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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

Retrieve It from a Cache 4/13/2012 F-FRONT-T retrieved it from Life Challenge 1 Florida   Visit Log

I'll bring it with me and drop it in a cache in Quebec,Canada

Dropped Off 4/3/2012 tours4u placed it in Life Challenge 1 Florida   Visit Log

Beautiful coin. Hope it travels far to highlight GPS usefullness.

This entry was edited by tours4u on Saturday, 21 April 2012 at 11:56:47 UTC.

This entry was edited by tours4u on Saturday, 21 April 2012 at 11:57:31 UTC.

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