10 Years! Ashland, OH Community Celebration Event

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Hidden : Sunday, May 2, 2010
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10 Years! of Geocaching!!!

When:
May 2, 2010 6:30pm

Where:
Friendly's Restaurant
400 Claremont Ave
Ashland, OH 44805


Come one, come all to help celebrate 10 years of this addicting - er, exciting - sport we call Geocaching! Bring friends, bring stories, bring photos, bring trackables, and bring your celebrating energy!!! Everyone is welcome!

The coordinates will take you to the parking lot at Friendly's Restaurant on Claremont Avenue in Ashland. Full menu available but most importantly - ICE CREAM!

Also, we'll be taking a group shot to earn our special "10 Years! Event" icon... let's make it fun and all wear something PURPLE... use your imagination - the more festive the better!


A little history:

"On May 2, 2000, at approximately midnight, eastern savings time, the great blue switch* controlling selective availability was pressed. Twenty-four satellites around the globe processed their new orders, and instantly the accuracy of GPS technology improved tenfold. Tens of thousands of GPS receivers around the world had an instant upgrade.

For GPS enthusiasts, this was definitely a cause for celebration. Internet newsgroups suddenly teemed with ideas about how the technology could be used.

On May 3, one such enthusiast, Dave Ulmer, a computer consultant, wanted to test the accuracy by hiding a navigational target in the woods. He called the idea the "Great American GPS Stash Hunt" and posted it in an internet GPS users' group. The idea was simple: Hide a container out in the woods and note the coordinates with a GPS unit.

The finder would then have to locate the container with only the use of his or her GPS receiver. The rules for the finder were simple: "Take some stuff, leave some stuff."

On May 3rd he placed his own container, a black bucket, in the woods near Beaver Creek, Oregon, near Portland. Along with a logbook and pencil, he left various prize items including videos, books, software, and a slingshot. 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 readers read about his stash on the Internet, used their own GPS receivers to find the container, and shared their experiences online. Throughout the next week, others excited by the prospect of hiding and finding stashes began hiding their own containers and posting coordinates. Like many new and innovative ideas on the Internet, the concept spread quickly - but this one required leaving your computer to participate." Read more...

*there is no actual blue switch

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