holograph Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 There were no GEOCAC recovery reports added to the NGS datasheets in April. It looks like there is a backlog for updates. I've updated the statistics page with the new Geocaching log counts. Since there were no new NGS reports, I did not update the maps. Quote Link to comment
Wintertime Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 There were no GEOCAC recovery reports added to the NGS datasheets in April. It looks like there is a backlog for updates. Yeah, I've been noticing that. I have one county that should turn "red" as soon as the reports are processed, so I've been checking a couple of the submitted marks every so often. Two marks I submitted the third week of March now have reports. Perhaps those were processed in March and you caught them in your April update. But a bunch of others that I submitted a week later haven't resulted in updated data sheets yet. Patty Quote Link to comment
Papa-Bear-NYC Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 I checked tonight (May 2) and all my recoveries from late March and all of April have suddenly appeared. You might want to run your download now (even though it's one day late) as you will very nearly get the stats as of May. Quote Link to comment
Wintertime Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 Hey, mine are there now, too! Patty Quote Link to comment
68-eldo Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 Maybe Deb Brown is messing with you Holograph :-) Quote Link to comment
Wintertime Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 Maybe Deb Brown is messing with you Holograph :-) LOL! Yes, I can just see her sitting there saying, "Hah! We got him! Okay, go ahead and upload them now..." Just kidding, Deb... Patty Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 [ I have one county that should turn "red" as soon as the reports are processed, so I've been checking a couple of the submitted marks every so often. Patty Ah. I'm not the only one having fun playing with colors! We're working on the NJ DeLorme Challenge, and found a few benchmarks in Princeton, Mercer County. Quote Link to comment
holograph Posted May 6, 2008 Author Share Posted May 6, 2008 The NGS posted 865 GEOCAC recoveries at the beginning of this month, so I've updated the statistics and the maps. Quote Link to comment
+shorbird Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 (edited) Thank you for the updates. Love those maps!! It's good to see Franklin County OH in the 100+ group. Only one more white county in PA--anyone have a road trip planned to Johnstown(Cambria County)? Are the county numbers coming, too? Edited May 6, 2008 by shorbird Quote Link to comment
holograph Posted May 6, 2008 Author Share Posted May 6, 2008 Thank you for the updates. Love those maps!! It's good to see Franklin County OH in the 100+ group. Only one more white county in PA--anyone have a road trip planned to Johnstown(Cambria County)? Are the county numbers coming, too? There were already there, I just didn't mention them. The county numbers. Quote Link to comment
Wintertime Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Holograph, thanks for redoing the May statistics! Drat, I thought I had a county that was going to turn red. I forgot that it needed 101 marks to do that; I've got it up to exactly 100! Oh well, sometime soon... BTW, Holo, if you get a chance sometime, could you maybe put a link on your site to the county numbers page? Or is there one that I just haven't spotted in the navigation bar yet? Thanks! Patty Quote Link to comment
+m&h Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 (edited) Holograph-- Many thanks, as always. Especially for the second try! It looks like we can take credit for the addition of Del Norte County, California. Cheers, Edited May 7, 2008 by m&h Quote Link to comment
+TheBeanTeam Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 Holograph-- Many thanks, as always. Especially for the second try! It looks like we can take credit for the addition of Del Norte County, California. Cheers, I was down in California last month as well and was able to color Shasta County red for its first GEOCAC recovery. We came back up the coast and I had hoped to make some finds along the way but time got away from us. I was paying special attention to maps showing that area and wondered who might have made the report. Great information as always. I have really enjoyed the county breakdowns as well. It has given me a new view of what has been recovered in my home state and the minor part I have taken in it. Thanks again Holograph. Quote Link to comment
+PFF Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 Thanks for the second pass. Appreciated, as always! AZcachemeister posted an impressive 200-plus marks since the April run. Sudden burst of energy, or were you clearing out a backlog? Good activity also from Shorbird, 2/3 Marine, VagabondsWV, Possum, and several others. I suspect that GPSblake (who uses his bicycle on many hunts) got some good exercise by logging 32 in April. Great job, everyone! -Paul- Quote Link to comment
AZcachemeister Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 Thanks for the second pass. Appreciated, as always! AZcachemeister posted an impressive 200-plus marks since the April run. Sudden burst of energy, or were you clearing out a backlog? Good activity also from Shorbird, 2/3 Marine, VagabondsWV, Possum, and several others. I suspect that GPSblake (who uses his bicycle on many hunts) got some good exercise by logging 32 in April. Great job, everyone! -Paul- A little of both, I guess! I finally decided to post notes for quite a few missing marks I have been repeatedly revisiting. I wanted to be sure I hadn't overlooked anything before reporting a Not Found. As well, I have suspended my Geocaching activities, and am now concentrating on ONLY Benchmark Hunting. Quote Link to comment
+Astro_D Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Hey Holo, Could you clarify for me what the maps represent? Are they representative of the number of BM logged on Geocaching for the month and/or the number logged to NGS by geocachers or am I completely missing the ball here and its something else entirely? I know we recovered about a dozen near the end of April and logged them on geocaching, but never logged them to the NGS (we really need to do this as we have recovered a few that have never been recovered or its been 10+ years since its last log). I guess I'm confused as to how or if our recoveries get reflected in the maps. Sorry for being so dumb. Kat AstroD-Team Quote Link to comment
+Astro_D Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Hey Holo, Could you clarify for me what the maps represent? Are they representative of the number of BM logged on Geocaching for the month and/or the number logged to NGS by geocachers or am I completely missing the ball here and its something else entirely? I know we recovered about a dozen near the end of April and logged them on geocaching, but never logged them to the NGS (we really need to do this as we have recovered a few that have never been recovered or its been 10+ years since its last log). I guess I'm confused as to how or if our recoveries get reflected in the maps. Sorry for being so dumb. Kat AstroD-Team Quote Link to comment
holograph Posted May 12, 2008 Author Share Posted May 12, 2008 There are two maps. Both maps are based on recovery reports sent to the NGS under the GEOCAC organization code. One map shows the cumulative number of reports that have been made to the NGS by geocachers, the other map shows the activity for the most recent month. If you send reports to the NGS, very often they won't appear on the datasheets until a month later. So reports you made last month may not affect the map until next month. Quote Link to comment
+Astro_D Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 There are two maps. Both maps are based on recovery reports sent to the NGS under the GEOCAC organization code. One map shows the cumulative number of reports that have been made to the NGS by geocachers, the other map shows the activity for the most recent month. If you send reports to the NGS, very often they won't appear on the datasheets until a month later. So reports you made last month may not affect the map until next month. Thank you. So in other words if we want to contribute to coloring the counties in Wisconsin, we really need to submit reports to the NGS. I hate writing reports. Quote Link to comment
Wintertime Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 So in other words if we want to contribute to coloring the counties in Wisconsin, we really need to submit reports to the NGS. I hate writing reports. There's really no "writing" required. It's mostly clicking on radio buttons and entering a few bits of text (PID, date, and, if you want, your initials). However, please don't feel that you need to file reports with the NGS. Some of the most active people on this forum never do. The NGS database has its own quirks and requirements that one needs to understand. And, of course, entering logs on two different databases takes more time. So you're welcome to just log them on Gc.com--or just have fun finding them and don't log them at all! Patty Quote Link to comment
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