PART OF THE NSPS GEOCACHING PROJECT
Breaking the boundaries between surveying and geocaching!
Geocachers use GPS and evidence on the ground to find and set things that are not obvious to the eye. Land surveyors also use GPS (among lots of other cool and expensive toys) and evidence on the ground to find and set things that are not obvious to the eye. Geocachers try to get the best GPS accuracy possible; surveyors use GPS equipment with accuracy that boggles the mind. Geocachers may look for NGS bench marks, whereas surveyors often use NGS bench marks and may even set some new bench marks. The two activities have many similarities.
Geocaches are being set across the state of Oregon as as part of the PLSO Geocaching Project. The PLSO Geocaching Project is an effort by the Professional Land Surveyors of Oregon (PLSO) to introduce geocachers to surveying and surveyors to geocaching, and to promote surveying as a viable career choice. Geocaches set as part of this project are intended to promote environmental responsibility. PLSO geocaches are intended to give a favorable impression of the surveying community by being placed at spectacular sites that relate in some way to surveying. The establishment of the PLSO Geocaching Project is an effort to tell the world about PLSO and about the opportunites an education and career in land surveying.
The PLSO Geocaching Project, by the Professiona Land Surveyors of Oregon, is established in Oregon in coordination with the many states in the national effort of the NSPS Geocaching Project sponsored by the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS).
For more information pertaining to bench mark hunting, GPS and/or surveying in general, try some of the following internet websites:
 Check out
the new careers website: SurveyingCareer.com |
 Guidelines for PLSO Geocaching
volunteers |
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| PLSO/NSPS caches: |
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| Cache Name | Cache # | Date | Set by |
| 2 Horse Fresno | GC1PN4W | 4/3/2009 | Tom Trail |
| Check Your Bearings | GC1QYZP | 5/4/2009 | Ray Wilson |
| X marks the spot - Oregon Surveying History #1 | GC6E77 | 9/9/2002 | Hopalong & Hobblealong Cachedy * (Time4US) |
| Meridian History - Oregon Surveying History #2 | GC1RCRD | 5/15/2009 | Time4Us |
| Surveyors Benches | GC1RGTX | 5/18/2009 | Tom Trail |
| PLSO Geometry in the Park | GC1T6EE | 6/1/2009 | John McGee |
| Baseline Cache | GC242EQ | 2/17/2009 |
Ryan Godsey |
| * transferred ownership of cache to PLSO on 5/14/2009 | |||
Email the PLSO Geocaching Web Manager at surveyor@co.yamhill.or.us
page last edited 3/1/2010 by del