jandu

Only just read your thread and I am furious about what happened to you, I would have called all my friends and recruited as many cachers as possible to track down the chav who did the deed and then pay him a mob handed visit at his home, I would then select the most officious person to "ave a word" while the rest stood about in an intimidating silence. I could not "ave a word" myself because I would definately be tampted to give him a slap. In the part of London that I originate from "ave a word" means to set someone straight and leave them in no doubt of the consequences i.e Make them defecate themselves. Slap usually means a trip to A&E I am not local but would be there if you decide to go this route, just keep me on a short lead, Cheers Jon

All cachers do not use lat /lon. I am an experienced fell walker and confirmed "plot it on the map" type person and I go geocaching to get in the fresh air and discover new places, not to get into trouble by slavishly following an arrow in the wilder parts of the country, even in my own fairly safe county of essex. We go caching with the GPS set to OSGB36, a map and a compass, and the knowledge that there are many more like us.

As a newbie to the sport I am confused as to why we use WSG84, as an experienced hill walker I keep my eTrex on ORD SRVY GB as this relates directly to my map and have used "location" to get me out of trouble in the hills. I can see that looking for a cache in the local park the datum used would not matter but if in wilder terrain it most certainly would. Or am I missing something? Cheers Jandu