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    Statistics - bend it anyway you like!

    in South Africa

    Posted

     

    Top 5 South African Cachers that took the most Fav. Points from found caches.

    #1 PORKY2 - 14746

    #2 Noddy - 14609

    #3 CrystalFairy - 13029

    #4 Discombob - 12335

    #5 besem - 11738

     

    I am not too sure what this one means - please details a bit more ...

    Is this the total of the FPs from the caches they have found?

     

    Thanks, PT

    Statistics - bend it anyway you like!

    in South Africa

    Posted

    Why are the recent numbers of new ECs so much lower than 3 or 4 years ago?

     

    It is a good question Danie.

     

    The earthcache guidelines were changed a few years back and the perception was that ECs are more difficult to get approved (which is partly true - you need to research an Earthcache unlike a poor quality traditional. But the good traditionals also take a fair amount or research ;) ).

     

    Another point (IMO) is that like multi's and puzzles - cahcers generally go for the traditionals rather. There is a perception that Earthcaches are "difficult" and therefore not as many hides (and even finds take a while I believe).

     

    What is pleasing is the number of first time hiders that have come through in the past year.

     

    Grant, I concur.

     

    There is certainly a perception that doing ECs is a PITA. But now that there is an AFR Reviewer may have changed that. :)

     

    I have some spots for more ECs, but doing the research is very time-consuming. Also finding the material on the web is sometimes (make that mostly) difficult, as one does not always know how to structure the search terms to yield a managable number of useful / appropriate results. Also many web resources are locked behind academic logins, and if you don't have 'contacts' it can be difficult.

     

    What could be an idea to generate some enthusiasm is for a list to be put out of publically available EC / Geology related web resources?

     

    My 2c.

     

    PT

    Statistics - bend it anyway you like!

    in South Africa

    Posted

    Is a distribution Graph possible please?

     

    The horizontal axis is the number of finds. (This graph is for the whole of Africa.)

     

    Thanks Danie

     

    Seems to be as I expected. There is a very high 'start-up' number of cachers, but relatively few seem to progress much beyond 50 finds.

     

    We have seen this locally in KZN. Start up, find caches in the immediate vicinity of home/office, then realise that travel is required to progress further. Stop caching, or just find new hides close to home.

    I suppose it is much the same in the rest of SA and the world.

     

    But, with the price of fuel being high, this should be expected.

     

    PT

    Statistics - bend it anyway you like!

    in South Africa

    Posted

    Thanks Danie.

     

    Interesting stuff as usual.

     

    Is a distribution Graph possible please? I was thinking of something like this ...

     

    Y-axis - # of cachers

    X-axis - # of finds [2012 and all time], say in (roughly) logarithmic steps - 1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, 1000.

     

    Thanks (for when you are bored) :)

     

    PT

    URWIGO builder

    in Wherigo

    Posted · Edited by TechnoNut

    Your code is okay. The only thing which would prevent going into the right branch is that the matches are not moved to the player in the ranger(fox) dry.gif zone.

    Or (?) the inventory count does not work on some players ?

     

     

    Thanks! In the meantime I found another way. Instead of the Inventory Count, I do a simple If/Else testing for "Player contains Matches". If that is true I give the message, else I branch to the Go to the Ranger zone to get the matches. So far it is working OK.

     

    Thanks again for your help.

    URWIGO builder

    in Wherigo

    Posted

    I am having a problem with a section of my new cartridge - I am very much a newbie at this (bit do have some programming experience).

     

    The schema is below.

     

    My problem is this:

     

    On getting to the BBQ area (in SA we call this a Braai), a question is asked - "Do you want to light a fire". The answer must be Yes.

    If the answer is yes, the cart checks if the player has matches in his inventory. If not he is sent off to the Ranger hut to borrow some matches.

    If he does have matches, he should get a "Well Done: message and is given the final co-ordinates. (I still need to finish that bit).

    When he returns to the BBQ area, (this time with matches), the logic should give him the "Well Done" message, but it still goes back to the "No Matches" branch. :(

     

    What am I doing wrong?

     

    question.jpg

    Help please :)

     

    Pete

    Statistics - bend it anyway you like!

    in South Africa

    Posted

    My latest stats tell me this - one of us must be wrong :) Stats dated 17 November.

    You have found 1790 caches in Africa from 3 Apr 2010 to 17 Nov 2012, for an average of 1.86 finds/day. This puts you in the 16th place.

     

    It is unfortunately not practical to calculate this for all (worldwide) finds, because this would mean that I need to have access to all the find logs - not possible with only 5 PQs per day.

     

    Thanks Danie - OK, now that I know it is African finds only, you are probably correct :)

    Statistics - bend it anyway you like!

    in South Africa

    Posted

    Most active cachers in Africa:

    The following cachers have the highest find rate over their whole caching career (from first find to last find). 

    1.  MadSons:    	4.00 caches/day
---snip---
9.  Danie Viljoen:  2.06 caches/day
10. Elsies:    	1.94 caches/day

     

    Hi Danie

     

    What select statement are you using for that?

     

    My latest stats tell me this - one of us must be wrong :) Stats dated 17 November.

     

    stat.jpg

     

    PT

    GC4xxxx Series is alive

    in South Africa

    Posted

    According to my worldwide database, cache placement has been as follows:

     

    GCxx - GCZZZZ: Started on 3 May 2000, lasted for 6.6 years

    GC10000 - GC1ZZZZ: Started on 24 Dec 2006, lasted for 2.8 years

    GC20000 - GC2ZZZZ: Started on 18 Oct 2009, lasted for 1.7 years

    GC30000 - GC3ZZZZ: Started on 9 Jul 2011, lasted for 1.3 years

    GC40000: Started on 23 Oct 2012

     

     

    Thanks Danie - I thought that you would have more accurate data :)

    I wonder how long it will be before we see GC50000?

    GC4xxxx Series is alive

    in South Africa

    Posted

    I see the GC4xxxx caches are now appearing ...

     

    According to my database (all of Africa), cache placement has been as follows.

     

    GCxxxx - May 2000 (start of caching)

    GC1xxxx - October 2005 (5.5 years)

    GC2xxxx - September 2009 (nearly 4 years)

    GC3xxxx - April 2011 (1.5 years)

    GC4xxxx - October 2012 (1.5 years)

     

    Certtainly there is some good growth :)

     

    My numbers may not be spot on but should be reasonable - maybe Anton or Danie can comment?

    The Sandpit

    in South Africa

    Posted · Edited by TechnoNut

    OK - apologies - I have been out the country since the MEGA. Back now - and it looks like I need to arrange the double header.

     

     

    What's happening besides the dreaded KZN lethargy? (not meaning you CH) :)

    The Sandpit

    in South Africa

    Posted

    OK - looks liek a double header - Ysbeer and Hovelj both got there this weekend in Pretoria. Looking like an event in late Oct - just a venue to be decided.

     

    Congrats to Ysbeer and hovelj on your 1000. Have fun getting the next 1000

     

    And from this side as well. Congrats to John & Willem. Now let's see the next 500 and the next 1000!! Well done! :D

    Statistics - bend it anyway you like!

    in South Africa

    Posted

    I know this can be done via GSAK, but it is a bit long winded.

     

    For the SQLite query writers - is there an easn way of generating a table of the number of active cache types by Province / Municipal District?

     

    e.g. Province - District: # Traditional, # Multi, # Unknown, # Earthcache ....etc ...

     

    TIA

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