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GEOCACHING

GEOCACHING. Tony Riehl Skyview High School, Billings, MT Jennifer Riehl Lockwood Middle School, Billings, MT. Geocaching (v.):. 1. A sport where one uses billions of dollars worth of government equipment to locate useless dollar store items in remote locations on planet earth. Geocaching.

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GEOCACHING

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  1. GEOCACHING Tony Riehl Skyview High School, Billings, MT Jennifer Riehl Lockwood Middle School, Billings, MT

  2. Geocaching (v.): 1. A sport where one uses billions of dollars worth of government equipment to locate useless dollar store items in remote locations on planet earth.

  3. Geocaching What is a geocaching?

  4. Common Terms Geocache - A hidden object or location that is posted by its coordinated for others to find. Geocacher - An individual that tries to locate a geocache after being given the coordinates and maybe some hints. Waypoint - Waypoints are named coordinates representing points on the surface of the Earth (latitude and Longitude). Geomuggle or Muggle - A non-geocacher. Usually this term is used after a non geocacher looks puzzled at a geocacher making circles with their GPS receiver, or when a non-geocacher accidentally finds a cache.

  5. How did Geocaching get started? • On May 3rd, 2000 Dave Ulmer hid a cache in Oregon and posted the coordinates on the Internet. It became the first geocache. • Geocaching is now in all 50 states and more than 200 countries.

  6. The first cache location

  7. Geocache containers

  8. Where are they hidden?

  9. Variations on geocaches • Traditional caches • Micro caches • Multi-caches / Offset caches • Virtual caches • Event caches • CITO events • Travel bugs

  10. Cache In / Trash Out CITO • While searching for a cache, geocachers are encouraged to pick up and tote out trash they find along the way. • Geocaching organizations often host large CITO events for picking up trash in an area.

  11. Geocache Rules Cache contents • No food • No weapons (knives, ammunition, explosives) • No drugs or alcohol • No adult materials • No solicitations (business, religious, political)

  12. More rules… • No caches close to active railroad tracks. • No caches on military installations. • No caches near or under highway bridges, dams, government buildings, or airports. • No caches on school property without permission. • No buried caches • No caches near cemeteries

  13. Cache Objectives • Take people to a special location that they may never see • Introduce people to a landmark or history of a location.

  14. What do I do when I find one? • Sign the logbook • Take one of the trinkets • Leave one of your own trinkets • Replace the cache just as you found it for the next geocacher to find

  15. Is there a cost to Geocaching? • You need a GPS ($100+) • Gas ($???) • Premium Geocaching Membership ($30)

  16. Travel Bug - Montana Bug3

  17. Travel Bug - Montana Bug3 Montana Bug3 in Hereford, UK

  18. Where in the world are they?

  19. Where in the USA are they?

  20. Where in Montana are they?

  21. Billings Area?

  22. Billings, MT?

  23. Billings Heights?

  24. Are there hazards to geocaching?

  25. Hazard #1

  26. Hazard #2

  27. Hazard #3

  28. Hazard #4

  29. The start of poison ivy.

  30. Poison Ivy!!

  31. Poison Ivy !!!!

  32. Ouch!!!!!!

  33. www.geocaching.com

  34. What Is a GPS?(Global Positioning System) • Launched in 1978 by Dept. of Defense • 24 satellites (plus 3 spares) • 11,000 miles high in orbit • 7000 mph (2 orbits under 24 hrs.) • Cost of $12 billion • Each weighs 2000 lbs and is 17ft across • Became available for civilian use in 1980

  35. GPS receivers Garmin Magellan and many others

  36. The Satellite Screen • The GPS will begin searching for satellites. • When it has found enough satellites to know your coordinates, it will say “Ready To Navigate”

  37. For More Information • Geocaching.com http://www.geocaching.com • Geocacher’s Creed http://www.geocreed.info/ • Geocacher University http://www.geocacher-u.com • Buxley's Geocaching: http://brillig.com/geocaching • Geocaching with Kids http://www.eduscapes.com/geocaching/kids.htm The Reals: reals@bresnan.net

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