Ritz Camera's
GPS Hi-Tech Geo-Photo Hunt

Note: This contest concluded in 2004. However the Geo-photo Hunt locations are still of interest to GPS enthusiasts.

GPS Enthusiasts now have yet another means to adventure. Like Geocaching, Ritz Camera's Geo-Photo Hunt contest participants are given the coordinates of the exact locations they are to seek, but instead of looking for a traditional cache, participants take a picture of the subject identified by a unique clue.

As an example Geo-Photo, at right is my picture taken from Latitude 34 degrees 50.754 minutes North and longitude 82 24.090 West. The clue for the subject of the photo was, "over the river."

Many of Geo-Photo locations are grouped together. Near where I live there are five locations within walking distance in the historic section of town. Geo-photo hunting made for great afternoon adventure.

Click on the binoculars to see a screen shot of GPS Visualizer displaying Geo-Photo locations for the continental US. geophoto_gpsvisualizer.jpg (Approx. 55 KB) opens in a new window.

GPS Map

Download the free GPS Map in GPS eXchange (.gpx) file format, which can be read and transferred to your GPS with free GPS software . (The .gpx file will appear in a new window where you can File > Save as... on your computer)

GPS Map Details

File Name: GeoPhoto_waypoints.gpx
File Size: 58 KB
Revised: 14 January 2004
Waypoints: 330 Scenic Geo-Photo Locations
Class B2 Data

At the time of this writing, there were no Geo-Photo locations in these states: AK, AR, AZ, CT, DE, IA, ID, IN, KS, KY, LA, ME, MN, MS, MT, ND, NE, NH, NM, OK, RI, SD, UT, VT (see NY), WA, WV, WY