Jors

Sorted by percentage: (I just couldn't resist) 1. Jors: 499 finds in Pretoria (88% of all caches in this municipality) 2. cownchicken: 806 finds in Cape Town (85%) 3. cache-fan: 466 finds in Pretoria (82%) 4. battlerat and pussycat: 720 finds in Cape Town (76%) 5. Zambesiboy: 604 finds in Cape Town (63%) 6. MnCo: 554 finds in Cape Town (58%) 7. Henzz: 511 finds in Cape Town (54%) 8. capeccr: 509 finds in Cape Town (53%) 9. Tricky Vicky & Mickey: 491 finds in Cape Town (52%) 10. tomtwogates: 485 finds in Cape Town (51%) (This is up to 10 March 2011).

Thanks for the congrats, maybe I should ease off a little for the next one...

Yep, that's it. A googol = 1 x 10100, and a googolplex is even a bigger number = 1 x 10googol. I wouldn't mind a cheque like that, even if it was Zimdollars... DamhuisClan, shoot!

Prove it...

Fingers on the buttons... Where did GOOGLE get its name from?

H(igh sensitivity)

Great going, good to see the planning in full swing! Was there a decision about the year and season? - just being curious...

Another option would be to run a density test on all logged caches by the specific cacher, and use the cache with the highest density. My wild guess would be that the purpose for which it is needed does not dictate super accurate results, and an indication of active area should do the trick.

No. The only geographical information that is readily available about cachers, is how many of them have cached in a specific area (country, province or municipality) in a specific period. A cacher does not have to show his origin and even if he does, it is not easy to retrieve. (One can not download origins in a PQ). This has been discussed in the past, and somebody suggested that one could probably look at where every cacher's finds and/or hides are concentrated, but that sounds like a huge job to me, and even that will not always work. (Take Carbon Hunter, for example.) Danie, What if the centroid of all logged caches (in S.A. only) for a specific cacher can be extracted, and use the polygon data to extract municipal districts? Carbon Hunter's (eg) out-out-of-country finds won't be picked up, and should show his local home town. Plotting them on a map should give a indication of cacher density too. Just thinking out loud...

I do not think it is possible to tie a name to a city, or even a province. The best source at the moment is probably www.sageostats.co.za which names the province for a lot of cachers, althouh not everyone is listed there. www.cacherstats.com is another source for names, but has no location info.

He came up with the language?

Yes, thats clear enuff - go pooks!

Umm.. The A is for asymmetric, not asyncronous, so the same subject it is. In this sense, what is the meaning of asymmetric for the "man in the street"? (versus symmetric)

asyncronous digital subscriber line it is a means of using wires installed for analogue telephone (normally copper wires) for digital data transfer.

Yes cache-fan, I'll make sure and PM later.

I agree with Team_vdlo and RedGlobe, and I feel the "request that cachers do not try to look for these caches before the start of the Run" removes the whole idea and accomplishment of a FTF. It would be reduced to shooting a tranquilized lion in a cage...

Nope, googled it.

He also wrote: (Trev, I think your'e in trouble... ) "Ah, yes, I wrote the "Purple Cow"— I'm Sorry, now, I wrote it; But I can tell you Anyhow I'll Kill you if you Quote it!"

Sadly, mr panda is correct. See here, also quoted below:

... the differntial between the hider and finders GPS can be as much as 5-6m then the vertical error can be the same. Actually, vertical errors are generally at least twice the horizontal error, due to the geometry of the satelites.

Yes Danie, elevations are by definition relative to mean sea level (MSL), and WGS84 did not change that. GPS heights are adjusted to conform to MSL by using a mathematical model of the geoid believed to be accurate to 0,07m. Just don't use your handheld GPSr for elevation measurements!

I've had a quick look at Simonstown and Port Elizabeth's tidal guage measurements, and it would seem that the difference between low and high tide is about two meters, zero being roughly halfway between the extremes. That would imply that you might at best, be at 1 meter below zero, but quite possible. Nice!

I'll see you on the 16th, around 3PM, thanks DamhuisClan! It would be great to see many more cachers there, even though it won't be an event. Link: GCZA01.2