Let’s Celebrate the Birth of
Geocaching!!
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!!
After a full
weekend of caching, come and kick back with us. Grab some
grub and trade stories of your caching adventures.
We will meet
and unwind from 4-8pm at
Mr Joe's
26077 West 12 Mile Road
Southfield, MI
48034
What is a
celebration without a cake and pictures!
There will
also be a raffle table so any donations for it would be
great.
Wear your
Sunday best (or not) for the group picture.
Group picture
taken about 6pm.
(Mr
Joe's is a non smoking establishment.)
Multi events are being held across the country and
world wide to celebrate this unique day. A trackable geocoin has
been minted for these events. Each location has a unique color
scheme and metal. The Michigan version of the geocoin will be
available for sale at the event for $10. If you are interested in
one of these coins please post in your will attend log to reserve
one.
***There will be updates as we approach the date of
the event so please add it to your
watchlist.***
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