Spike and TravelingViking found Cache Zone
online Shops in USA and Germany. First products include the Frozen Bone
Cache Zone Run Geocoin (Germanys first Event Geocoin), Cachelings and Nano Caches. |
| February 2007 |
Publication of web page geodrift.com |
| January 2008 |
Opening of the first walk-in shop worldwide dedicated to Geocaching
products - Cache Zone in Barsinghausen near Hannover, Germany. |
| May 2008 |
Cache Zone's first availability of trackable patches, later included into the Groundspeak product portfolio. |
| July 2008 |
Web page outdoornavigators.com
goes online. |
| February 2009 |
Web page bedandcachefast.com
goes online. |
| April 2009 |
Cache Zone introduces the Mapamundi XXL
Geocoins, with 9cm (about 3.5") diameter the biggest geocoin publicly available. |
| July 2009 |
Web page terratouching.com
goes online. |
| December 2009 |
Cache Zone's first availability of low-priced, better quality
(color print with epoxy cover) trackable "Travel Tags" of the "Cacher's
best friends" series. . |
| December 2010 |
Creation of the traveling pirate tag series for Groundspeak. |
| May 2011 |
Creation of a car hanger for Groundspeak. |
