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 Image via Wikipedia Author: Tonia Jordan It all started on May 2, 2000 with the removal of selective availability by the White House. (Selective Availability is the intentional modification of GPS signal to degrade accuracy of readings) At that moment, the GPS receiver became 10 times more accurate. GPS, or Global Positioning System is a navigational system which operates through the use of twenty-four satellites positioned around the globe in low Earth orbit. These satellites were [...]  I know from asking my friends and family that there are lots of people out there that really have no idea what geocaching is. But I also know that once they hear about it they all want to give it a try. I didn’t come by my interest personally, I happen to be married to a man bitten by the geocaching bug. He was much more into it than I planned to be, but [...]  Image by Klearchos Kapoutsis via Flickr When I think of winter I don’t necessarily think of geocaching. In our climate here in the Pacific Northwest, there is just something about the thought of trudging through inches, if not feet of snow looking for a hidden container that is not real appealing to me. I am actually envious of those that are in warmer climates. They don’t have this added challenge that we have in [...] |
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