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| − | ==1. Have the Geocaching Honor== | + | ==1. Have the Geocaching Honor== <!--T:3--> |
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| − | ==2. Define the following terms:== | + | ==2. Define the following terms:== <!--T:4--> |
| − | ===a. Attributes=== | + | ===a. Attributes=== <!--T:5--> |
| − | ===b. Favorite points=== | + | ===b. Favorite points=== <!--T:6--> |
| − | ===c. Message center=== | + | ===c. Message center=== <!--T:7--> |
| − | ===d. Souvenir badges=== | + | ===d. Souvenir badges=== <!--T:8--> |
| − | ===e. Lists or Pocket Queries=== | + | ===e. Lists or Pocket Queries=== <!--T:9--> |
| − | ===f. Reviewer=== | + | ===f. Reviewer=== <!--T:10--> |
| − | ==3. Define latitude and longitude. What is meant by degrees, minutes, seconds? Demonstrate how to find the latitude and longitude on a geocache listing. Show how to enter latitude and longitude in a GPS receiver/app.== | + | ==3. Define latitude and longitude. What is meant by degrees, minutes, seconds? Demonstrate how to find the latitude and longitude on a geocache listing. Show how to enter latitude and longitude in a GPS receiver/app.== <!--T:11--> |
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;Latitude: Latitude describes the north-south position on the globe and is measured in degrees, minutes, and seconds. The 0° line is a circle around the Earth's equator. Latitude changes as one moves north to south, or south to north. It does not change as one moves from east to west or west to east. | ;Latitude: Latitude describes the north-south position on the globe and is measured in degrees, minutes, and seconds. The 0° line is a circle around the Earth's equator. Latitude changes as one moves north to south, or south to north. It does not change as one moves from east to west or west to east. | ||
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;Longitude: Longitude describes the east-west position on the globe, and like latitude, is also measured in degrees, minutes, and seconds. All longitude lines begin and end at the North and South Poles. The 0° longitude line begins at the North Pole, passes through Greenwich, England, and then continues to the South Pole. Longitude changes as one moves east to west, or west to east. It does not change as one moves from north to south or south to west. | ;Longitude: Longitude describes the east-west position on the globe, and like latitude, is also measured in degrees, minutes, and seconds. All longitude lines begin and end at the North and South Poles. The 0° longitude line begins at the North Pole, passes through Greenwich, England, and then continues to the South Pole. Longitude changes as one moves east to west, or west to east. It does not change as one moves from north to south or south to west. | ||
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;Degrees: Most people become familiar with the angular measurement of a ''degree'' in a mathematics class when they are introduced to the protractor. The ''degree'' used in geocaching is this very same measurement. Latitude measures the angle made by two lines which both originate at the very center of the Earth. The first line extends from the center of the Earth to the equator, and the second line extends from the center of the Earth to the position being described. Longitude is similar, measuring the angle formed by two lines - one extending from the center of the Earth to the equator directly south of Greenwich, England, and the other extending from the center of the Earth to a position on the equator directly north or south of the measured position. | ;Degrees: Most people become familiar with the angular measurement of a ''degree'' in a mathematics class when they are introduced to the protractor. The ''degree'' used in geocaching is this very same measurement. Latitude measures the angle made by two lines which both originate at the very center of the Earth. The first line extends from the center of the Earth to the equator, and the second line extends from the center of the Earth to the position being described. Longitude is similar, measuring the angle formed by two lines - one extending from the center of the Earth to the equator directly south of Greenwich, England, and the other extending from the center of the Earth to a position on the equator directly north or south of the measured position. | ||
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;Minutes: A degree is not a very precise measurement of an angle when considering something as large as the planet Earth. If only degrees were used to specify a person's position, we could only get within about {{units|100km|62 miles}} of the person's position. Therefore, a degree is divided into 60 finer measurements called ''minutes''. Minutes in Geocaching has little to do with time. | ;Minutes: A degree is not a very precise measurement of an angle when considering something as large as the planet Earth. If only degrees were used to specify a person's position, we could only get within about {{units|100km|62 miles}} of the person's position. Therefore, a degree is divided into 60 finer measurements called ''minutes''. Minutes in Geocaching has little to do with time. | ||
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;Seconds: Even with the finer angular resolution of minutes, we can still only get to within about {{units|1670 meters|one mile}} of a person's position, so the minute is divided into seconds. One second can get us to within about {{units|28 meters|92 feet}} of a position, so they are typically specified to a couple of decimal places, as in "25.65 seconds". | ;Seconds: Even with the finer angular resolution of minutes, we can still only get to within about {{units|1670 meters|one mile}} of a person's position, so the minute is divided into seconds. One second can get us to within about {{units|28 meters|92 feet}} of a position, so they are typically specified to a couple of decimal places, as in "25.65 seconds". | ||
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<br />Latitude and longitude are specified in degrees, minutes, and seconds, as in 43°22'54.31". Here the number preceding the ° symbol (43) is the number of degrees, the number preceding the ' (22) is the number of minutes, and the number before the " (54.31) is the number of seconds. When we go down to one hundredth of a second, we can specify a location to within about {{units|28 cm|11 inches}}. | <br />Latitude and longitude are specified in degrees, minutes, and seconds, as in 43°22'54.31". Here the number preceding the ° symbol (43) is the number of degrees, the number preceding the ' (22) is the number of minutes, and the number before the " (54.31) is the number of seconds. When we go down to one hundredth of a second, we can specify a location to within about {{units|28 cm|11 inches}}. | ||
| − | ==4. Give the history of the following:== | + | ==4. Give the history of the following:== <!--T:18--> |
| − | ===a. The origins of global positioning satellites=== | + | ===a. The origins of global positioning satellites=== <!--T:19--> |
| − | ===b. When and how geocaching started=== | + | ===b. When and how geocaching started=== <!--T:20--> |
| − | ===c. The basics of the first geocache (stash)=== | + | ===c. The basics of the first geocache (stash)=== <!--T:21--> |
| − | ==5. What are the laws/rules/guidelines for placing caches in the following locations in your region?== | + | ==5. What are the laws/rules/guidelines for placing caches in the following locations in your region?== <!--T:22--> |
| − | ===a. City, regional, or county parks=== | + | ===a. City, regional, or county parks=== <!--T:23--> |
| − | ===b. State parks/provincial parks=== | + | ===b. State parks/provincial parks=== <!--T:24--> |
| − | ===c. National parks, WMAs=== | + | ===c. National parks, WMAs=== <!--T:25--> |
The U.S. National Park Service prohibits geocaches on land it manages. | The U.S. National Park Service prohibits geocaches on land it manages. | ||
| − | ===d. Limited access highways and railroad right-of-ways=== | + | ===d. Limited access highways and railroad right-of-ways=== <!--T:26--> |
It is a federal offense in the United States to trespass on an active railroad right-of-way. Geocaches should be located a minimum of {{units|45 meters|150 feet}} from any active rail line. | It is a federal offense in the United States to trespass on an active railroad right-of-way. Geocaches should be located a minimum of {{units|45 meters|150 feet}} from any active rail line. | ||
| − | ===e. Placing physical caches while traveling=== | + | ===e. Placing physical caches while traveling=== <!--T:27--> |
A person who places a cache is responsible for maintaining it. This means it must be physically visited on a regular basis. Unless the cache placer is able to pay frequent visits to the cache site, the cache should not be placed. | A person who places a cache is responsible for maintaining it. This means it must be physically visited on a regular basis. Unless the cache placer is able to pay frequent visits to the cache site, the cache should not be placed. | ||
| − | ===f. Other public lands or areas in your area with permitting guidelines=== | + | ===f. Other public lands or areas in your area with permitting guidelines=== <!--T:28--> |
| − | ==6. Complete two or more of the following:== | + | ==6. Complete two or more of the following:== <!--T:29--> |
| − | ===a. Establish and maintain a new geocache in your area for at least six months=== | + | ===a. Establish and maintain a new geocache in your area for at least six months=== <!--T:30--> |
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Be sure to read these [http://www.geocaching.com/about/hiding.aspx guidelines for hiding a geocache]. In short: | Be sure to read these [http://www.geocaching.com/about/hiding.aspx guidelines for hiding a geocache]. In short: | ||
*Choose an area to hide your geocache | *Choose an area to hide your geocache | ||
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**Assess the area for damage caused by cachers and make adjustments if necessary | **Assess the area for damage caused by cachers and make adjustments if necessary | ||
| − | ===b. Attend a geocache meeting or event=== | + | ===b. Attend a geocache meeting or event=== <!--T:32--> |
Check the geocaching [http://www.geocaching.com/calendar/ calendar] to find an event near you. If there is not one, you could always host one yourself. If you host it at your church you will raise your community's awareness of your church. However, do not try to make this an evangelistic meeting, as this would be frowned upon by the geocaching community and would give you and your church a bad name. It is enough that people learn where your church is. | Check the geocaching [http://www.geocaching.com/calendar/ calendar] to find an event near you. If there is not one, you could always host one yourself. If you host it at your church you will raise your community's awareness of your church. However, do not try to make this an evangelistic meeting, as this would be frowned upon by the geocaching community and would give you and your church a bad name. It is enough that people learn where your church is. | ||
| − | ===c. Complete a geotour, geotrail, geoarts or its equivalent (minimum of 6 geocaches found)=== | + | ===c. Complete a geotour, geotrail, geoarts or its equivalent (minimum of 6 geocaches found)=== <!--T:33--> |
| − | ===d. Find two travel bugs or geocoins and place them in another cache.=== | + | ===d. Find two travel bugs or geocoins and place them in another cache.=== <!--T:34--> |
Though travel bugs are not expensive, it's even cheaper to find them and track them than it is to buy one and send it out. Watch the geocaches in your area and look for TB's to be dropped off in them. Then pick them up and help them meet their goals. | Though travel bugs are not expensive, it's even cheaper to find them and track them than it is to buy one and send it out. Watch the geocaches in your area and look for TB's to be dropped off in them. Then pick them up and help them meet their goals. | ||
| − | ===e. Hike five or more miles while geocaching.=== | + | ===e. Hike five or more miles while geocaching.=== <!--T:35--> |
| − | ===f. Find the two oldest caches hidden in your state or region.=== | + | ===f. Find the two oldest caches hidden in your state or region.=== <!--T:36--> |
| − | ==7. Find and record at least 18 geocaches and include:== | + | ==7. Find and record at least 18 geocaches and include:== <!--T:37--> |
You can record your finds on the geocaching website, so don't worry about setting up some sort of elaborate system. Getting each of these types of cache will most likely come naturally, so you don't really need to pay particular attention to that when you get started. As you near your 18th cache, check them over and see how many of these four types you already got "automatically" - then work on getting the rest. By the time you log your 18th, you will likely have found a new hobby, and more will come. | You can record your finds on the geocaching website, so don't worry about setting up some sort of elaborate system. Getting each of these types of cache will most likely come naturally, so you don't really need to pay particular attention to that when you get started. As you near your 18th cache, check them over and see how many of these four types you already got "automatically" - then work on getting the rest. By the time you log your 18th, you will likely have found a new hobby, and more will come. | ||
| − | ===a.One traditional cache with three-star (or greater) difficulty and/or terrain rating*=== | + | ===a.One traditional cache with three-star (or greater) difficulty and/or terrain rating*=== <!--T:38--> |
| − | ===b. One multi-level cache or Mystery (Puzzle) cache=== | + | ===b. One multi-level cache or Mystery (Puzzle) cache=== <!--T:39--> |
| − | ===c. One virtual or earthcache=== | + | ===c. One virtual or earthcache=== <!--T:40--> |
Virtual caches were discontinued and only a few remain grandfathered. Earthcaches, however, are a form of virtual cache. | Virtual caches were discontinued and only a few remain grandfathered. Earthcaches, however, are a form of virtual cache. | ||
| − | ===d. One cache with at least ten favorite points=== | + | ===d. One cache with at least ten favorite points=== <!--T:41--> |
| − | ==8. Write about your geocache find in your logbook on a geocache website.== | + | ==8. Write about your geocache find in your logbook on a geocache website.== <!--T:42--> |
From the Main Page of www.geocaching.com at the top right, click on “Create a Membership!”, for a free account choose “Get a Basic Membership”. This is a family friendly, kid-safe website. No personal information is available from this site. Emails are safe and password protected through this system. When you are a member you can post into the logbooks your cache finds. | From the Main Page of www.geocaching.com at the top right, click on “Create a Membership!”, for a free account choose “Get a Basic Membership”. This is a family friendly, kid-safe website. No personal information is available from this site. Emails are safe and password protected through this system. When you are a member you can post into the logbooks your cache finds. | ||
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Note to instructors: Notice that these requirements do leave the opportunity for a GROUP to go find a cache and use a pre-existing Geocaching account to write the log on the geocache website. Each individual Pathfinder does NOT need to write a log. | Note to instructors: Notice that these requirements do leave the opportunity for a GROUP to go find a cache and use a pre-existing Geocaching account to write the log on the geocache website. Each individual Pathfinder does NOT need to write a log. | ||
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<br /><nowiki>*</nowiki>'''The free geocaching app limits to five finds per day of caches with a D/T rating of 2 or less. Thus, a paid quarterly or annual membership would be necessary for this requirement if using a geocaching app.''' | <br /><nowiki>*</nowiki>'''The free geocaching app limits to five finds per day of caches with a D/T rating of 2 or less. Thus, a paid quarterly or annual membership would be necessary for this requirement if using a geocaching app.''' | ||
| − | ==References== | + | ==References== <!--T:45--> |
* Wikipedia articles | * Wikipedia articles | ||
** [[W:Global Positioning System|Global Positioning System]] | ** [[W:Global Positioning System|Global Positioning System]] | ||
* [http://www.geocaching.com/ Global GPS Cache Hunt Site] | * [http://www.geocaching.com/ Global GPS Cache Hunt Site] | ||
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[[Category:Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book|{{SUBPAGENAME}}]] | [[Category:Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book|{{SUBPAGENAME}}]] | ||
[[Category:Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/noindex]] | [[Category:Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/noindex]] | ||
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Geocaching - Advanced
Approval authority:
Category:
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Year of Introduction:
Contents
1. Have the Geocaching Honor
For tips and instruction see Geocaching.
2. Define the following terms:
a. Attributes
b. Favorite points
c. Message center
d. Souvenir badges
e. Lists or Pocket Queries
f. Reviewer
3. Define latitude and longitude. What is meant by degrees, minutes, seconds? Demonstrate how to find the latitude and longitude on a geocache listing. Show how to enter latitude and longitude in a GPS receiver/app.
- Latitude
- Latitude describes the north-south position on the globe and is measured in degrees, minutes, and seconds. The 0° line is a circle around the Earth's equator. Latitude changes as one moves north to south, or south to north. It does not change as one moves from east to west or west to east.
- Longitude
- Longitude describes the east-west position on the globe, and like latitude, is also measured in degrees, minutes, and seconds. All longitude lines begin and end at the North and South Poles. The 0° longitude line begins at the North Pole, passes through Greenwich, England, and then continues to the South Pole. Longitude changes as one moves east to west, or west to east. It does not change as one moves from north to south or south to west.
- Degrees
- Most people become familiar with the angular measurement of a degree in a mathematics class when they are introduced to the protractor. The degree used in geocaching is this very same measurement. Latitude measures the angle made by two lines which both originate at the very center of the Earth. The first line extends from the center of the Earth to the equator, and the second line extends from the center of the Earth to the position being described. Longitude is similar, measuring the angle formed by two lines - one extending from the center of the Earth to the equator directly south of Greenwich, England, and the other extending from the center of the Earth to a position on the equator directly north or south of the measured position.
- Minutes
- A degree is not a very precise measurement of an angle when considering something as large as the planet Earth. If only degrees were used to specify a person's position, we could only get within about 100km
of the person's position. Therefore, a degree is divided into 60 finer measurements called minutes. Minutes in Geocaching has little to do with time.
- Seconds
- Even with the finer angular resolution of minutes, we can still only get to within about 1670 meters of a person's position, so the minute is divided into seconds. One second can get us to within about 28 meters of a position, so they are typically specified to a couple of decimal places, as in "25.65 seconds".
Latitude and longitude are specified in degrees, minutes, and seconds, as in 43°22'54.31". Here the number preceding the ° symbol (43) is the number of degrees, the number preceding the ' (22) is the number of minutes, and the number before the " (54.31) is the number of seconds. When we go down to one hundredth of a second, we can specify a location to within about 28 cm
.
4. Give the history of the following:
a. The origins of global positioning satellites
b. When and how geocaching started
c. The basics of the first geocache (stash)
5. What are the laws/rules/guidelines for placing caches in the following locations in your region?
a. City, regional, or county parks
b. State parks/provincial parks
c. National parks, WMAs
The U.S. National Park Service prohibits geocaches on land it manages.
d. Limited access highways and railroad right-of-ways
It is a federal offense in the United States to trespass on an active railroad right-of-way. Geocaches should be located a minimum of 45 meters from any active rail line.
e. Placing physical caches while traveling
A person who places a cache is responsible for maintaining it. This means it must be physically visited on a regular basis. Unless the cache placer is able to pay frequent visits to the cache site, the cache should not be placed.
f. Other public lands or areas in your area with permitting guidelines
6. Complete two or more of the following:
a. Establish and maintain a new geocache in your area for at least six months
Be sure to read these guidelines for hiding a geocache. In short:
- Choose an area to hide your geocache
- Make sure it's legal, and that you have permission.
- Make sure that the added attention of geocachers will not damage a sensitive site (historic or natural)
- Hide it out of sight of casual passersby.
- Prepare your cache
- Choose a container. Popular choices include plastic food-storing containers such as Tupperware, ammo boxes, and water-proof boxes used on boats. The container should be waterproof and be able to withstand the rigors of the weather.
- Add a logbook and (optionally), a pencil. Ink freezes.
- Write a note to the geocachers who find your cache.
- Add a small gift (optional)
- Add a Travel Bug (optional)
- Get the GPS coordinates
- Make sure they are accurate.
- Take several readings and average them.
- Follow your GPS to the site from different directions.
- Write the coordinates on the container and in the logbook.
- Register your cache
- Find the form at http://geocaching.com
- Write up a good description of the area, including notes of interest (history, etc.)
- Double-check for accuracy
- Maintenance
- Check that the container is still water-tight and seals properly
- Check that the logbook is still there
- Assess the area for damage caused by cachers and make adjustments if necessary
b. Attend a geocache meeting or event
Check the geocaching calendar to find an event near you. If there is not one, you could always host one yourself. If you host it at your church you will raise your community's awareness of your church. However, do not try to make this an evangelistic meeting, as this would be frowned upon by the geocaching community and would give you and your church a bad name. It is enough that people learn where your church is.
c. Complete a geotour, geotrail, geoarts or its equivalent (minimum of 6 geocaches found)
d. Find two travel bugs or geocoins and place them in another cache.
Though travel bugs are not expensive, it's even cheaper to find them and track them than it is to buy one and send it out. Watch the geocaches in your area and look for TB's to be dropped off in them. Then pick them up and help them meet their goals.
e. Hike five or more miles while geocaching.
7. Find and record at least 18 geocaches and include:
You can record your finds on the geocaching website, so don't worry about setting up some sort of elaborate system. Getting each of these types of cache will most likely come naturally, so you don't really need to pay particular attention to that when you get started. As you near your 18th cache, check them over and see how many of these four types you already got "automatically" - then work on getting the rest. By the time you log your 18th, you will likely have found a new hobby, and more will come.
a.One traditional cache with three-star (or greater) difficulty and/or terrain rating*
b. One multi-level cache or Mystery (Puzzle) cache
c. One virtual or earthcache
Virtual caches were discontinued and only a few remain grandfathered. Earthcaches, however, are a form of virtual cache.
d. One cache with at least ten favorite points
8. Write about your geocache find in your logbook on a geocache website.
From the Main Page of www.geocaching.com at the top right, click on “Create a Membership!”, for a free account choose “Get a Basic Membership”. This is a family friendly, kid-safe website. No personal information is available from this site. Emails are safe and password protected through this system. When you are a member you can post into the logbooks your cache finds.
Note to instructors: Notice that these requirements do leave the opportunity for a GROUP to go find a cache and use a pre-existing Geocaching account to write the log on the geocache website. Each individual Pathfinder does NOT need to write a log.
*The free geocaching app limits to five finds per day of caches with a D/T rating of 2 or less. Thus, a paid quarterly or annual membership would be necessary for this requirement if using a geocaching app.
References
- Wikipedia articles
- Global GPS Cache Hunt Site
