Maps #34 - Geocoding and Geocaching

1. On your blog, tell us the name of the location you chose to find and list the GPS coordinates for that location.

30.052835, -95.225152
N30°3.1701, W095°13.50912
Map this location:
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2. Find a geocache that you would be interested in finding. Copy and paste the url of the geocache into your blog like this:

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/gmnearest.aspx?lat=30.046324602613722&lng=-95.21666049957275&zm=15&mt=m

3. Write about your thoughts on geocaching. You can write about anything. Some suggestions are whether this is something you would like to do for fun, or what potential dangers you might want to be aware of.

The geocaching coordinates that I pulled up was a street away from where I live. I would not go to the area where the cache is because it will be in someone's yard. Bascially, it is called trespassing and I would feel very uncomfortable in walking around a stranger's yard snooping around. Other people may not be aware of what I would be doing here.

Instead I would set up something at a girl scout campout for the girl scouts to practice in geocaching and learning to use coordinates to locate items during the campout to earn toward a badge.