+PopUpPirate Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 (edited) Like caching? Like trigs? Many caches are hidden near to trig points, but it's not easy to find them without a lot of searching around. You can claim two finds for each of these special types of hide - one on Geocaching.com and one on http://www.trigpointinguk.com/ If you were in the US doing this sort of thing, you could of course log their equivalent - the Benchmark - on GC.com - another thread entirely which can be discussed here or here Anyways, I've compiled a bookmark list, and there's just over 500 at present. I've had to split the list in two, with the first list having 498 waypoints in it, and the second having 21 or so : 2 for 1 : Caches At Trigs which covers all of England and Wales. 2 for 1 : More Caches At Trigs which covers the extreme N of Scotland and any new ones that crop up. The bookmark lists show strictly all Trad, Letterbox Hybrid or Earth Caches that are 0.1 miles or less from a Trig point. The latter list will be added to as more caches near trigs get hidden. Why bother? Well, as stated, some might wish to combine their two hobbys, or at least be a bit curious. Also, as many trigs are of course situated at prominent viewpoints, some might consider a cache near a trig to be one well worth hunting down (for a milestone, perhaps). Edited August 17, 2008 by PopUpPirate Quote Link to comment
lakeuk Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 Why stop at just including the trigs, also include the following:- Wainwrights Marilyns Munros Corbetts Grahams Donalds Murdos Hewitts Nuttalls Buxton & Lewis Dewey Birketts Quote Link to comment
+PopUpPirate Posted August 17, 2008 Author Share Posted August 17, 2008 (edited) I've run out of bookmark lists Hope you find it handy. Edited August 17, 2008 by PopUpPirate Quote Link to comment
+Team Sieni Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Having undertaken a similar (but smaller) exercise myself (with my caches near coal tax posts list) I take my hat off to you. Must have been quite a bit of work! You can log trig points and benchmarks at another place provided by Groundspeak .... Quote Link to comment
+Team Sieni Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Why stop at just including the trigs, also include the following:- Wainwrights Marilyns ... Seriously ... if anyone would find this useful I could re-use the software I wrote for my coal tax posts. But I wouldn't be able to get around to it for for probably a couple of months. If anyone would find this useful, and is prepared to wait a few months, I'll have a bash. Or were you just being sarcy? Quote Link to comment
+rutson Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 (edited) This is trivial in GSAK if you maintain a full UK database. Happy to produce lists, might do the Nuttalls tonight. Edited August 18, 2008 by rutson Quote Link to comment
+PopUpPirate Posted August 18, 2008 Author Share Posted August 18, 2008 Yep, I did it with a 0.1 mile points filter, importing the GPX of all the trigs in. Then bookmarked 'em with a semi-automatic GSAK macro. Quote Link to comment
+Team Sieni Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Drifting off the subject a bit .... I don't use GSAK or maintain a local database (for my own reasons), which is why, whenever I do something of this nature - which to be honest isn't often - I needed to think a bit laterally. The best way I could find to get a reasonably selective PQ for caches near to a diverse set of points was to use those points as vertices in a route, and submit that. Defining the route so it not only looks aesthetically pleasing, but also tries to minimise the total length (to avoid spurious caches that are near to edges but not to vertices) is the fun bit. What I'd really like is "caches along a series of points". Is there an easier way (apart from the brute force method of submitting dozens of regular PQs)? Quote Link to comment
lakeuk Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 I've got access to all the details:- Mountain Waypoints Quote Link to comment
+PopUpPirate Posted August 19, 2008 Author Share Posted August 19, 2008 (edited) Cool! Thanks to that link, I've now created bookmark lists for : County Tops Hewitts Marilyns and Nuttalls Edited August 19, 2008 by PopUpPirate Quote Link to comment
+Birdman-of-liskatraz Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 I've added these new ones to my list of Bookmark lists Birdie's List of BookMark Lists I'm thinking PUP needs his own page... Quote Link to comment
+PopUpPirate Posted August 19, 2008 Author Share Posted August 19, 2008 Thanks - hope people find them of use Quote Link to comment
+rutson Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 Cool! Thanks to that link, I've now created bookmark lists for : County Tops Hewitts Marilyns and Nuttalls OOPS! I had that link as it belongs to someone I know. I was GOING to make those lists but it turns out there are some inaccuracies in the data Check out the position of Kinder Scout for example... I'm told better data is coming soon Quote Link to comment
+PopUpPirate Posted August 19, 2008 Author Share Posted August 19, 2008 Cheers Ian, lemme know when you get the more accurate stuff, I'll update 'em Quote Link to comment
+danhombre Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 Thanks for all your hard work Not sure if you have it, but you pass a trig point on foot, on the way to GCVVZ8 - would be quite handy to have it in your list. Quote Link to comment
+PopUpPirate Posted August 20, 2008 Author Share Posted August 20, 2008 It's done with straight maths, if it's a Trad, Earth or Letterbox within 0.1 miles of a Trig, it's in. Or, 0.2 miles for any of the other summits listed. Quote Link to comment
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