ewing Posted July 22, 2005 Share Posted July 22, 2005 Brand new to this/this forum. Curious what kind of data you can see online about a cache. ie, when a specific one is supposed to move east for instance - what info can you see about it's move? I take it you can obviously see where it is *now*, but can you still see where it *was* and how it moved? ie can you tell if it travelled in a car @ 127kmh ESE for 2hours 5mins & 22seconds? just wondering how detailed of tracking data you can view online about these little things. Quote Link to comment
+webscouter. Posted July 22, 2005 Share Posted July 22, 2005 Caches for the most part don't move. There are a few exceptions but they are not the norm. The cache isn't tracked. The coordinates are put on the page by the hider. It isn't an active thing. There are a few caches that are APRS enabled that can be tracked actively but you have to go to an off site link for them. They also are not the norm. If you want to find out what caching is about you might sign in to your local regional forum and see if you can tag along with an established cacher. Quote Link to comment
+OHMIKY Posted July 22, 2005 Share Posted July 22, 2005 could this question be about a travel bug or coin and using incorrect terminology? Quote Link to comment
+webscouter. Posted July 22, 2005 Share Posted July 22, 2005 Even so they don't have a tracking device on them. The one APRS cache I know of is temporarily disabled. Quote Link to comment
ewing Posted July 22, 2005 Author Share Posted July 22, 2005 Even so they don't have a tracking device on them. The one APRS cache I know of is temporarily disabled. re: travel bugs/coins - no tracking ability? i thought that was the point of them. nah, nothing to do with geocaching really. just wanted to know if the bugs/coins could be used in different applications... ie if i carried one, could i then view my path online as well as other trajectory/acceleration/velocity data etc. Quote Link to comment
+webscouter. Posted July 22, 2005 Share Posted July 22, 2005 Travel Bugs are just dog tags attached to an object of your choosing. If you carry your GPS with you then you can have access to all that stuff you want. Path=track Velocity=speed Trajectory can be found as an instantaneous altitude. You would have to do your own math. Same with acceleration. Quote Link to comment
+sbell111 Posted July 22, 2005 Share Posted July 22, 2005 You can also pull up a map that will show you where the travel bug has been and give you the number of miles that it has moved. Quote Link to comment
+TeamAO Posted July 23, 2005 Share Posted July 23, 2005 I think you may be talking about travel bugs. There was a geocache called "the fox" or "red fox" and they had a "fox hunt", where the goal moved in real time. Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted July 23, 2005 Share Posted July 23, 2005 I think the OP is thinking of travel bugs like Where's George bills. That site tells you how long it took to get from point a to point b and calculates the "speed" in which the bill travelled, etc. No, travel bugs aren't tracked that way. Quote Link to comment
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