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    South African (Off-Topic) Quiz

    in South Africa

    Posted · Edited by Jors

    Thanks CH, and still having fun!

     

    Knowing the first GPS satellite was launched in February 1978 with a design life of 7.5 years;

    Newer ones were designed to last for 12, and those currently in production should work for 15 years.

     

    In November 2014, how old will the oldest operational satellite be?

    Statistics - bend it anyway you like!

    in South Africa

    Posted

    Is this total events - or over a selected time period?

     

    Thanks

     

    Checking my database, I get 106 events for Ethekwini since the beginning. So it seems that this is since then :)

    This includes events that have not yet taken place ...

    Yes, it includes all events past, present and future - from the beginning of time.

    The odd event or few that had to be cancelled before it took place is also included.

    Statistics - bend it anyway you like!

    in South Africa

    Posted

    Which town (or municipality ?) has had the most events?

    How does Johannesburg compare to Pretoria to perhaps Durban, Cape Town, PE, Nelspruit ?

     

    Municipality | Number of Events

    -------------------------------

    City of Tshwane ........... 119

    Ethekwini ................. 106

    City of Johannesburg ....... 95

    City of Cape Town .......... 74

    Nelson Mandela Bay ......... 31

    Ekurhuleni ................. 29

    Ehlanzeni .................. 18

    Bojanala ................... 17

    West Rand .................. 13

    Amajuba ..................... 9

    Buffalo City ................ 9

    Mangaung .................... 9

     

    (All event types are included)

    Welcome

    in South Africa

    Posted

    Hi All,

    Newby to GeoCaching and thrilled that there are so many Caches close by. I have logged 3 this week, and today's one was quite special... It is our 6th wedding anniversary, and it was the first time I took my hubby & son on a GeoCache hunt. It was a very challenging nano cache, but we found it before we gave up :laughing:

    Thank you to the local community for creating and hiding such interesting Caches. Hope to make the 10 chache mark by the end of the 10th month of this year...

    Would love to meet other Geocachers and learn more!

    Great fun! Love the CITO concept - concerve and care for our planet!

    Love BarAshPlanB (North-west parts of JHB)

    Welcome, hoping to see you at an event soon!

    Changes in SA District Municipalities

    in South Africa

    Posted

    I've received some queries regarding the latest changes in the FindStatGen Map of the South African District Municipalities incorporating the recent name- and boundary changes.

     

    These changes in the boundary data and map broke things a little, and if the updates are not done, you'll be generating a new map using old data, which doesn't quite work as it should.

     

    Three parts need updating, in three simple steps.

     

    1. Gsak

    2. County field in GSAK

    3. Map definition file

     

    1. Updating Gsak

     

    Boundary data is linked to the Gsak version, and from version 8.1.1.20 onwards, the updated South African boundary data is automatically downloaded. It is therefore neccesary to get Gsak version 8.1.1.20 or later but while you're at it, getting the currently latest version would do no harm.

    Get version 8.1.1.27 here.

     

    2. Update the County field in GSAK

     

    i) When loading a new set of PQ's, in the County Update box of the Load GPX/Loc/ZIP File dialogue box, type "Y" (without the quotes). On loading the PQ, all the caches in that PQ or group of PQ's will then be updated to contain the new names.

     

    -OR-

     

    ii) For the whole database at once, without loading a PQ:

    Copy the lines of text below and paste into a text editor, Save as UpdateDistrictM.gsk, install the macro and run it.

     

    #####--BEGIN--#####

     

    #**************************************************************

    # MacDescription = District Municipality Update (County Field)

    # MacFileName = UpdateDM.gsk

    # MacAuthor = Jors

    # MacVersion=1

    # MacUrl=

    #***************************************************************

    $Counties=GetCounty("y")

    MSGOK msg= County Updates=$Counties

     

    #####--END--#####

     

    3. Download the new Map Definition File for FSG

     

    i) In Gsak, Ctrl-M, then run FindStatGen3.gsk -or- FindStatGen43Beta.gsk

    ii) click Options, Maps, Install Map data file from Gsak

    iii) Scroll to and select South African District Municipalities

    iv) Install, click OK and let FSG run.

     

    This will replace the existing map definition file with the new one.

     

    Voila!

    Mega Event - South Africa

    in South Africa

    Posted

    Something that I came across and may be interesting for the Mega event. An appearance by the O.C.B (Original Can of Beans). This is the last remaining swag item from the first ever geocache, which has now been turned into a trackable.

     

    On the page for the trackable, it says that it is available to attend events anywhere in the world, so that it can be discovered. This could be nice to see at the Mega.

     

    This is the url of the trackable's page: www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?id=83154

     

    The locally flavoured one, Navision Software Wristwatch will probably pay a visit too.

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