Guest mouxun Posted February 13, 2001 Share Posted February 13, 2001 I am new in this goecaching thing.Can anyone teach me wat is it???I hav tried the info..but i still dont understand.... thanx Quote Link to comment
Guest makaio Posted February 13, 2001 Share Posted February 13, 2001 Handheld GPS units pick up signals from GPS satellites orbiting the earth. With the handheld unit and signals from at least 2 satellites (triangulation), you can determine your position (latitude/longitude) on the planet. Civilian handheld units used to be accurate to only within a few hundred feet due to signal degredation (Selectvie Availability) applied by the U.S. military for national defense reasons. Last year, President Clinton gave the directive to turn off Selective Availability, thereby increasing the accuracy of civilian units to within 30 feet or so. This prompted a local Portland man (Dave Ulmer) to invent Geocaching. He placed a 'cache' full of items at a location and took a reading on his GPS. He then posted the coordinates to an internet bulletin board and waited. Within a few days, someone had located his cache. Thus, Geocaching was born. Now, thousands of people worldwide are playng this virtual game of hide & seek. Someone hides a cache and submits it's location to www.geocaching.com where others download the information and go hunting for the cache. Quote Link to comment
Guest mouxun Posted February 15, 2001 Share Posted February 15, 2001 but i live in malaysia.. how can i create one;or there is already one?. Quote Link to comment
Guest leaper64 Posted February 25, 2001 Share Posted February 25, 2001 this topic seems to arise whenever a new area is starting up. let me pass on advice that was once given to me,....."if you stash it, they will come." i forget who it was that said this, but it is true. larry Quote Link to comment
Guest makaio Posted February 25, 2001 Share Posted February 25, 2001 To create one, simply fill a airtight/waterproof container with goodies and find a location you think others would enjoy visiting to hide it. Place it such that it can be found by those searching for it but also such that the casual passerby doesn't stumble upon it. Mark the coordinates of it's location, then post them along with information about the cache to geocaching.com. Then just wait. Sooner or later, someone in your area will find it! ------------------ www.gpscache.com 10 507069E 5038901N 45.50361N -122.90951W Quote Link to comment
Guest mouxun Posted February 27, 2001 Share Posted February 27, 2001 verry sorry... i dont hav a GPS unit...i am still a student. i cant afford it.. 10q Quote Link to comment
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