GEOCAC MO - Benchmark - Missouri Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

Waymarkers and 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. Waymarkers and Geocachers try to get the best GPS accuracy possible, surveyors use GPS equipment with accuracy that boggles the mind. Waymarkers and Geocachers may look for NGS bench marks, whereas surveyors often use NGS bench marks and may even set some new bench marks. The three activities have many similarities.

Waymarks and Geocaches are being set across the state of MISSOURI as part of the MSPS Geocaching Project. The MSPS Geocaching Project is an effort by the Missouri Society of Land Surveyors (MSPS) to introduce geocachers to surveying and surveyors to geocaching, and to promote surveying as a viable career choice. Waymarkers and Geocaches set as part of this project are intended to promote environmental responsibility. MSPS 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 MSPS Geocaching Project is an effort to tell the world about MSPS.

The MSPS Geocaching Project, by the Missouri Society of Land Surveyors, is established in Missouri in coordination with the many states in the national effort of the NSPS Geocaching Project sponsored by the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS).