Groundspeak
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| Type | Private |
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| Founded | Seattle, Washington (2000) |
| Headquarters | Seattle, Washington, USA |
| Key people | Jeremy Irish, Elias Alvord, Bryan Roth, Co-Founders |
| Industry | Internet |
| Products | geocaching.com waymarking.com |
| Slogan | The Language of Location |
| Website | groundspeak.com |
Groundspeak, Inc. develops websites that enable people to create and share interactive location-based experiences in the real world.
Groundspeak owns and operates geocaching.com, the largest geocaching listings website. Geocaching.com is a community oriented website that allows individuals to hide treasures (known as Geocaches), determine the location and then alert others to the geocache's existence and location. Anyone using a GPS receiver can then discover the geocache and share their experience online using a variety of community inspired website features. Geocaching.com currently hosts over 340,000 geocache listings worldwide.
Groundspeak owns and operates waymarking.com. Waymarking.com provides tools for individuals to catalog, mark and visit unique and interesting locations, collectively known as waymarks around the world.
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