ve1bvd
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Urubu said,
Now... if we could only agree on how to spell metersIt's really quite simple. A meter is something used as a measuring device, e.g. thermometer, pedometer, chronometer, and so on. The distance thingy, which by the way, is one ten millionth of the distance from the pole to the Equator, is a metre. BTW, what is the logical basis for feet, inches and yards?
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Several people have indicated that it would be desirable to have a spelling checker incorporated into either the GC.com site or the forums, or both. You MUST bear in mind, however, that spelling checkers do just that, i.e. find incorrect spelling. They will NOT find words that are spelled correctly, but used incorrectly. A couple of examples are 'there' instead of 'their', and 'your' instead or 'you're'. In these instances, it's like using a magnetic compass to find a cache--it will always show you a direction, it's just not always the right direction.
Spell Chequer
I have a spelling chequer
It came with my pea see
It plainly marks four my revue
Miss steaks eye cannot see.
Each thyme when eye have struck the quays
I weight for it to say
If watt I rote is wrong or rite
It shows me strait a weigh.
As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two late
And eye can put the error write
Yes, I shall find it grate.
I've run this poem threw it
I'm sure yore pleased to no
Its letter perfect in its weigh
My chequer tolled me sew.
(Sauce unknown)
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I don't use Outlook or Outlook Express for e-mail; moreover, I like to use Gmail when I'm on the road, because it's web-based, and you don't need a home ISP to use it. You can, however, query your home ISP's post office and download your mail, if it's a POP3 server.
I recently visited my daughter and requested a PQ to be sent to my gmail account. No problem. download direct to My Documents, then open it in GSAK.
I'm not sure if you can request a gmail account directly from www.gmail.com, but if not, drop me a PM with your email address, and I'll send you an invitation to try it. Note: I only have a limited number of invitations, so please don't everyone jump on the bandwagon!
cheers,
ve1bvd
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OK, Greywynd gets the cigar. I think that is was in Napoleonic times that the metric system was introduced. they had really weird things like a decimal year, too.
Take it away, Greywynd...
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Cell phone / FRS / hand-held VHF
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OK, here ya go...
Everyone knows that a kilometre [or kilometer if you prefer, but let's not go there...] is one thousand metres. My question is this: in terms of geo-measurement, what is a metre?
Not 100% sure what you mean by 'geo-measurement' but originally the metre was based on being a fraction of the distance between the equator and the north pole. It was supposed to have been 1/10000 of the distance, though it was actually farther than that. A metal (silver?) bar was made that was supposed to be the standard to compare everything else to, but eventually it was also discovered to have changed length over time due to temperature and 'creeping' of the metal.
Greywynd
Greywynd, you're close, but by YOUR definition, it's only 10 km from the Equator to the pole...Anyone else want to try?
BTW, by geo-measurement, I meant with relation to the earth, as opposed to scientifically correct, but practically difficult standards, such as the distance travelled by light while a certain atom vibrates x number of times
ve1bvd
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OK, here ya go...
Everyone knows that a kilometre [or kilometer if you prefer, but let's not go there...] is one thousand metres. My question is this: in terms of geo-measurement, what is a metre?
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Dont know but it might have something to do with there having been lots of ships classified as a "bark".
It does, and you're verry hot! Can you elaborate just a little more, using a foreign language in the equation?
Well in French, the verb is 'embarquer'. Will that do?
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The above replies to rodgowdy's question are in essence correct, but IMHO, do not answer his question. To test his theory, I just tried to download a pageful of caches that are near to my home. The download worked, BUT it was in .LOC FORMAT, not the .GPX format that rodgowdy expected.
I think that for Premium Members, at least, when one clicks on the 'Download waypoints' button, one should have the option of format, i.e. either .loc or .gpx. This would save having many small PQs, and satisfy those of us who want to just download enough waypoints for a day's caching.
ve1bvd
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I'm fairly new to this, so forgive me if I'm rehashing old stuff. As a Premium member, I have the option of downloading cache information in either .LOC or .GPX format; however, if I click the box to the right of a number of caches, it appears that even though I only have GSAK loaded, the website wants to download in .LOC format. Am I doing something wrong? Is there an option somewhere to change so I can get, say, ten caches downloaded in .GPX format?
And while I'm asking sort of basic questions, is there a way to bookmark multiple caches?
TIA
ve1bvd
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Welcome to the Forums.
I'm not sure what is happening with your PQs -- someone else smarter than I am can probably explain it -- but what you can do, since you can have as many as 40 PQs in your list, is create two, or more, overlapping circles that will get all of the caches in your area. You don't need to use your home coordinates as the center of the PQs.
Either use coordinates from your mapping software, or pick a cache to the north or east of you to use as a "center point." Set it for 500 caches within 50 km. Pick another location, or cache, in the opposite direction and set it for 500 caches within 50km. If you use a program like GSAK (Geocaching Swiss Army Knife), it will handle the data for you.
I do not get the "Unknown" caches in my regular PQs because I don't want to mix those up with my Default database. Those are selected in their own PQ and they have their own GSAK database.
Thanks for that. Could you please explain how I can have 40 PQs in a list? I understand that I can generate only 5 per day--what to I do, create them and then send 'em off five at a time?
I already figured out that I can create a PQ with another center--what I thought I might try was to do the 'nearest' list from the Geocaching 'My Account' page, then pick the ones I wanted, and somehow run a PQ on them. I hit on the idea of bookmarking each one, but it's VERY time consuming to switch between the list, open a cache page, bookmark it, then go back to the list. Not very user friendly.
BTW, I am using GSAK, so no problems there, yet.
Thanks again
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Hi...I'm VERY new to pocket queries, so please bear with me. Within 100km of my home coordinates, there are 600+ caches. I realize that I can't get all of them in one go, but even when I ask for 500 within a 50 km radius, I only get about 100--and the furthest is less than 10km away!
This situation leads to two immediate questions:
1. WHY am I not getting all the caches within the designated radius?
2. How do I get the remainder, i.e. those between 8.75 km and 50km?
Awaiting your responses with fingers ready!
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I don't think all five in Halifax still stand - I'm pretty sure that two by the harbour are long gone. And I'm almost sure there's one standing in NB as well.
But, I'll take the baton and ask:
What is the dead man's penny?
It refers to the coins placed upon the closed eyes of a dead person when they were waked at home. It prevented the 'blank' stare of the deceased and made them a bit more presentable to friends and family.
Phil/ve1bvd
Google Earth - Blurry pics
in General geocaching topics
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It's one of the crosses we have to bear for having something as cool as GE. If you look at any landmass from a certain altitude, you'll notice that it is not one entire image, but a series of images. some taken in summer, some in winter, in some cases right next to each other. The point is, that the ages are different and so are the degrees of focusing used. In some cases you'll be able to see great detail, in others it's just a blob of green...
Cheers,
ve1bvd