rag-a-muffin

6274 miles...55 degrees. It's funny you posted this topic. I was playing with my GPSr and made this calculation on the very first night of the war (wednesday). It's true...I DON'T have anything better to do. r.

I was wondering this VERY SAME thing about a week ago, and this is what I came up with: I think this is possible with latitude, but for longitude, the distance in feet measured by one degree, one minute, one second, etc. would be very different based on your latitude. Confused yet? For example...at the north and south poles, lines of longitude would be VERY close together, thus one degree would not be very far at all. However, at the equator, one degree of longitude is significantly larger. Make sense? Maybe someone else can make it a little bit clearer...I'm having a hard time trying to explain it.

What's the difference between MapSend Streets and Mapsend Streets & Destinations?? I'm looking at buying one of them...what's the difference between 'em??? ALSO, I have a Meridian Yellow. Do both programs have the ability to use the SD Card slot? [This message was edited by rag-a-muffin on March 26, 2003 at 09:47 PM.]

I have a Nikon Coolpix 4500, which is probably a little much for just a "geocaching camera." However, I am IN LOVE with the Coolpix line of cameras, and assure you they're perfect for the job. I've used the Nikon Coolpix 995, 4500, and 2500. The 2500 is a very versatile camera, intensely sweet resolution, compact, and lightweight...check it out...you should be able to get it for $200-250 USD. PC Magazine has rated it at the top of their list of cameras under $500.

I'm interested in buying a used, but good condition eTrex yellow or Meridian Green/Yellow. I've looked on eBay, and I'm not interested in getting one there. I've looked at the other posts in this forum, and I haven't gotten anything from here yet. I say all this so that you don't reply with a link pointing me to ebay or another thread here on the site. Just wondering if anyone out there wants to cut me a good deal on one of these 2 units. thanks!

Kerry: Why is there no equivalent PM time? Just curious...I'm somewhat new to it all, and love trying to figure out how all this technology comes together. FYI - I did use a mask angle of 30 degrees for my calculations, to be on the safe side, but I assume it's probably a lot less, especially in Jacksonville, FL.

SVN 56, PRN 16 Launched 29 JAN 03; usable 18 FEB 03; operating on Rb std Unusable 14 Mar 1956 UT to 15 Mar 0214 UT due to repositioning maintenance. Should show up on your unit as 16. With some rough estimation and guessing, it looks like you should be able to see Satellite #16 in Jacksonville, FL between 1:00 and 5:00 EST. Those times can be AM or PM, since GPS satellites are on a 12 hour orbit (technically-- 11 minutes, 58 seconds). Please let me know if this is accurate or not. I'd love to know whether or not I've worked this somewhat complicated math problem correctly or not. Let me know what you find out. Robb. [This message was edited by rag-a-muffin on March 18, 2003 at 05:55 PM.]

you've got mail.

I'm in the US, but I'm still interested.

Johnny Cache AkA 20BelowZero: How about placing an anti-war cache or something? Maybe then your rhetoric will have it's place somewhere amidst these GEOCACHING message boards. Until then...

Hey all... I have quite a strange question here. I'm looking to get some Rite In The Rain notebooks to use as logbooks. On the Rite In The Rain website, some of the notebooks have Polyethylene covers, and others have Polydura covers. What's the difference between Polyethylene and Polydura? Any chemistry/science teachers around? Thanks!

quote:Originally posted by Jamie Z:Plus... you didn't hold the GPS on the ground did you? It was probably up around chest level, just about zero feet above sea level. I have no clue whether or not the Magellans show readings below zero or not, but even if they did... The SporTrack Pro has a vertical accuracy of 10 meters (32.81 feet). Placing your GPSr on the ground would not give you any better accuracy reading. You could be three stories up in your hotel room and get roughly the same altitude reading as if your GPSr were laying flat on the surface of the road. If New Orleans is only "a couple of feet" below sea level in parts, it may show up as zero, and your actual altitude may still be as much as 33 feet below sea level. I would imagine that the barometric altimeters are the way to go if you're looking for true altitude readings.

I just wanna see the dang video. I'm a hobbyist in video production and totally new to geocaching and would LOVE to check out this video. Please stick it back up somewhere for us to enjoy...or at least e-mail it to me, maybe?? R.

The best i've seen on ebay is 75 to 80 bucks for an eTrex Yellow. Reasonably priced, but still too much money for my non-existent budget. I babysit my niece so that my sister and her husband can work during the day. Leaves me with an income somewhere between little and none.

Hey all... I'm a newbie to geocaching, with 3 finds under my belt. I own a Magellan Meridian GPS (Yellow), which I got for $99 at outpost.com. I've just recently gotten my brother in law excited about the sport, so I thought it might be nice to buy him an inexpensive GPSr. It appears that the Garmin eTrex Yellow is a good one to go with, because of their availability as used GPSr's. Here's the dilemma: I'm unemployed. I'd really like to get a unit for my brother, but I can't afford to shell out 100 bucks. Is there anyone who would be willing to sell me an eTrex Yellow for 40-50 bucks as a charity case? How about someone wanting to donate one? Just thought I'd ask. Let me know. RObb. e-mail: hypNOSPAMuractiv@aol.com (take out the NOSPAM to email me)

except that her name is LYSA and not lisa.

Tried to delete the message, but it won't let me. Disregard this message, I figured out my mistake. [This message was edited by rag-a-muffin on March 08, 2003 at 05:16 PM.]

Haven't heard anything in a while. Was wondering what's the latest on the wedding gift. Fill me in.

I admit, I've only got 2 finds under my belt, but in both circumstances, the tupperware caches were wet. The first one I found was literally soaked...I'm talking an inch of water in the bottom of the cache. I consider it to be poor cache maintenance by the owner, but, it was wet nonetheless. The second one was relatively dry, but the humidity had gotten into the tupperware container and just made everything a little damp and nasty. Although I've never found an ammo can cache (I'm going hunting for my first one tomorrow), I'd much rather find an ammo can cache than a Tupperware cache simply because I'd know the contents were dry, and possibly worth trading for. There's no way I'm gonna trade for a drenching wet baseball card or two AA batteries swimming in a ziplock baggie full of water. As far as safety goes...if someone wants to make a bomb look like a cache, they can make it out of Tupperware or Ammo Cans...I don't see how one is safer than another. Just because it's clear doesn't mean you can see everything that's inside of it. What if it's laced with a chemical agent? What if the logbook is laced with Anthrax? What if the tupperware container is actually sitting on a trigger for a land mine? What if there's a sniper sitting in the tree waiting to kill clueless cachers? Better break out the duct tape! If you want to make a sturdy cache that you can see through, consider making one from 1/2" lexan glass and some 2 ton epoxy. Just gotta figure out a way to make the lid seal tightly. It just might work. My $0.02

hmm...if you're getting yellows...i wonder if you'd let me tag on to your order. i'm looking at getting an etrex yellow for my brother in law, who is just starting to get interested in the sport. let me know if you get a good discount price and wouldn't mind adding one to your order. robb

I'm sorry, folks. I just can't do it. I cannot come up with a caption for this one, because I'm laughing so hard. This is a photo of MY BROTHER! I'm not kidding! This was our second cache ever, it is the Beavers Are Noble Creatures cache in Richmond, VA! I'm honored to have only found 2 caches and have one of my photos featured on George & Mary's famous "you write the caption" post. My brother is hilarious...I need to send him a link to this. Enjoy the photo at our expense. rag-a-muffin & CTRSTG (my brother)

...just thought this thread deserved a little bump, so... BUMP!

Quit yer whinin' and go find some caches. If you don't like the cache that you find, don't leave anything in it. Better yet, when you log it, state that it's a crappy cache. For heaven's sake, don't sit here debating whether or not there should be more rules to regulate how many finds you have to have in order to hide a cache. If you're interested in more parameters for the sport to make it "just perfect", then go ahead and write the official Geocaching rulebook. Once it's written, place it in one of your caches (of course, make sure you have enough finds under your belt first). Then, make sure when you write your cache description, let us all know that the official rulebook is in there. That way, we can be sure not to seek it.

Newsweek reported about a month ago that not ALL GPSr's transmit position data. In fact, they say that it is only the left-handed units which transmit position. Even though I'm a lefty, I bought a right-handed unit for this very reason. If any of you out there have left-handed units, I know that Garmin and Magellan are currently offering trade-ins for right-handed units in light of this new information.

"Took nothing, definitely left something."