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Camping and Fire Building | GeoScouting (Geocaching).
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Camping and Fire Building
- Boy Scouts of America
- Camping Merit Badge Requirements
Note: Requirements 8d, 9a, 9b and 9c must be completed before coming to camp! - Firem'n Chit Requirements
- Fuels and Fire Prevention
- Leave No Trace / Outdoor Code
- Scouting and Conservation Fact Sheet
- Winter Activities Safety
- Camping Merit Badge Requirements
- American Red Cross: First Aid, CPR and AED Courses
- Guide to Winter Camping
Maintained by the Outdoor Action club of Princeton University. - US Scouting Service Project
- GPS Resources
(see GeoScouting, below)
GeoScouting (Geocaching)
- Major Manufacturers of GPS Receivers
The software (firmware) in the receiver can be updated!- Garmin Ltd: What is GPS? | Software Updates
- Lowrance Electronics Inc: What is GPS? | Software Updates
- Magellan (Thales Navigation, Inc.): Software Updates
- GPS Waypoints and Routes for Yawgoog
Waypoints and routes of waypoints for Yawgoog's trails. Includes Long and Ell Ponds, as well as the Green Fall Pond area. (The Story of the Yawgoog Trails) - EasyGPS
Free Windows software that lets users create, edit, and transfer waypoints and routes between their computers and Garmin, Magellan, Lowrance, Brunton or Silva GPS receivers. Provides full support for the GPS eXchange (GPX) format. (TopoGrafix) - GPSBabel
Free Windows software by Robert Lipe and others that converts various GPS data files into other formats. Supports the GPS eXchange (GPX) format.
Note: Before downloading any software from the Internet, please make sure your computer's antivirus software is up-to-date. - Geocaching: The Patch Trader Geocache
Located on the Narragansett Trail in the Pachaug State Forest, Voluntown, Connecticut. Geocaching is the use of GPS to find a hidden "treasure," called a "geocache," placed at a set of coordinates. Descriptive clues also help in locating the cache. - Geocaching.com
Commercial site that offers an introduction to geocaching and a database of caches people have hidden. The Patch Trader Geocache is listed in Geocaching.com. - Navicache
Non-commercial site that lists geocaches around the world. - Buxley's Geocaching Waypoint
Non-commercial site that lists geocaches from the sites mentioned above and others. - Letterboxing North America
An activity similar to geocaching is "letterboxing" (also called "questing"). This is where a container is hidden and clues for finding it are posted; GPS may or may not be involved. The container includes a logbook, a rubber stamp, and, perhaps, other goodies. The finder carries his/her own personal rubber stamp and an ink pad. The finder stamps the letterbox logbook with his/her stamp; the finder also stamps his/her personal logbook with the stamp from the letterbox. The Pachaug State Forest and the Long and Ell Ponds area also appear to be popular places for letterboxes. - Note: Geocaches and letterboxes should only be placed in Yawgoog property by official campers and only for the benefit of official campers. Campers who place geocaches and/or letterboxes must remove them prior to leaving camp. The general public is not allowed to place or locate geocaches or letterboxes in Yawgoog.
- EarthCache
An Earthcache is a special place that people can visit to learn about a unique geoscience feature or aspect of our Earth. Earthcaches include a set of educational notes and the details about where to find the location. - GPSgames.org
Information about competitive games that use GPS. - Global Positioning System Drawing Project
GPS as an art form! - GEOsnapper
Combines GPS and photography in a database of locations and images taken at those locations. - Degree Confluence Project
The project's goal is to collect images taken at every latitude and longitude integer degree intersection around the world (i.e., 42°N 70°W, 42°N 71°W, etc.). - GPS Field Exercises & Challenge Games
A series of hands-on learning exercises that combine GPS, topographic maps and compasses. Compiled by Mike Clifford of the Virginia Cooperative Extension. - Trimble Planning Software
Free software for advanced GPS users that displays satellite availability and estimated error for a given location and time. Trimble, a manufacturer of professional GPS equipment, provides a satellite almanac/ephemeris file; the US Coast Guard Navigation Center also offers almanac files.
Note: Before downloading any software from the Internet, please make sure your computer's antivirus software is up-to-date.
Orienteering
- Orienteering Merit Badge Requirements
Boy Scouts of America - Topographic Map Symbols
Introduction to topographic maps and symbols.
(US Geological Survey) - Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
A searchable database of named geographic features found on topographic maps.
(US Geological Survey) - Small Topographic Map of Yawgoog Area
(The Story of the Yawgoog Trails) - Large Topographic Map of Yawgoog Area (JPG, 423 kilobytes)
A more detailed topographic map. The image may appear compressed on your screen, but should print properly. When printing the file, use the page setup feature to use landscape orientation with all margins set to 0.25 inches or less; try fitting the image to one page. A color printer in best quality mode is strongly recommended. If the image still does not fit one page, try a smaller version (JPG, 321 kilobytes).
(The Story of the Yawgoog Trails) - Topographic Map: Voluntown Quadrangle (2.4 megabytes)
The entire 1:24,000-scale quadrangle, which includes the Yawgoog area, can be downloaded. Image editing software can be used to crop and print the map. The map is a zipped TIF file.
(Rhode Island Geographic Information System - RIGIS) - TerraServer
Free topographic maps and aerial photographs of any location in the USA, in various scales and sizes. - Magnetic Declination Estimator
A calculator for magnetic declination around the world, covering the years 1900-2005. Provided by the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). To use the calculator, the latitude, longitude and altitude of the location must be entered. A ZIP code locator in the calculator can find the approximate latitude and longitude. Coordinates can also be found for a given street address at Maporama.com. Please note that declination values on topographic maps may be decades old. As of 2002, magnetic north is 15 degrees west of true north in the Yawgoog area. - International Orienteering Federation (IOF)
International organization that promotes and sets rules for orienteering competitions. Offers information on control description symbols. - US Orienteering Federation (USOF)
A non-profit organization that promotes the sport of orienteering. - New England Orienteering Club (NEOC)
Promotes the sport of orienteering, develops suitable maps and hosts competitions. - New England Scout-O
Information on orienteering events for Scouts. - ScoutOrienteering.com
A site devoted to orienteering in Scouting; maintained by Jeff Scott. - US Scouting Service Project: Orienteering
A list of online resources.
