Level: X
Category: Recreation
Year: 2005

Geocaching Advanced

1. Complete the basic Geocaching honour.
2. Briefly describe the origin of the global positioning satellites. What is their history – when and how did they get there? By whom?
3. Define latitude and longitude. What is meant by degrees, minutes, seconds?
4. Complete two or more of the following:
   1. Establish and maintain a new geocache in your area for at least six months.
   2. Send out and follow a TB (travel bug) for six months.
   3. Find two travel bugs and follow them for six months.
   4. Participate in a geocache meeting or event in your area (attend).
5. What are the laws/rules/guidelines for placing caches in the following locations?
   1. State Parks National Park Service
   2. Roads and Railroad Right-of-Ways
   3. Placing caches while traveling
   4. Wilderness Areas in National Forest Areas
   5. USDA Forest Service
6. Find and record at least 18 geocaches; include:
   1. Traditional cache with 3-star difficulty
   2. One Multi-level
   3. One virtual
   4. One micro