Geosocial networking
History
Geosocial networking has been made possible by ubiquitous mapping tools.
which uses references to landmarks and clues embedded in stories, geocaching was made possible by the removal of Selective Availability from GPS on May 1, 2000. The first documented placement of a GPS-located cache took place on May 3, 2000, by Dave Ulmer of Beavercreek, Oregon. The location was posted on the Usenet newsgroup sci.geo.satellite-nav [1] By May 6, 2000, it had been found twice and logged once (by Mike Teague of Vancouver, Washington).
Origin of the name
The activity was originally referred to as GPS stash hunt or gpsstashing. This was changed after a discussion in the gpsstash discussion group at eGroups (now Yahoo!). On May 30, 2000, Matt Stum suggested that "stash" could have negative connotations, and suggested instead "geocaching."[2]
- ^ Dave Ulmer (2000-05-03). "GPS Stash Hunt... Stash #1 is there!". Newsgroup: sci.geo.satellite-nav. 99c847733cb3547a/d45188eaf9eae761. Retrieved 2007-05-21.
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