Date: 1 May 2010
Time: 11am
Cost: FREE
Click "Log you visit" with "Will Attend" .
Feel free to bring your friends, trackables
and your GPS and we'll can enjoy a nice lunch around Ground Zero in
a historic area in Singapore. Trackables are most welcome for
exchange, routing.
We'll hang around and have a great photoshoot
around 11:00am. Then maybe there might be a few geocaches planted
to celebrate the occasion and you might be among the first few to
rush for FTF nearby.
Why May?
On May 2, 2000, at approximately midnight
(eastern time), 24 satellites around the globe processed their new
orders and instantly the accuracy of GPS technology improved
10-fold. Tens of thousands of GPS receivers around the world had an
instant upgrade.
On May 3rd Dave Ulmer placed a black bucket in
the woods near Beaver Creek, Oregon. The coordinates was posted on
newsgroup sci.geo.satellite-nav as 45°17.460'N
122°24.800'W? / ?45.291°N 122.4133°W? /
45.291; -122.4133.
By May 6, 2000, it had been found twice and
logged once (by Mike Teague of Vancouver, Washington).
According to Dave Ulmer's message, the
original stash was a black plastic bucket buried most of the way in
the ground.
In the original geocache, there was a logbook
& pencil, Dave also left various prize items as the First SWAG.
You can see some the items placed and the
first SWAG in this youtube video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMHZcgM11GU
Additional
Guidelines:
- At least 10 people must attend the event.
- Flashmobs do not qualify.
- A video or picture must be taken at the event. At least 10
attendees must be in the video/photo along with a legible sign
showing the event coordinates and location name.
- The people in the video or photo should be festive. Be
inventive! But please keep it family friendly.