<s>
GeoKrety	B-Operating_System
(	O
from	O
Greek	O
:	O
geo	O
,	O
"	O
earth	O
"	O
and	O
Polish	O
:	O
krety	O
,	O
"	O
moles	O
"	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
online	O
tracking	O
service	O
targeted	O
at	O
Geocachers	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
registered	O
object	O
,	O
called	O
a	O
GeoKret	O
(	O
plural	O
:	O
GeoKrety	B-Operating_System
)	O
,	O
has	O
a	O
unique	O
tracking	O
code	O
,	O
allowing	O
its	O
movements	O
between	O
locations	O
such	O
as	O
Geocaches	O
to	O
be	O
tracked	O
and	O
registered	O
on	O
the	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
idea	O
behind	O
trackable	B-Operating_System
items	O
such	O
as	O
GeoKrety	B-Operating_System
originated	O
with	O
the	O
geocoin	B-Application
and	O
travel	B-Operating_System
bug	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Geokrety	B-Operating_System
is	O
an	O
independent	O
trackable	B-Operating_System
service	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
any	O
geocaching	B-Application
activity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
GeoKret	O
can	O
be	O
anything	O
,	O
but	O
in	O
most	O
cases	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
small	O
puppet	O
or	O
other	O
small	O
toy	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
placed	O
in	O
geocache	B-Application
containers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
GeoKrety.org,	O
each	O
item	O
has	O
an	O
individual	O
page	O
,	O
which	O
tracks	O
its	O
movement	O
and	O
calculates	O
the	O
distance	O
travelled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GeoKrety	B-Operating_System
are	O
not	O
trade	O
items	O
,	O
therefore	O
it	O
is	O
not	O
compulsory	O
to	O
put	O
something	O
in	O
a	O
cache	O
to	O
take	O
a	O
GeoKret	O
,	O
nor	O
is	O
it	O
required	O
to	O
take	O
something	O
from	O
a	O
cache	O
in	O
exchange	O
for	O
a	O
GK	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
a	O
geocacher	B-Application
wants	O
to	O
take	O
something	O
from	O
a	O
cache	O
,	O
they	O
are	O
obligated	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
trade	O
before	O
placing	O
the	O
GK	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
cache	O
can	O
be	O
identified	O
by	O
its	O
waypoint	O
,	O
cache	O
name	O
(	O
the	O
coordinates	O
are	O
acquired	O
automatically	O
from	O
most	O
geocaching	B-Application
services	O
)	O
or	O
by	O
coordinates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
content	O
(	O
including	O
descriptions	O
of	O
GeoKrety	B-Operating_System
,	O
illustrations	O
and	O
log	O
entries	O
)	O
made	O
available	O
by	O
publishing	O
them	O
on	O
the	O
site	O
is	O
licensed	O
under	O
a	O
Creative	O
Commons	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
8	O
January	O
2012	O
there	O
were	O
20098	O
registered	O
GeoKrety	B-Operating_System
and	O
167009	O
log	O
entries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
GeoKrety	B-Operating_System
(	O
excluding	O
human-type	O
)	O
travelled	O
16579482kilometres	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Geokrety	B-Operating_System
are	O
not	O
associated	O
with	O
any	O
particular	O
geocaching	B-Application
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
are	O
allowed	O
to	O
place	O
GeoKrety	B-Operating_System
in	O
caches	O
registered	O
in	O
any	O
database	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
in	O
other	O
locations	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
simplify	O
logging	O
of	O
GeoKrety	B-Operating_System
,	O
the	O
website	O
fetches	O
cache	O
information	O
(	O
like	O
a	O
waypoint	O
name	O
,	O
coordinates	O
,	O
description	O
)	O
from	O
many	O
popular	O
geocaching	B-Application
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
8	O
January	O
2012	O
,	O
there	O
were	O
665997	O
waypoints	O
(	O
with	O
full	O
cache	O
information	O
)	O
in	O
the	O
geokrety.org	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
dropping	O
a	O
GeoKret	O
into	O
a	O
cache	O
listed	O
at	O
geocaching.com	O
only	O
,	O
the	O
coordinates	O
must	O
be	O
entered	O
manually	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
browser	O
plug-in	O
for	O
Mozilla	B-Application
Firefox	I-Application
and	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
is	O
available	O
to	O
automate	O
this	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
android	O
app	O
,	O
GeoKrety	B-Operating_System
Logger	O
,	O
is	O
available	O
on	O
F-Droid	B-Application
.	O
</s>
