On May 1, 2000
an announcement was made that Selective Availability would be
lifted
On May 2, 2000,
at approximately midnight, EST Selective Availability lifted and
the accuracy of GPS technology was greatly improved.
On May 3, 2000
Dave Ulmer hid a black bucket with items inside including videos,
books, software, and a slingshot as well as a logbook and pencil.
He called it the First GPS Stash. He shared the waypoint of his
"stash" with the online community on sci.geo.satellite-nav: N 45°
17.460 W 122° 24.800
Within three
days two different people read about his stash on the Internet,
used their own GPS receivers to find the container and shared their
experiences online. The sport of geocaching was born!
Let the
Celebration of 10 Years of Geocaching Continue!!
