January 10, 2004

Happy New Year!

The first item is the Geo Paddle project, a map showing the Cheasapeake Bay that allows you to drill down to high quality arial or topographic maps from the USGS. The project is based on waypoints of points of interest around the bay, currently 900 and growing. If you have waypoints you would like added to the project, don't hesitate to send them to me.

The second is not yet ready for prime time, but will hopfully be ready by early spring - The Kayak Geo Cache will be a listing of semi-hidden points accessable by kayak. A GPS will make the caches easier to find, but will not be required. The details are still being worked out, but the basic concept is this:

a) Paddlers place a watertight container with a journal in it and note the coordinates of where they leave the 'cache'.

b) The coordinates are posted on the Kayak Geo Cache web page so others know where to look. The coordinate list will also be linked to the Geo Paddle Project so non-GPS owners can see the area the cache is located.

c) Paddlers visit as many caches as they can, leaving their name written in the journal of each one.

There are a few other behind the scenes things going on I hope to have time to work on as well. But this spring looks to be a busy one for me, so I need to try and get as many things done to the server before the weather starts to warm again...

Woody