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Blue Switch Geocoin

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Owner:
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Released:
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Origin:
Florida, United States
Recently Spotted:
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Current Goal

My name is Big Blue
My Mission is to travel far and wide celebrating the turning off of selective availability of GPS satellite transmissions.
Travel me to wherever GPS accuracy is appreciated.

About This Item

Big Blue Switch

GPS based accurate global positioning as we know it today in the civilian sector was not possible until the U.S. military turned off deliberate degradation (selective availability) on 5/2/2000. After that date, many opportunities opened up such as GPS geocaching, modern marine & land navigation, street navigating, etc., etc.
If you do not intend to log your visit onto the geocaching.com web site, please DO NOT TAKE ME.  My travels and progress require you to log that I have been taken from this geocache.  You will also need to log when you place me in another geocache.  It’s easy!
If you are willing to log your part of my journey and place me in another geocache as soon as possible (after you log your find), retrieve me from this geocache.
My geocoin owner is a retired U.S. Army service member of 24 years who understands and appreciates the technological opportunities given us by the military.  The end of the cold war was a major contributor to the elimination of “Selective Availability”.

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Tracking History (54650.6mi) View Map

Dropped Off 4/8/2022 Haemoglobin666 placed it in Dorfblick 2018 Sachsen, Germany - 230.27 miles  Visit Log

Gute Reise! War schön mit dir.

Visited 9/29/2021 Haemoglobin666 took it to Three Guardians of the Lake Trentino–Alto Adige, Italy - 20.5 miles  Visit Log
Visited 9/21/2021 Haemoglobin666 took it to Ponte San Josemarìa Escrivà Lombardia, Italy - 580.61 miles  Visit Log

Kurzer stopp

Visited 9/20/2021 Haemoglobin666 took it to Ponte San Josemarìa Escrivà Lombardia, Italy - 580.61 miles  Visit Log
Visited 9/11/2021 Haemoglobin666 took it to Das Vermächtnis von Störtebeker Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany - 4.61 miles  Visit Log
Visited 9/11/2021 Haemoglobin666 took it to Lüchttorm Timmendorf Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany - 156 miles  Visit Log
Visited 7/17/2021 Haemoglobin666 took it to Magenta - ☎️ wie lange noch ? Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany - 55.81 miles  Visit Log
Visited 6/1/2021 Haemoglobin666 took it to "Zeitzer Zerfall" Altes E-Werk Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany - 5.85 miles  Visit Log

Am Pesttreffen-Wochenende hier vorbei gekommen, auch auf einer kleinen Lostplacetour gewesen und auch diesen hier besucht ...

Visited 6/1/2021 Haemoglobin666 took it to Spion Kaschwalla - Es geht weiter! Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany - 117.6 miles  Visit Log

Am Pesttreffen-Wochenende hier vorbei gekommen, auch auf einer kleinen Lostplacetour gewesen und den Spion besucht ...

Visited 6/1/2021 Haemoglobin666 took it to Der Geist von Gontard Sachsen, Germany - 73.62 miles  Visit Log

Am Pesttreffen-Wochenende hier vorbei gekommen ...

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