GEE WIZ! 

BRING THE GPS ADVENTURES MAZE

TO FLORIDA!

One of Florida's long-time geocachers, Captain Biggins, has started an effort and a petition to bring "Bring the GPS Adventures Maze to G Wiz Science Museum, located in Sarasota, FL.  This would be an awesome opportunity for the Florida Geocaching community!

 Just a refresher description of the GPS Adventures Maze.  According to Minotaur Maze Exhibits (http://www.minotaurmazes.com/mazedetail.html?maze=19), here's an overview of the maze itself : 

" Get lost in the maze and learn how to find your way using GPS! Visitors simulate a GPS adventure using a unique stamp card that leads each visitor to their own Treasure City. By collecting all 4 stamps, the visitor successfully simulates how a GPS unit locks into 4 satellites to determine a location.
But wait, you’re in a maze! After navigating around impassable obstacles including waterfalls, cliffs, and ravines, you’ll solve cache puzzles in four environments: city, local park, back-country and a historic site to find secret codes and gain access to each of four content-rich satellite rooms:
Satellite Room 1: The History of Navigation – Traditional navigation is complicated. GPS makes it easy.
Satellite Room 2: The Great Outdoors – The outdoors are for everyone. Be prepared, go play and LEAVE NO TRACE.
Satellite Room 3: GPS Today – Geocaching is a hot new GPS-enabled sport of treasure hunting.
Satellite Room 4: The Future of GPS – GPS is changing the way we live.

Once all four stamps are collected, visitors will discover their Treasure City at the World Map Station and can embark on an actual GPS adventure. "

 So why is this a good idea?


1. Well, we all know that Florida geocachers are awesome and we love opportunities for fun adventures like this in our own backyard! (Ok, so I'm biased...but it's true! :D)

2. This is a wonderful opportunity for both geocachers and non-geocachers (known as "muggles" in geocaching-ese) to learn navigation & GPS technology through a live-action, interactive experience, enhance critical thinking skills and memory retention, and to just get up, get moving, get exploring and discover the wonderful world of geocaching.

3. This is a chance to explore another one of Florida's museums, in this case G. Wiz, The Science Museum (http://www.gwiz.org/), located in the lovely Gulf Coast city of Sarasota.

Click on this link for an informative video about G.Wiz -  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wh3VItz-08

4. Florida tourism has been suffering due to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, even though much of the Florida coast has not been impacted.  The coast of Sarasota is fortunately one such city.  Geocachers often travel far and wide to find rare categories of caches, so there is a good chance this would attract out-of-state folks to visit.  It may not make a huge impact on tourism, but it certainly can't hurt!

So please help bring the GPS Adventures Maze to Sarasota and sign this petition -   Bring the GPS Adventures Maze to G Wiz Science Museum!