Chris n Maria
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You make it sound as though where you live is
Dull, uninteresting, ugly, unchallenging and boring
Maybe you should move!
Bob
Maybe
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Surely all caches have a point!! Even if it's only to visit them?
How about a cache, placed without landowners permission. And were there is no legal access! After trying for a FTF, and finding out that there was no access, and after querying the cache owner, it turned out he'd walked through 2 closed gates, the first with "No Entry" clearly signed on it. On asking for permission he was refused on safty grounds.
Dave
Even though that cache seems to have been incorrectly placed, there was still a point to it. To find it!!
Sorry - Can't agree there.
I've always seen a cache as a way of saying "here is somewhere interesting/pretty/chaalenging/fun that I want to show you". I would rate a pointless cache as one that is only placed so that the setter can say they have placed it.
IMHO A micro stuck to the lampost outside my house would be completly pointless.
Chris
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Not sure if this is true but I did hear/read somewhere? that the enormous increase in the tick population was due to the fact that farmers are no longer using the old fashioned 'sheep dips'. Something to do with them being a health hazard (to the farmers... sod the poor little sheep
). The alternative, apparently, is to have each of your sheep vaccinated/immunised/given a shot of something by the local vet. As this tends to be expensive and we all know how much it costs to run new Volvos, it doesn't get done.... hence the tick explosion. 
You mean there might be a downside to organic farming ? That not everything "natural" is good for us ? Hush, whisper it not !
Not sure its anything to do with organics - the sheep dip in question is organo-phosphates which are derived from reasearch with nerve agents.
If nerve gas was one of the hazards I faced at work I think I would want it banned too
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While Waypoint Workbench is very valuable especially for extracting waypoints within the text of cache descriptions and Chris is very helpful in providing new features on request, GPSU does cater for 10 digit OS coords and seems to me to be the answer to the original request.
WW supports 10 digits too
In this case it looks like GPSU is the way to go as it can read tracklog files nativly and I wont be able to get WW to do this.s
Chris
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Just another thought - if you let me have an example tracklogs format file I will see if I can add the conversion directly thus eliminating the need to type them in.
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waypoint workbench
That only converts - I am trying to find a program that will download directly to the GPS. I am hoping that by going through as few steps as possible that errors are not introduced.
Thanks.
The errors arnt introduced by using more software they occur in 2 places:
1. Good old GPS accuracy which can be 3meters to 30meters depending on tree cover.
2. conversion limitations - WW (and others) use a conversion method that is accurate to 5 meters. AFAIK Grid inquest is the only tool that provides a better conversion.
All Exports from WW are done in WGS84 format so whatever it displays as the WGS84 coords are what will apear on the GPS.
Is the difference in the region of 10meters or is it much higher? A difference of 100meters or so usually points to using a wrong datum.
Chris
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We have a cache in an SSSI and the warden of the site was perfectly happy with it, there is no need to treat them as no go areas just ask permission. The warden of our site has much more to worry about with vandals, rubbish and kids setting light to the haystacks in the summer.
Proper managment of this SSSI (which features some very rare orcids and wildflowers) involves chopping down all the wildflowers to make hay, ensuring the ground is trampled by cows on a regular basis, Hacking back encroaching woodland using heavy machinery and flooding the fields. In amongst all this managed damage a few people visiting a single ammo box dosnt have any discernable impact. As wildlifewriter said there are a number of reasons why an area can have this designation so its best to find out from those involved in the areas management.
Chris
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The only stupid question is one you don't ask (except maybe, "Are you asleep?")
and of course:
Where do seedless grapes come from?
Do dogs have bellybuttons?
Why do you never see baby pidgeons?
etc.etc.
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Our sympathies to the White family. We had
A similar thing happen last year. They smashed the window because the boot cover was over (but nothing in there)..
We make a point of always leaving the cover rolled back now.
Chris
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as is the loo. Two birds, one stone.
I recommend seeing a doctor straight away - thats not normal !
Chris
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Real caches are much better than virtuals.
Not always - a rubbish location is a rubbish location whether it is a physical or a virtual. A really good virt can be much better than half adozen easy physicalls. IMHO.
Chris
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Autoroute uses decimal degrees whereas GC.com uses decimal minutes. There are many ways to convert between the two but if you have Excel then Waypoint Workbench will convert between lots of different formats.
Chris
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Hope they get better accuracy than the 8 meters I usually get! 8 meters would put you on the wrong line completly!
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Good stuff Paul - nice little segment.
The rest of the program seemed like an extrended guide to our caches with at least 4 of them shown. Does this count as advertising
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I wonder when they filmed it. I cant see them getting any TV gear up to loughton camp at the moment as it is very soggy indeed.
Setting the video now
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If you download the file from the site the Phillimore Clan suggested, the .zip file contains .csv files of the gatso etc. locations. (3500 gatsos!)
You'll have to convert this .csv file to the format required for importing into the 60CS.
I don't know what the best software to do this would be. I can't find how to do it in GSAK or EasyGPS. Any recommendations anyone?
Doesn't Chris's excellent Waypoint Workbench do this? You will need a copy of MS-Excel to use it though. WayPoint WorkBench
It should do - any problems let me know
Chris
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There is a MULTI that uses mam tor (I think) But I have not got arount to it YET !!!
Cache pageWhen are you up there ?
We would recommend that one too - one of the best days caching we have ever had. And its all virtual
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Made me laugh - but I am a big fan of tran strikes. It means I get to stay at home
Chris
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I had to read teasels post twice before I realised E meant England not East!!!
Doh!
Chris
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Do we need to obtain permission for every cache we want to site ?
In effect yes. GC.com list caches on the principle that you have sought the landowners permission.
If you place one and ASSUME permission then that is completley your responsibility. In the UK we have rights of way and now right to roam but there is no right to place a cache anywhere so you should get permission.
Chris
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If I buy a new car I expect to be able to drive it away, not be told that I need to put it together first. Same here. I've never dealt with all these three letter abbreviations and the assumption appears to be that everyone knows what they are. Think I'll stick to felling trees!
That only works because you had driving lessons at some time and learnt how to drive a car. Then with each new car all you had to do was learn what the differences are from your last car.
I'm afraid we are a long way from computers (and cars) that are that intuative that you don't need to take the time to learn how to use them.. one day perhaps
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<<the latest version of Memory-Map now allows import of LOC and GPX files directly, >>
Maybe the version you use in the USA does, but not the one we use here in the UK - at least, not that I'm aware of.
I've downloaded versions and looked lall over the place and I agree with the Birders!
Chris
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> Can someone please tell me what a benchmark is?
It's the US equivalent of a trig point. A known point, used for surveying.
Wrong!
A benchmark in the UK is solely for vertical reference.
hmmm,
I think the question was relating to benchmarks within Geocaching.com which are the US ones. In the uk the equivelant is trigpointing which can be found at www.trigpointinguk.com.
Chris
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This will load the file into pocketie.......
Thats where I usually put my handie
). The alternative, apparently, is to have each of your sheep vaccinated/immunised/given a shot of something by the local vet. As this tends to be expensive and we all know how much it costs to run new Volvos, it doesn't get done.... hence the tick explosion. 
To The Decent And The Snides
in United Kingdom and Ireland
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Me too - paranoia any one?
Chris