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Turn Blue~ On Blue Switch Day! Event Cache

Hidden : Sunday, May 5, 2024
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Terrain:
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Geocache Description:

05 May 2024, 09:00 - 09:30

Where? Starbucks Gold River

Address: 2095 Golden Center Lane , Gold River 95760

You will get the Blue Switch Souvenir for attending and with my events your May FTF smiley

You will get extra credit if you wear blue for a group shot laugh

We often underestimate our reliance on GPS (Global Positioning System), yet, over the course of 24 years, it has fundamentally reshaped our lives and the world we inhabit.
Imagine how different our daily routines would be without GPS technology. Among many other things, paper maps would be necessary to navigate from point A to point B and turn-by-turn delivery tracking would be impossible. Notably, geocaching would never have come into existence.

This transformation traces back to a pivotal moment on May 2, 2000—dubbed Blue Switch Day by geocachers. Before May 2000, Selective Availability restricted accurate GPS technology to military use. However, on Blue Switch Day, the U.S. government made a landmark decision which opened up accurate GPS technology for public use. Geocachers commemorate this day as a milestone, marking it with pride and celebration.

The advent of precise GPS technology brought a new era of possibilities, fostering innovation and exploration worldwide. It’s no coincidence that the very next day, on May 3, 2000, the first geocache was hidden, giving birth to the game of geocaching.

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