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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Photo Walk: Riverside Trail, Canmore
After last night’s double serving of homemade crepes topped with pan-fried apples and whipping cream, we headed out for a long walk this morning. The sky was quite overcast when we set out, but we carried our cameras and along … Continue reading
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Tagged Bow River, Canmore, microspikes, mount rundle, Olympus micro four-thirds, postaday, winter in canada
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Banff National Park SnowDays Geocaching Challenge
Parks Canada SnowDays Winter Extravaganza is running in Banff National Park from January 14 – February 12, 2012. This year, the Park has developed 2 geocaching challenges for SnowDays participants. First off, there's a 6-part temporary geocaching challenge. The first … Continue reading
Handheld GPS Receivers: Variables Affecting Accuracy and Implications for Geocaching
Here’s the final instalment… After researching how GPSrs work, designing an experiment to assess which variable most affects the accuracy of coordinates calculated by a handheld GPSr and analyzing almost 2000 observations taken under a wide range of conditions, it … Continue reading
Handheld GPS Receivers: Results From Experiment to Assess Which Variable Most Affects Coordinates Accuracy
This is the third instalment in a series about our Oldest GeoKid’s grade 5 science fair project, undertaken when we were still relatively new to geocaching and had a keen interest in better understanding the optimal conditions for taking accurate … Continue reading
Handheld GPS Receivers: Overview of Experiment to Assess Which Variable Most Affects Coordinates Accuracy
This is part 2 of a 4-part series describing our Oldest GeoKid’s grade 5 science project from a few years back. Part 1 contains useful background information for those not very familiar with how handheld GPS receivers work. Please keep … Continue reading
