Geocaching

Introduction Good afternoon, I am here today to tell you a little bit about an exciting activity called geocaching and hopefully inspire you to give it a try. Geocaching almost a kind of modern day treasure hunting, but instead of a paper map, you use technology to help you find your way. It is a hobby that is interesting to a wide variety of people because of all it has to offer. Geocaching attracts people who like the outdoors, socializing, exercise, travel, exploring, technology, math, and puzzle solving. Before I began my research I was interested in this activity and I thought I already knew a lot about it. What I found while preparing this speech was surprising and made me want to participate even more. Body What is geocaching? In a nutshell,…

Aljane B., Katiana P., Ashley H., Jessica T. TIM 302-002 Geocaching Paper Introduction Geocaching is a real-world, outdoor treasure hunt game that uses Global Positioning System (GPS) enabled devices to help participants navigate to a specific set of GPS coordinates to find the geocache that is hidden at the location.(geocaching.com/guide/) A geocache is a container of different sizes ranging from nano to large that contains a log sheet and different items that are left from visitors. The…

civilian use. Two days later, Dave Ulmer, a computer consultant in Oregon,”hid a navigational target in the woods to test the new GPS accuracy.” (Briney 2009). He posted the coordinates of his target online, and within two days, his target was found. Behold the birth of geocaching, a popular outdoor activity in which participants try to find hidden containers filled with trinkets, using GPS technology. Since its start in 2000, over 860,000 caches have been hidden in over 100 countries around the…

Archaeological looters may target these sites and destroy them for their valuable artifacts. Removing these artifacts and destroying the sites would not allow archaeologist to get a good idea of the site such as how it was used and what items were used at the site. Some looting may be accidental. An example of this is a traveler who wants to remember the serenity of the site by taking a small piece of pottery. With every small piece taken by other fellow travelers who have visited the site, this…

forest national park. While im there im going to go geocaching, backpacking, and horseback riding. I’m also going to visit Painted Desert Inn and Rainbow Forest Museum. I hope i'll get to visit the Agate house and Newspaper Rock. Entry 2 I’ve just arrived and i'm very excited. I'm ready to start my adventure but I can't because it's 3:00 am. But i can’t sleep i'm too excited. We’re going to go to our first stop at 8:30 am. So i only have to wait 5 hours and 30 minutes. I wonder what we’re…

Ken Jennings’ Maphead narrates his lifelong love affair with geography and explores why maps have always been so interesting to him and to fellow fans everywhere. Jennings takes readers on a world tour of geogeeks from the London Map Fair to the bowels of the Library of Congress, from the prepubescent geniuses at the National Geographic Bee to the computer programmers at Google Earth. Each chapter delves into a different aspect of map culture: highpointing, geocaching, road atlas rallying, even…

Terra’s birthmark is a Port-Wine stain that is mentioned to be shaped loosely like Bhutan and covers her entire cheek. Her birthmark is a constant obstacle, whether it is people staring at her for it, the sharp comments from her father, or her own shame of the red splotch. Throughout the book Terra works towards overcoming this mark. When the head is turned around, there is a hole cut into the back. This hole is a symbolic geocache of Terra. Geocaching is an immense part of North of Beautiful.…

My life is comprised of many other facets that I would like to further highlight. For one, I am well versed with people of different cultures. Family reunions are my favorite because I get to spend time with my Asian relatives along with my relatives of Irish decent. I find myself to be culturally adept learning about different cultures through my travels to many countries including Costa Rica, France, England, Austria, and Germany where I have had the honor and pleasure of practicing my Spanish…

goals that benefit the Everglades and help to spread awareness of the importance of the south Florida Everglades ecosystem. The Everglades National Park has so many attractions to offer that it’d be almost impossible to do them all in one day. On Anhinga Trail, wildlife is plentiful and easy to spot. A two-hour Shark Valley Tram Tour and/or a 15-mile Shark Valley Tram Road bike loop or hike is offered. You can also look out from Shark Valley’s 65-foot observation tower. Guided boat…

One such skill would be relationship building. By the time I left camp, I had developed strong friendships with a group of people who were complete strangers to me only a brief time ago and had grown to care for them like family. While there I gained valuable leadership, teaching skills and experience from teaching Merit Badge classes to the Scouts and running camp activities. At camp, I taught classes in First Aid, Geocaching, Oceanography, and Archery. While teaching I learned ways of teaching…