Monday, April 21, 2008

Maps #34: Geocoding and Geocaching


Discovery Exercise:

1. The location I chose to find was the Bill Archer Dog Park and the GPS coordinates for that location are 29.816584, -95.645516

2. I learned about geocaching when a friend of mine was taking a Geography class in college. We went out looking for "cache" one night and had a few good laughs. After taking a look at Groundspeak to see what's out there to look for I found this interesting geocache. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=16123133-6dc6-43fd-a4d7-eb14dccd9390

The GPS Coordinates for this cache are N 29° 52.429 W 095° 32.558

3. Given the time to pursue it, this could be fun. But there are many other things that take higher priority for my leisure time. However now if someone comes in the library asking about geocaching or geocoding (which at first may not seem likely however given the proximity of two very recent "caches" stashed to our library it may be more likely than you think) at least I will be better informed to give assistance.

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