Chris n Maria
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We can't get more than 200 verified points due to only having 6 figure references for the rest, (6 figures is 100meters square).
How about we combine the two lists with those that are not verified having "*Not verified" after the name. That way you get loads more targets and we can have found/not found just like real caching...wadayafink
Chris
"We're not lost - we just don't know where we are"
London & UK Geocaching Resources: http://www.sheps.clara.net
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Right folks we have a choice, we can either have:1. Around 200 points that are guaranteed to be there and publicly accesable - these are the points that makeup the static GPS network.
2. Around 6200 points that are not guaranteed to still be there (though the thought of someone stealing a trig point is quite strange) and may not be on public land. These make up the old survey network which is not now maintained.
How do we want to play this game ?
Chris
"We're not lost - we just don't know where we are"
London & UK Geocaching Resources: http://www.sheps.clara.net
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Right folks we have a choice, we can either have:
1. Around 200 points that are guaranteed to be there and publicly accesable - these are the points that makeup the static GPS network.
2. Around 6200 points that are not guaranteed to still be there (though the thought of someone stealing a trig point is quite strange) and may not be on public land. These make up the old survey network which is not now maintained.
How do we want to play this game ?
Chris
"We're not lost - we just don't know where we are"
London & UK Geocaching Resources: http://www.sheps.clara.net
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Just to let you know that Team tate and I have managed to establish the positions of 151 trig points - that are publicly accesable. Hopefully more to come soon.
Chris
"We're not lost - we just don't know where we are"
London & UK Geocaching Resources: http://www.sheps.clara.net
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Just to let you know that Team tate and I have managed to establish the positions of 151 trig points - that are publicly accesable. Hopefully more to come soon.
Chris
"We're not lost - we just don't know where we are"
London & UK Geocaching Resources: http://www.sheps.clara.net
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Originally posted by Finger:I have just been on the OS site but I could not find the List of OS markers.
Please can someone post the link - It looks like I am being particularly stupid (Again !!)
Thanks in advance.
Finger
(UK Charter Member)
You need to go to www.gps.gov.uk and register first. Then you can see it.
Chris
"We're not lost - we just don't know where we are"
London & UK Geocaching Resources: http://www.sheps.clara.net
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Originally posted by Finger:I have just been on the OS site but I could not find the List of OS markers.
Please can someone post the link - It looks like I am being particularly stupid (Again !!)
Thanks in advance.
Finger
(UK Charter Member)
You need to go to www.gps.gov.uk and register first. Then you can see it.
Chris
"We're not lost - we just don't know where we are"
London & UK Geocaching Resources: http://www.sheps.clara.net
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Originally posted by page28:Can Chris Shepherd's conversion spreadsheet be used or some of the macros from it be modified for the purpose ?
no,forget it , on looking at it it doesn't go that way ....[This message was edited by page28 on May 16, 2002 at 06:06 AM.]
Current Version does (down the bottom of the screen).
Chris
"We're not lost - we just don't know where we are"
London & UK Geocaching Resources: http://www.sheps.clara.net
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Originally posted by page28:Can Chris Shepherd's conversion spreadsheet be used or some of the macros from it be modified for the purpose ?
no,forget it , on looking at it it doesn't go that way ....[This message was edited by page28 on May 16, 2002 at 06:06 AM.]
Current Version does (down the bottom of the screen).
Chris
"We're not lost - we just don't know where we are"
London & UK Geocaching Resources: http://www.sheps.clara.net
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Originally posted by Jeremy Irish:Add lat/lon to that spreadsheet and I'll add them in there. Somehow...
Jeremy
Jeremy Irish
Groundspeak - The Language of Location
Hurrah!
Team Tate - let me know if you need help adding WGS84 references to the spreadsheet (if they are not already there - can't get my login to gps.gov.uk to work at them moment to check)
Chris
"We're not lost - we just don't know where we are"
London & UK Geocaching Resources: http://www.sheps.clara.net
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Originally posted by Jeremy Irish:Add lat/lon to that spreadsheet and I'll add them in there. Somehow...
Jeremy
Jeremy Irish
Groundspeak - The Language of Location
Hurrah!
Team Tate - let me know if you need help adding WGS84 references to the spreadsheet (if they are not already there - can't get my login to gps.gov.uk to work at them moment to check)
Chris
"We're not lost - we just don't know where we are"
London & UK Geocaching Resources: http://www.sheps.clara.net
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Originally posted by trailwalker:Problem is, the geocaching.com site lists things in latitude/longitude and there's no easy way I can see to translate cache waypoints to your British system of UTM grids. The OS strip maps I have for the Coast to Coast Path are British Grid System and don't have lat/lon on them. Can anyone help me by locating caches on or very near the Coast to Coast Path and then giving me British grid references? -wally trimb
This might be of some help. Take a look at
Rob and Lisas Page which has all the UK caches listed with the OS grid ref & links to Streetmap.co.uk. To convert between grid systems you can try my Spreadsheet detailed below or if you register here you can do the conversion on-line. Hopefully some northern cachers can give you names of good caches.
Chris
"We're not lost - we just don't know where we are"
London & UK Geocaching Resources: http://www.sheps.clara.net
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page28 has just said what I would have - had I been here earlier.
You can find the images at: http://www.scubaboard.com/misc.php?s=&action=showsmilies
Chris
"We're not lost - we just don't know where we are"
London & UK Geocaching Resources: http://www.sheps.clara.net
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Originally posted by McDehack:I mean the pictures along the side
In that case all you need to do is edit your profile and add a picture as you Avatar. Use the change Acount Information link on the My Caching Page.
Chris
"We're not lost - we just don't know where we are"
London & UK Geocaching Resources: http://www.sheps.clara.net
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Do you mean this sort of thing :
or the pictures along the side ?Chris
"We're not lost - we just don't know where we are"
London & UK Geocaching Resources: http://www.sheps.clara.net
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Originally posted by GAZ:I agree. There are a few I haven't found, so I have logged them as "not found". The answers to virtuals must be correct, or there would be no point in setting them!
GAZ
Here Here,
Otherwise we should change our one in Paddington station to "Send me an Email if you have ever been in the station". Not much point is there ?
Chris
"We're not lost - we just don't know where we are"
London & UK Geocaching Resources: http://www.sheps.clara.net
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Originally posted by GAZ:I agree. There are a few I haven't found, so I have logged them as "not found". The answers to virtuals must be correct, or there would be no point in setting them!
GAZ
Here Here,
Otherwise we should change our one in Paddington station to "Send me an Email if you have ever been in the station". Not much point is there ?
Chris
"We're not lost - we just don't know where we are"
London & UK Geocaching Resources: http://www.sheps.clara.net
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Originally posted by Tim & JuneGuess we had better buy some more then!
Tim & June (Winchester)
Well we now have 3 of a possible 4 varieties - will we be the first to get all 4 ?
Chris
"We're not lost - we just don't know where we are"
London & UK Geocaching Resources: http://www.sheps.clara.net
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Originally posted by Tim & JuneGuess we had better buy some more then!
Tim & June (Winchester)
Well we now have 3 of a possible 4 varieties - will we be the first to get all 4 ?
Chris
"We're not lost - we just don't know where we are"
London & UK Geocaching Resources: http://www.sheps.clara.net
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Originally posted by Team Tate:Ok, some caches are full of tat, but it is not something that worries me. Would you rather be out for a nice walk on a sunny Sunday afternoon, getting fresh air and enjoying the scenery, or be sitting at home in front of the telly?...
You are right...but what about caches that arn't a nice walk, with nice scenery and still are full of tat ?
Chris
"We're not lost - we just don't know where we are"
London & UK Geocaching Resources: http://www.sheps.clara.net
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On My GPSV I like to keep the waypoints down to those that are relevant. I find it easiest to sort by Latitude and delete those that are well out of range.
Chris
"We're not lost - we just don't know where we are"
London & UK Geocaching Resources: http://www.sheps.clara.net
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Well said that man. Personally our rating for wether a cache is any good (or not) is based on th following priority.
1, It contains one of T&Js bears that need rescuing.
2, A great view, interesting/unusual place, nice countryside.
3, Pleasant walk to the cache.
4, Having an idea where to park.
5, A cache with lots of goodies.
We've done some that havn't scored on points 1-4 at all and could have been rescued by 5 but by the time we got to them they were full of tat.
We don't exchange that often as if you find something you want then you have to find something to replace it with. Also we tend to exchange for travelbugs as otherwise caches can start to look rather empty.
Chris
"We're not lost - we just don't know where we are"
London & UK Geocaching Resources: http://www.sheps.clara.net
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Originally posted by Brad&col:What is the highest number of caces that any one as dun in one day, we are to to 11.
can you beat that
Just managed to do 12 in Hertfordshire (the land of tupperware)today.
Chris
"We're not lost - we just don't know where we are"
London & UK Geocaching Resources: http://www.sheps.clara.net
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Originally posted by Brad&col:What is the highest number of caces that any one as dun in one day, we are to to 11.
can you beat that
Just managed to do 12 in Hertfordshire (the land of tupperware)today.
Chris
"We're not lost - we just don't know where we are"
London & UK Geocaching Resources: http://www.sheps.clara.net
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We can't get more than 200 verified points due to only having 6 figure references for the rest, (6 figures is 100meters square).
How about we combine the two lists with those that are not verified having "*Not verified" after the name. That way you get loads more targets and we can have found/not found just like real caching...wadayafink
Chris
"We're not lost - we just don't know where we are"
London & UK Geocaching Resources: http://www.sheps.clara.net