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Is there any chance of getting an mp3 of the interview? ------- jeremyp The second ten million caches were the worst too. http://www.jeremyp.net/geocaching

quote:Originally posted by Icenians: I am keeping the tracks from the summit but that only gives me date and position when copied of onto the PC. Would be nice to get the time and speed as well. It depends on the software you use to upload the tracks. Cetainly with Map Source and the Vista you get speed and bearing information for every track point. ------- jeremyp The second ten million caches were the worst too. http://www.jeremyp.net/geocaching

The one at Swanage has my vote. ------- jeremyp The second ten million caches were the worst too. http://www.jeremyp.net/geocaching

On the other thread there was a suggestion of putting one of the goals in London. Can I put my vote in against that for the following reasons: - there are a lot of cachers based South or South West of London. These cachers would have to travel a long way to participate (assuming the bug doesn't get way off track) - there are a lot of caches in London, but very few physical caches. - it's either difficult (by car) or expensive (by train) to get into London. OK, the last two don't really count because they just mean "caches are a bit sparse and hard to get to" which you could probably say applies to all the caches in Scotland. I would suggest a location further South for the goal say near the South coast or somewhere in the South West. ------- jeremyp The second ten million caches were the worst too. http://www.jeremyp.net/geocaching

So the answer is we need to have a team list in advance, thus if a non-player takes the TB it's just a lost TB. New players could be allowed to join while the game is in progress at the discretion of the referee. ------- jeremyp The second ten million caches were the worst too. http://www.jeremyp.net/geocaching

Like Moss Trooper I started with a Summit and then upgraded to a Vista. The mapping is quite good and useful for navigating your car to the car park or any location, but there are currently no maps suitable for the final walk to the cache. The other problem i have with it is the antenna is lousy so that I have problems with caches hidden in woodland (hence the reason for my aversion to woodland based caches). I had heard that there was a GPS unit available where you can download bitmap images of maps to it. Then you could just use the ones off streetmap.co.uk. It might have been my imagination of course. Also, some models allow you to attach external antennas for better reception, which would be cool. Other than that, the Vista does the job very well. I recommend getting the wire that allows you to power it off a car cigarette lighter, the Garmin one is expensive but I reckon I've already recovered the cost in batteries (and it lets you have the display light on all the time, which is useful in the dark). I bought mine from gpsw.co.uk where I see it now costs £300 although you will need Map Source software to take best advantage of the mapping facility. I went for European Roads and Recreation as the cheapest. ------- jeremyp The second ten million caches were the worst too. http://www.jeremyp.net/geocaching

I originally suggested the nearest 25 rule simply because it is easy to check and easy for the "player" to determine what is a legal move. However, as you say it does have advantages if you assume that densely packed areas have dense geocachers... err I mean have lots of geocachers in them. Thus, although any one cacher cannot move the TB far, there are lots of cachers around to keep the pace up. Under the 25 rule, the furthest cache from my house is only 15 miles away. ------- jeremyp The second ten million caches were the worst too. http://www.jeremyp.net/geocaching

Rules look good to me. One point, (there has to be one!) it is possible, though unlikely that a move that was thought to be legal turns out not to be due to a new cache appearing on the same day thus pushing the cache that the TB was placed in to be pushed off the first page. This should not incur a penalty IMHO. Also (OK two points) I'd have a rule which says you must replace the TB the same day. This will keep it in play and mean it doesn't get hoarded at somebody's house when they meant to place it the next day but some crisis came up that meant they had to leave the country for six months. Other than that, it's fine. ------- jeremyp The second ten million caches were the worst too. http://www.jeremyp.net/geocaching

Anybody responded to this yet? I think somebody should do it. I'd be prepared to do it, but I think somebody who lives in the area or has set a few more caches would be better. ------- jeremyp The second ten million caches were the worst too. http://www.jeremyp.net/geocaching

quote:Just have to get my left's right--towlebooth It's more important to get your rights lefted (i.e make sure you move over from the *right hand* side of the road to the *left hand* side. ------- jeremyp The second ten million caches were the worst too. http://www.jeremyp.net/geocaching

quote:- Maybe someone could run a small website with the race details & results on? How about http://www.geocacheuk.com ------- jeremyp The second ten million caches were the worst too. http://www.jeremyp.net/geocaching

quote:Originally posted by Team Blitz:It took us 5 minutes but we found it...but not where we put it! Oh no! That means I've got to go back into those horrible spikey trees I hope you liked my photos of your "rabbits". ------- jeremyp The second ten million caches were the worst too. http://www.jeremyp.net/geocaching

quote:Originally posted by Team Blitz:It took us 5 minutes but we found it...but not where we put it! Oh no! That means I've got to go back into those horrible spikey trees I hope you liked my photos of your "rabbits". ------- jeremyp The second ten million caches were the worst too. http://www.jeremyp.net/geocaching

quote:Originally posted by Moss Trooper:Errrrrrr.. If it is impossible why are OSGB printing them.. ???? They aren't. I have Landranger sheet 184 which by happy chance has the 2deg west longitude going through it. This lines up perfectly with the west edge of the SU grid square - I checked top and bottom with a straight edge. Actually this is not a coincidence, the OS grid baseline is W2d. I plugged in a grid reference to Map source (SU 00000 50000) and converted to WGS84. The longitude came out as W 2 00.08 which is doesn't seem much but is actually about 98 metres. When I zeroed the minutes and converted back to a grid ref I got SU 00098 50000 which is resolvable on a 1:50000 Landranger map (a difference of 1 in a 6 figure ref). I also have Explorer 174 - a 1:25000 map with the prime meridian marked on it as a green line right across the map. The line passes though the 0 longitude on the scale at the top of the map. It also passes through TL 37840 15000 which is on the top edge of the map. The 4 I estimated because the green line looked to be just to the left of the middle of the interval between 378 and 379. This time I changed the position format from OS grid ref to deg mins, noted the position, then changed the datum to WGS84 and created a new waypont with the same position. It was 120 metres away and on changing back to OSGB and OS groid ref had a ref of TL 37952 14956. The Eastings were different by 112 metres which is easy to resolve on a 1:25000 map. The above leads me to conclude that the W2d line is almost certainly based on the OSGB datum and the 0d line is definitely based on OSGB. In my opinion, the OS person you spoke to misunderstood your question. ------- jeremyp The second ten million caches were the worst too. http://www.jeremyp.net/geocaching

quote:Originally posted by Team Blitz: If this cache was our one jeremy, sorry, we will go up and check it in the next few days. The third is the most difficult but both subarite and djh found it. Team Blitz Ok, we've found it, now where did we put the car? No need to be sorry. If every cache was easy, we'd all soon get bored. Even if it turns out that cache 3 is missung, it's not your fault. ------- jeremyp The second ten million caches were the worst too. http://www.jeremyp.net/geocaching

quote:Originally posted by Team Blitz: If this cache was our one jeremy, sorry, we will go up and check it in the next few days. The third is the most difficult but both subarite and djh found it. Team Blitz Ok, we've found it, now where did we put the car? No need to be sorry. If every cache was easy, we'd all soon get bored. Even if it turns out that cache 3 is missung, it's not your fault. ------- jeremyp The second ten million caches were the worst too. http://www.jeremyp.net/geocaching

quote:Originally posted by McDehack:Surly the object is to arrive at a location that a GPS devise leads one to. The object is to get to a location that somebody else has posted on a web page. quote:So finding the location, and the required information, or an object must count as a cache find. Yes, which is why I have no problem with logging a find for each cache in the Sherlock/rainbow series. quote:Who ever said the amount of finds does not count? Then why are congratulations sent to whom ever has found their first one hundred caches? For some, numbers do count and I will confess that I am now trying to increase my number of finds. It's nice to get a bit of recognition from other cachers. But that is the only reward you get for reaching 100. Therefore, there is no point in worrying unduly about "soft touch series". quote:Another confession that I will make is that today I found a cache without the aid of my etrex or Street pilot. At hone, I typed in the co-ords into Mapsouce. I recognised the spot, and during the day when I dropped a job close by. I went to the spot and found the clues to log yet another virtual find to my list. Now should this count as a find? OF course it should. There are no rules to say you *have* to use an electronic GPS receiver to find a cache. I actually privately rate caches I find without a GPSr more highly. It gives me a greater sense of achievement to navigate my way to a place without whizz bang technology. I've never done this outside London though. ------- jeremyp The second ten million caches were the worst too. http://www.jeremyp.net/geocaching

quote:Originally posted by Moss Trooper:Why should it be incredable!! It actually makes common sense. It doesn't take to much effort to print maps that have 2 different Datum systems. As for not finding WGS84 on their maps.. thats why I contacted them.. to confirm.. I do disagree about the difference it makes.. If you use 1/25000 maps it can make a significant difference. Moss de Boss... Sorta My point is: you can't print a map with two different datums. I agree you could overlay a WGS84 grid on an OSGB36 map, but the lines of the grid wouldn't be straight. The point regarding the accuracy of lat/long readings on an OS map was nothing to do with the resolution of the map. OSGB36 and WGS84 can disagree by up to 200 metres. This can be discernable even on a 1/50,000 map. The point was that the lat/long axes are not divided up into enough divisions and the lat/long grid lines do not go across the map itself. You'd need some very long rulers to get an accurate fix. Lastly: if a map says "uses OSGB36" datum on it, then all position references must use that datum. Most people aren't going to think "hmmm I wonder if the OS are keeping something from us, I'll give them a ring and find out". They will just use the reference and assume it's what the map says. That's why I find the statement that the OS use both datums on their maps (simultaneously) incredible. ------- jeremyp The second ten million caches were the worst too. http://www.jeremyp.net/geocaching [This message was edited by jeremyp on August 05, 2002 at 12:49 PM.]

845 last time I ran Rob&Lisa's script ------- jeremyp The second ten million caches were the worst too. http://www.jeremyp.net/geocaching

That one's been going around for years. The advice is good, never forward anything like this. ------- jeremyp The second ten million caches were the worst too. http://www.jeremyp.net/geocaching

Why does the axe have to be an alternative to Ja Ja Binks? A picture of them both would be acceptable (with the one embedded in the head of the other). The above reflects my opinion of Ja Ja not Pid BTW. ------- jeremyp The second ten million caches were the worst too. http://www.jeremyp.net/geocaching

Why does the axe have to be an alternative to Ja Ja Binks? A picture of them both would be acceptable (with the one embedded in the head of the other). The above reflects my opinion of Ja Ja not Pid BTW. ------- jeremyp The second ten million caches were the worst too. http://www.jeremyp.net/geocaching

It's up to the person who places the cache. I attempted three today, one a multi in several parts and two normal caches. I'd rate both the normal caches as being easier than most of the Sherlock and Rainbow caches. In fact, Rainblow had a cache that took me nearly an hour and Sherlock 3 took three separate visits. The multi was vicious and I failed at it. When I succeed I'll only get one log for it. How is this fair? It's fair because nobody ever said all logs had to be indicative of a minimum level of difficulty. There is no competition, there are no prizes for reaching 100 (other than recognition on this forum). You log the cache to show the hider that you found it and as a record for yourself. ------- jeremyp The second ten million caches were the worst too. http://www.jeremyp.net/geocaching

quote:On another note about OSGB36 and WGS84, and this was confirmed by OSGB when I contacted them.. The national grid on OS maps is OSGB36 while the Lat/Long on OSGB maps IS WGS84 Moss de Boss... Sorta That I find incredible. It's not just a question of moving the equator and meridian. The two systems actually assume that the Earth is a different shape. Moreover I can't find anywhere on a Landranger D series map that even mentions WGS84. Of course you'd never get a lat/long off one that was accurate enough to tell the difference. ------- jeremyp The second ten million caches were the worst too. http://www.jeremyp.net/geocaching

Actually I'm maintaining *all* the scripts. The reason the custom stuff isn't available yet is because the cgi will need some minor changes to make it work in the new location and I just haven't got around to doing it yet. Unfortunately, Mark is away for the weekend so they probably will not get posted to his web site until afterwards. However, if there is demand I'll try and get them on my own web site *temporarily* until the official version is up. BTW: if anybody has any suggestions for new features, you can mail them to me or the address on the UK stats page. BTBTW: A big thanks to Rob and Lisa for all the work they have done on this. I'm sure everybody agrees that their page is one of the most useful private geocaching pages there is, especially the bits I haven't got working yet Thank you for your patience, normal service will be resumed shortly ------- jeremyp The second ten million caches were the worst too. http://www.jeremyp.net/geocaching