May 1, 2000 - an announcement was made that Selective
Availability would be lifted.
May 2, 2000 - at approximately midnight, EST Selective
Availability lifted and the accuracy of GPS technology was greatly
improved.
May 3, 2000 - Dave Ulmer hid a black bucket at N 45° 17.460 W
122° 24.800, filled with videos, books, software, and a slingshot
as well as a logbook and pencil. He called it the First GPS Stash.
He shared the waypoint of his "stash" with the online community on
sci.geo.satellite-nav.
Within three days two different people read about his stash on
the Internet, used their own GPS receivers to find the container
and shared their experiences online. The sport of geocaching was
born!
