+Carbon Hunter Posted May 29, 2015 Author Posted May 29, 2015 Most of the Difficulty/Terrain combinations found: (Only African caches) 1. iPajero 81 The Huskies 81 rodnjoan 81 cownchicken 81 TechnoNut 81 Henzz 81 terunkie 81 AndyT1 81 pannie&medusae 81 paddawan 81 Mixs 81 Wh00 81 Zambesiboy 81 Team Pooky 81 TroopScouter 81 PackScouter 81 Delta_C 81 Skilpad 81 Strandloper3 81 20. Leon St 80 Spesbona 80 SKATTIE@1 80 TeamDJ* 80 Thedivespot 80 25. OneMatchFox 79 26. Thrips 78 battlerat and pussycat 78 ChrisDen 78 HovelJ 78 30. zombieZA 77 capeccr 77 Mooiman 77 33. Louise_Gerhard 76 Porky2 76 PieterM 76 bergbokkie 76 LegoMikey 76 tojoliveira 76 dandrade 76 family Behrens 76 Riisearch 76 42. ruben&alexandra 75 residencial.pordosol 75 escorcios 75 45. Elsies 74 NaviMate 74 horticalheta 74 RicardoGonçalvesrady 74 ricardomariagoncas 74 adilawson 74 FireflyAfrica 74 TatiyPedro 74 Very interesting! Thanks for this list.
+Carbon Hunter Posted May 29, 2015 Author Posted May 29, 2015 For the stats thread too: SA has just reached 281 active Earthcaches! Keep them coming - 300 is just around the corner. Western Cape remain the leading province - and actually extend their lead. a rough indicator: ECs by Prov 1 Western Cape 57 2 Eastern Cape 48 3 Kwazulu Natal 47 4 Gauteng 41 5 Mpumalanga 39 6 Northern Cape 20 7 Limpopo 17 8 North West 7 9 Free State 4
+Danie Viljoen Posted June 1, 2015 Posted June 1, 2015 Highest cache densities in Africa: Africa 5.5 caches per 10000 sq. km 1. Madeira 13454 caches per 10000 sq. km 2. Canary Islands 2350 caches per 10000 sq. km 3. Ceuta 1786 caches per 10000 sq. km 4. Seychelles 976 caches per 10000 sq. km 5. Reunion 466 caches per 10000 sq. km 6. Saint Helena 333 caches per 10000 sq. km 7. Mauritius 265 caches per 10000 sq. km 8. Cape Verde 102 caches per 10000 sq. km 9. South Africa 94.6 caches per 10000 sq. km 10. Sao Tome and Principe 51.9 caches per 10000 sq. km 11. Swaziland 41.5 caches per 10000 sq. km 12. Gambia 20.2 caches per 10000 sq. km 13. Lesotho 7.9 caches per 10000 sq. km 14. Djibouti 7.3 caches per 10000 sq. km 15. Tunisia 6.2 caches per 10000 sq. km (Ceuta is an autonomous Spanish city in Morocco.)
+cincol Posted June 1, 2015 Posted June 1, 2015 (edited) I'm surprised to see the stats on Seychelles. The caches there are few and far between but obviously the total size of the country comes into play in the calculations. We managed to do almost all the caches on Mahe [main island] in 1 day - only the 2 high up on a 8 hour hiking trail were not done along with 2 or 3 DNF's. Perhaps that will explain Madeira and Canary Islands as well. I still battle to get my head around those being part of "Africa"! Edited June 1, 2015 by cincol
+Danie Viljoen Posted June 2, 2015 Posted June 2, 2015 Population per cache: Africa 66357 persons/cache 1. Madeira 221 persons/cache 2. Saint Helena 404 persons/cache 3. Canary Islands 1260 persons/cache 4. Seychelles 1833 persons/cache 5. South Africa 4589 persons/cache 6. Reunion 6778 persons/cache 7. Cape Verde 10268 persons/cache 8. Swaziland 14333 persons/cache 9. Ceuta 15372 persons/cache 10. Mauritius 22578 persons/cache 11. Botswana 29675 persons/cache 12. Saõ Tomé and Príncipe 36635 persons/cache 13. Djibouti 53294 persons/cache 14. Zimbabwe 63463 persons/cache 15. The Gambia 72238 persons/cache
+Carbon Hunter Posted June 2, 2015 Author Posted June 2, 2015 Madeira and Canary Islands have a lot of caches - very popular with the EU tourists.
+Danie Viljoen Posted June 3, 2015 Posted June 3, 2015 Cache density: South Africa: World 177 caches per 10000 sq. km 2687 persons/cache Africa 5.5 caches per 10000 sq. km 66357 persons/cache South Africa 95 caches per 10000 sq. km 4589 persons/cache Rest of Africa 1.7 caches per 10000 sq. km 208587 persons/cache South Africa has about half the number of caches it should have according to the world averages of both density and persons/cache Per province: Gauteng 1644 caches per 10000 sq. km 4321 persons/cache KZN 237 caches per 10000 sq. km 4776 persons/cache Western Cape 190 caches per 10000 sq. km 2483 persons/cache Mpumalanga 96 caches per 10000 sq. km 5746 persons/cache Eastern Cape 96 caches per 10000 sq. km 4174 persons/cache Free State 51 caches per 10000 sq. km 4216 persons/cache North West 35 caches per 10000 sq. km 10072 persons/cache Limpopo 26 caches per 10000 sq. km 17486 persons/cache Northern Cape 4.8 caches per 10000 sq. km 6554 persons/cache
+Danie Viljoen Posted June 4, 2015 Posted June 4, 2015 Archived and Temporarily Archived caches per province: I was quite surprised to see Mpumalanga in the no. 1 spot, worse even than Gauteng. Does anybody have a theory why this is the case?
+cincol Posted June 4, 2015 Posted June 4, 2015 Mpumalanga caches - what would the effect of all the KNP caches being archived have been? Would it not have been a good place for "holiday caches" to have been placed in years gone by and then got archived due to lack of maintenance? Perhaps you could do a comparison with number of cachers in each province and see if there is any correlation to these stats? Just some thoughts.
+Danie Viljoen Posted June 5, 2015 Posted June 5, 2015 Mpumalanga caches - what would the effect of all the KNP caches being archived have been? It certainly sounds like a good explanation, but the following map of all the archived caches in Mpumalanga shows differently: Most of the archived caches in Mpumalanga are centered around Nelspruit and Hazyview.
+cincol Posted June 5, 2015 Posted June 5, 2015 Mpumalanga caches - what would the effect of all the KNP caches being archived have been? It certainly sounds like a good explanation, but the following map of all the archived caches in Mpumalanga shows differently: Most of the archived caches in Mpumalanga are centered around Nelspruit and Hazyview. WOW - almost looks like a Power Trail running north from Nelspruit.
+Danie Viljoen Posted June 8, 2015 Posted June 8, 2015 Most active cachers during the past year: In South Africa, during the year 5 June 2014 to 4 June 2015: 1. Spesbona: 1602 finds 2. Voëlhond: 1482 finds 3. iPajero: 1262 finds 4. The Huskies: 1213 finds 5. AdieA: 1191 finds 6. Team Venter: 1178 finds 7. ChrisDen: 1074 finds 8. GorNat: 1059 finds 9. Andredj: 963 finds 10. Mixs: 862 finds During this time a total of 7869 cachers found at least one cache in South Africa, and 2103 were "active" (in the sense that they found the equivalent of at least one cache per month). For all of Africa: 1. Spesbona: 1608 finds 2. Voëlhond: 1484 finds 3. iPajero: 1263 finds 4. The Huskies: 1218 finds 5. AdieA: 1195 finds 6. Team Venter: 1178 finds 7. ChrisDen: 1088 finds 8. GorNat: 1063 finds 9. Andredj: 997 finds 10. Louise_Gerhard: 863 finds 26093 cachers found at least one cache in Africa during the year, and 6940 were active cachers.
+Danie Viljoen Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 Density of archived caches: To generate the following map I calculated the number of archived caches within 10km of each South African cache in my database, and I used QuikGrid to interpolate and plot the resultant map. (White areas are where there are too few archived caches to interpolate reliably.) Nothing too surprising here - the areas with high concentrations of archived areas correlate well with the areas with many caches - Pretoria, Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, P.E. and Nelspruit.
+Danie Viljoen Posted June 10, 2015 Posted June 10, 2015 Bermuda triangles: I thought it would be interesting to know if there are areas in South Africa that are particularly bad for cache survival; places where caches simply don't last. This sounds simple, but to determine this practically turned out to be quite a challenge. All I have to work with is the number of active and archived caches in an area. What do "bad" areas look like, and how does one compare them? To give two examples - there used to be a few caches in the Kruger Park, of which all except a small number of earthcaches have been archived. Fairly large geographical areas have lost all their caches, although the density had been low. On the other hand one finds areas with high cache densities, which have lost very high numbers of caches. The best example here is GC3WTKG - Gold Digger. In the 10km radius around this cache there are currently 30 active caches and 147 archived caches! The problem is how does one compare these two areas? What is worse - to lose 100% of 5 caches, or 83% of 177 caches? I could not think of a single criterion, so I generated two sets of maps - the first is based on the percentage of archived caches (which will show areas like the Kruger Park), and the second will highlight areas that have a large difference between the number of archived and active caches. (Just looking at the number of archived caches in an area would not work, because it is highly correlated with cache density - all it shows are the cities.) What I find interesting about this first graph (which shows the percentage of archived caches) is that the cities don't feature. As expected, the most prominent hot spot is in the Kruger Park. It may be interesting to investigate some of the other red spots as well. The next two graphs are based on the difference between archived and active caches: And in 2D: Only one area stands out like a sore thumb - just north of Ballito. Not sure what happened there - maybe I found the Bermuda triangle of caches?
+TechnoNut Posted June 10, 2015 Posted June 10, 2015 Bermuda triangles: As expected, the most prominent hot spot is in the Kruger Park. Only one area stands out like a sore thumb - just north of Ballito. Not sure what happened there - maybe I found the Bermuda triangle of caches? Danie: KNP - All those caches were archived on instructions of Parks Board. Only Earthcaches now allowed in KNP. The area north of Ballito was host to a a series of mini Power Trails. The CO decided to archive them as they were going missing quite often. There must have been >120 caches in these trails. PT
+Danie Viljoen Posted June 10, 2015 Posted June 10, 2015 (edited) Maybe worth mentioning - the scale of my last maps hides it, but there are more areas that have fewer active than archived caches: Just north of Cape Town, around Bloubergstrand Just north of Nelspruit Nigel Parys Ermelo Magoebaskloof Edited June 10, 2015 by Danie Viljoen
+Danie Viljoen Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 New South African caches: The following graph shows where the most caches have been placed during the past year. (It is calculated as the density of new caches in a 10km circle). The peak lies at GC5N5V - Whistle Stop 2, which has no less than 225 newly placed caches within 10km from it!
+Danie Viljoen Posted June 12, 2015 Posted June 12, 2015 (edited) Age distribution of active South African caches: 17.8% of the caches are less than 1 year old 50% of the caches are less than 2.91 years old (median) The average age of all the active South African caches is 3.5 years 80% of the caches are less than 5.69 years old Only 5% of the caches are older than 8.71 years Only 1% of the caches are older than 10.83 years The oldest 100 caches are all older than 11.18 years Geographical distribution of cache ages: (Where there are many caches in the same area (cities), the average age is displayed.) Edited June 12, 2015 by Danie Viljoen
+Danie Viljoen Posted June 13, 2015 Posted June 13, 2015 Longest unfound South African caches: 1. GCYMH6 Majubasnek Eastern Cape 7.34 years 2. GC199Z5 Black Holes Eastern Cape 7.28 years 3. GC1902T Ivory Trail - Camp Ntomeni Limpopo 7.28 years 4. GC17Y0Z Nsami View Limpopo 7.05 years 5. GC1C24G Upper Kei Eastern Cape 6.92 years 6. GCJ6RE Droster's Pass Cache (Western Cape) Western Cape 6.84 years 7. GC1GB7M Takazi Waterfall Eastern Cape 6.73 years 8. GC14CBM Row, Row, Row your boat Eastern Cape 6.18 years 9. GC1G5TY Izele Convent Eastern Cape 6.15 years 10. GCXBXX Mpande Eastern Cape 6.11 years 11. GC14R3H Ivory Trail - Camp Blouberg Limpopo 6.09 years 12. GC12GZG The Pig Kwazulu Natal 6.08 years 13. GCWYBB Blouberg Views Limpopo 5.84 years 14. GC1PKBF Tonteldoos - Groot Skat Limpopo 5.73 years 15. GCF9FC Just Climb It Free State 5.73 years 16. GC1GB96 Nongqawuse pools Eastern Cape 5.64 years 17. GCY1NM Memel Escarpment Free State 5.63 years 18. GC254GT 3 FenCes-Dewildt bike trails North West 5.25 years 19. GCZRTB Baviaanskloof rock art. Eastern Cape 5.20 years 20. GCV2M7 Carlisle’s Hoek Falls Eastern Cape 4.93 years Oldest never found South African caches: 1. GC2V443 Sapphire Pool Kwazulu Natal 4.13 years 2. GC35P1M Ships Prow Kwazulu Natal 3.67 years 3. GC39MEP Rockeries Kwazulu Natal 3.44 years 4. GC4RGYK 9Peaks - Kwa Duma Eastern Cape 1.63 years 5. GC4XQXR Tugela Bushveld - Bitter Aloes Kwazulu Natal 1.39 years 6. GC5AP3T Moorfield Viewpoint Kwazulu Natal 0.96 years 7. GC5AP46 Moorfield Mountain Water Source Kwazulu Natal 0.95 years 8. GC5D9DR Large OPOR on way to Middelrus Kwazulu Natal 0.74 years 9. GC5HXBV Tugela Bushveld - Pylon Hill Kwazulu Natal 0.49 years 10. GC5JE1F Heuningvlei Widdringtonia cedarberg Western Cape 0.45 years (This topic has turned into a monologue - I'll keep quiet now.)
+cincol Posted June 13, 2015 Posted June 13, 2015 ........................... (This topic has turned into a monologue - I'll keep quiet now.) NO DANIE!!!! We keep reading. The stats are fantastic. We are just mere mortals but love the stats. KEEP THEM COMING!
+PieterM Posted June 14, 2015 Posted June 14, 2015 (edited) Thanks Danie for the trouble of putting these stats together. I really appreciate it. Edited June 15, 2015 by PieterM
+TechnoNut Posted June 14, 2015 Posted June 14, 2015 Thanks Danie for the trouble of putting these stats together. I really appreciate it. What about a list of cachers that have completed the matrix of 81, but some of their cache finds were not in Africa. Interesting concept! Just checked and mine are all in Africa (and discovered that I have 4001 African finds). I am pretty sure that iPajero's multiple matrix laps are all in Africa as well. And Danie - keep the stats coming. The monologue is OK. It means we are gobsmacked.
+B and C Inc Posted June 14, 2015 Posted June 14, 2015 I never say anything, but never miss a post, don't know when you get time to do all these, but really am appreciating it a lot. Thanks Danie for the trouble of putting these stats together. I really appreciate it. What about a list of cachers that have completed the matrix of 81, but some of their cache finds were not in Africa. Interesting concept! Just checked and mine are all in Africa (and discovered that I have 4001 African finds). I am pretty sure that iPajero's multiple matrix laps are all in Africa as well. And Danie - keep the stats coming. The monologue is OK. It means we are gobsmacked.
+scubie999 Posted June 14, 2015 Posted June 14, 2015 Danie I don't say anything for fear of showing my ignorance, but absolutely enjoying all the stats! Keep them rolling! Thanks
+PieterM Posted June 14, 2015 Posted June 14, 2015 (edited) What I meant was that I completed the matrix of 81 but 5 of mine was outside Africa, so it does not count. I was just wondering if there are other cachers out there in the same situation. Edited June 15, 2015 by PieterM
+Danie Viljoen Posted June 15, 2015 Posted June 15, 2015 What I meant was that I completed the matrix of 81 but 5 of mine was outside Africa, so it does not count. I was just wondering if there are other cachers out there in the same situation. The reason why my statistics are limited to Africa is that the PQ limitation makes it difficult to collect more than the data from Africa. To keep it complete and current I have to update all of Africa twice a week. That is 40 of my 70 PQs for the week. The number of caches and logs in North America and Europe (where most of our non-African finds are) would require several times that number of PQs. So I am sorry, but I see no way to enable me to include more than Africa for now.
+Delbadore Posted June 15, 2015 Posted June 15, 2015 I echo everyone's sentiments too ! Thanks for all the superb stats Danie! The quikgrid maps are very interesting and it's also great to see visually that PE and surrounds has really seen a huge increase in cache numbers .
+Carbon Hunter Posted June 17, 2015 Author Posted June 17, 2015 What I meant was that I completed the matrix of 81 but 5 of mine was outside Africa, so it does not count. I was just wondering if there are other cachers out there in the same situation. PieterM A lot of my finds (especially the Earthcache stats which are close to my heart) are also out of Africa. These stats of Danie are great showing African stats. I just add a note below in a reply normally of I want to add and enhance his stats.
+Carbon Hunter Posted June 17, 2015 Author Posted June 17, 2015 DANIE YOU ROCK It is really only this thread that keeps the forums going currently - this is a wealth of info and an absolute pleasure to read and look forward to your next riveting installment. Please keep it up. Even the Earthcache stats you provided internationally are the best I've seen. Great stuff!
+TechnoNut Posted June 17, 2015 Posted June 17, 2015 Even the Earthcache stats you provided internationally are the best I've seen. Great stuff! Speaking of International Earthcaches - have a peep at what SA's EarthcacheMeister iPajero has been doing in the USA. Now on 333 ECs and counting. iPajero Profile
+Danie Viljoen Posted June 17, 2015 Posted June 17, 2015 (edited) Distribution of 10 FP caches: As you probably know, the Geocaching Road Trip '15 starts on 19 June. The first challenge is to find a cache with at least 10 Favourite Points. I thought it would be interesting to see how many of them there are in South Africa, and where they are. There are a total of 639 findable caches with 10 or more Favourite Points in South Africa. (This represents 1 out of every 17.2 caches.)(Findable meaning not archived or temporarily archived.) Western Cape: 208 (1 out of every 11.1 caches) Gauteng: 194 (1 out of every 14.3 caches) KZN: 85 (1 out of every 25.2 caches) Eastern Cape: 66 (1 out of every 23.8 caches) Free State: 39 (1 out of every 16.5 caches) Mpumalanga: 24 (1 out of every 30.2 caches) North West: 15 (1 out of every 23.5 caches) Northern Cape: 6 (1 out of every 28.7 caches) Limpopo: 2 (1 out of every 153.5 caches Western Cape: Gauteng: KZN: (The rest will follow later.) Edited June 17, 2015 by Danie Viljoen
+Thrips Posted June 17, 2015 Posted June 17, 2015 I am not a big poster, but I would also just like to thank Danie for the stats. I check the statistics forum almost on a daily basis and really enjoy all the interesting information. Big thumbs up from my side. Thank you!
+Delbadore Posted June 17, 2015 Posted June 17, 2015 Speaking of International Earthcaches - have a peep at what SA's EarthcacheMeister iPajero has been doing in the USA. Now on 333 ECs and counting. iPajero are really insane! I'm amazed that they've done so many Earthcaches and had the time to submit all the answers while on their holiday . Incredible! Also check out the Earthcache GC24PJF - their log is right after that of Alamogul - the top finders of caches in the world with a whopping 116 617 finds . iPajero are clearly following in their footsteps
+Delbadore Posted June 17, 2015 Posted June 17, 2015 Distribution of 10 FP caches:As you probably know, the Geocaching Road Trip '15 starts on 19 June. The first challenge is to find a cache with at least 10 Favourite Points. I thought it would be interesting to see how many of them there are in South Africa, and where they are.There are a total of 639 findable caches with 10 or more Favourite Points in South Africa. Thanks for these stats! Interesting to see the numbers and I'm very glad that I have several caches to choose from in GP .
+Danie Viljoen Posted June 18, 2015 Posted June 18, 2015 Maps of caches with at least 10 FPs: Eastern Cape: Free State: Mpumalanga:
+Danie Viljoen Posted June 18, 2015 Posted June 18, 2015 And the last three provinces: North West: Northern Cape: Limpopo:
+Danie Viljoen Posted June 19, 2015 Posted June 19, 2015 (edited) Geocaching Roadtrip '15: To earn 6 souvenirs, one has to find caches according to the following rules: Any cache with 10 or more Favourite Points, from 19 June to 2 September Attend an Event, from 3 July to 2 September Find a cache with a Diffulty or Terrain rating of 5, from 17 July to 2 September Find an EarthCache or attend a CITO, from 31 July to 2 September Find a Mystery cache, from 14 August to 2 September Bonus souvenir for finding all of the above, from 14 August to 2 September As I understand it one can combine them, as long as you take the dates into account. Finding a mystery cache of Difficulty 5 between 14 August and 2 September should qualify for souvenirs 3 and 5, for example. That begs the question: What is the minimum number required to earn all 6 souvenirs? It depends if a CITO counts as an Event. If it does, all one needs are 2 caches: a mystery cache with a difficulty rating of 5 and 10 FPs between 14 August and 2 September, and a CITO between 31 July and 2 September. The first of these is doable - the following 26 difficult, popular mystery caches qualify: GC2MNEF JERICHO 2 18 FPs Eastern Cape GC4J0R3 The Treasure of the Copper Scrolls 17 FPs Eastern Cape GC4RPG9 The Treasure of the Copper Scrolls 2 12 FPs Eastern Cape GC4KPCC Lost Skateboard! 14 FPs Eastern Cape GC588PQ Retha's Labyrinth 12 FPs Eastern Cape GC1VB68 Waterhole 22 FPs Free State GCNN9C Stoddard's Demise 23 FPs Gauteng GCWX59 Descartes Communique 19 FPs Gauteng GC34GPT Curse of the FTF # 11 - Gauteng (11-11-11) 10 FPs Gauteng GC3YY8J Curse of the FTF # 12 - Gauteng - (Lobola) 18 FPs Gauteng GC3KM3K Da Vinci Code 41 FPs Gauteng GC45ZZC TeamDJ's Puzzle Quest #5: Final 28 FPs Gauteng GC4EQFM Resuscitator Challenge - Gauteng 12 FPs Gauteng GC4YZW2 Wee Mad Arthur 10 FPs Gauteng GC55D5H Hash 13 FPs Gauteng GC52VK2 Pretoria GeoArt R5 - Start Your Search Engines 13 FPs Gauteng GC54AY3 Pretoria GeoArt O07 - Resistance is Futile 16 FPs Gauteng GC1X936 340 Degrees 27 FPs Kwazulu Natal GC4557Y On a clear day 10 FPs Kwazulu Natal GC5F6BW Wormhole of Spam 10 FPs Kwazulu Natal GC2BJCT Google Spy 25 FPs Western Cape GC315RW Cape Resuscitator - Challenge Cache 27 FPs Western Cape GC35EP2 Article 360 16 FPs Western Cape GC3FXE5 South African Fizzy Challenge: The Full Matrix 12 FPs Western Cape GC426VN The 3 Little Peaks & Radcliff Rockbiter: Radcliff 10 FPs Western Cape GC5D3BX The Vault 14 FPs Western Cape There is currently no CITO scheduled in the period 31 July to 2 September, but this will probably change as we get closer to the date. If not, one will have to attend an event and find an EarthCache. Edited June 19, 2015 by Danie Viljoen
+Danie Viljoen Posted June 20, 2015 Posted June 20, 2015 Areas with the most 10 FP caches: The following areas (in each province) have the 10km radius with the most caches with 10 or more Favourite Points: Western Cape: Table Mountain, Cape Town 68 Gauteng: Monument Park, Pretoria 65 Eastern Cape: Glenhurd, P.E. 40 Kwazulu Natal: Pinetown 35 Free State: Naval Hill, Bloemfontein 20 North West: Sterkfontein Caves 6 Mpumalanga: Blyde River Canyon 5 Limpopo: Blyde River Canyon 4 Northern Cape: Nowhere more than 1
+Danie Viljoen Posted June 22, 2015 Posted June 22, 2015 Most African finds during the last year: For the year ending 18 June 2015: 1. Spesbona: 1606 finds (was in position 1 a month ago) 2. Voëlhond: 1488 finds (was in position 3 a month ago) 3. The Huskies: 1217 finds (was in position 5 a month ago) 4. iPajero: 1182 finds (was in position 2 a month ago) 5. Team Venter: 1181 finds (was in position 8 a month ago) 6. AdieA: 1146 finds (was in position 4 a month ago) 7. ChrisDen: 1072 finds (was in position 7 a month ago) 8. GorNat: 1060 finds (was in position 6 a month ago) 9. Andredj: 1003 finds (was in position 9 a month ago) 10. Louise_Gerhard: 863 finds (was in position 11 a month ago) Mixs: 863 finds (was in position 10 a month ago)
+Danie Viljoen Posted June 22, 2015 Posted June 22, 2015 (edited) South African finds for the year: During the year ending 18 June 2016, 9024 cachers found a total of 162803 caches in South Africa. (Average: 18 caches/cacher, 446 finds/day.) Of these, 2116 found at least 12 caches. Top cachers for the year: 1. Spesbona: 1600 finds 2. Voëlhond: 1486 finds 3. The Huskies: 1213 finds 4. iPajero: 1182 finds 5. Team Venter: 1181 finds 6. AdieA: 1142 finds 7. ChrisDen: 1058 finds 8. GorNat: 1056 finds 9. Andredj: 969 finds 10. Mixs: 863 finds Edited June 22, 2015 by Danie Viljoen
+Danie Viljoen Posted June 22, 2015 Posted June 22, 2015 Finds per day: The following graph shows the number of South African finds per day, for the past year: The minimum is 76 finds (17 Nov. 2014) The maximum is 3037 finds (23 Mar. 2015) The average is 446 finds/day For the following graph I smoothed the daily data to get rid of the weekend effect (I used a moving average of a week). I can't really explain any of the peaks - not sure why there is such a high peak at the end of March. (And why now, in the middle of June?) The dip in the middle of November is also puzzling. I find it interesting that the usual peak over the December holidays is hardly noticeable this time.
+Carbon Hunter Posted June 22, 2015 Author Posted June 22, 2015 I thin Pi Day (with 2 souvenirs) at end March 15 - and International Geocaching Day (and the 7 souvenirs of August) may also have helped. I'm sure these Road Trips will also increase interest in the next few weeks. i'm surprised the MEGA did not show in a higher spike in Oct.
+Danie Viljoen Posted June 22, 2015 Posted June 22, 2015 Correction: I apologise - I made a mistake with the previous two graphs; there was a date offset. Here are the corrected versions: And the smoothed version: It makes much more sense now - the huge peak is of course the MEGA, and the second peak is the December holidays. The dip now falls on 2 June - still not sure why.
+Delbadore Posted July 1, 2015 Posted July 1, 2015 Pretoria GeoArt statistics: 82 of the 86 caches are currently findable - the other 4 are temporarily archived Total number of finds: 1787 Average finds/cache: 20.8 Most finds: 38 (Pretoria GeoArt E6-"Jive, Sokkie, or Tango?") Fewest finds: 6 (Pretoria GeoArt R7 - Holdem) Most DNFs: 10 (Pretoria GeoArt T2 - Time is on your side) Most notes: 4 (Pretoria GeoArt Challenge Cache, Pretoria GeoArt O4 - Tucked Away TB Hotel) Total number of Favourite Points: 293 Average FPs/cache: 3.4 Most FPs: 1. GC4YFK5 Pretoria GeoArt R10 - Where am I?: 19 FPs 2. GC541TJ Pretoria GeoArt O4 - Tucked Away TB Hotel 15 FPs 3. GC4XQE5 Pretoria GeoArt R8 - Just a cache with a long name: 14 FPs 4. GC52VK2 Pretoria GeoArt R5 - Start Your Search Engines: 12 FPs 4. GC54AY3 Pretoria GeoArt O07 - Resistance is Futile: 12 FPs 4. GC4ZA2Z Pretoria GeoArt E07 - Troll Bridge: 12 FPs Cachers with the most Pretoria GeoArt finds: 1. pannie&medusae: 93 (I assume they must have duplicate logs) 2. PackScouter: 85 3. TroopScouter: 84 4. rodnjoan: 83 5. pirjan: 79 6. dolos: 77 7. GorNat: 76 8. JanMich: 72 9. Wilduvo: 68 10. Leon St: 66 Only 67 cachers have logged finds, which is surprising given the fact that this series was published almost 10 months ago. Average no. of finds/cacher: 26.6 Please can we get an update of these stats . I completed the series on Sunday and I'm curious to see how the stats look now .
+Danie Viljoen Posted July 2, 2015 Posted July 2, 2015 Please can we get an update of these stats . I completed the series on Sunday and I'm curious to see how the stats look now . Updated Pretoria GeoArt statistics: All 86 caches are currently findable. Total number of finds: 2036 Average finds/cache: 23.7 Most finds: 41 (Pretoria GeoArt E6-"Jive, Sokkie, or Tango?") Fewest finds: 11 (GC4YG4A Pretoria GeoArt O5 - Mexican Checkers) Most DNFs: 10 (Pretoria GeoArt T2 - Time is on your side) Most notes: 5 (GC4ZA5W Pretoria GeoArt 2R01 - GEOCACHING) Total number of Favourite Points: 314 Average FPs/cache: 3.7 Most FPs: 1. GC4YFK5 Pretoria GeoArt R10 - Where am I?: 19 FPs 2. GC54AY3 Pretoria GeoArt O07 - Resistance is Futile: 16 FPs 3. GC541TJ Pretoria GeoArt O4 - Tucked Away TB Hotel: 15 FPs 4. GC4XQE5 Pretoria GeoArt R8 - Just a cache with a long name: 14 FPs 5. GC52VK2 Pretoria GeoArt R5 - Start Your Search Engines: 13 FPs GC4ZA2Z Pretoria GeoArt E07 - Troll Bridge: 13 FPs GC550WQ Pretoria GeoArt R2 - The Hole Stone: 13 FPs 8. GC4Y09C Pretoria GeoArt A12 - Swallow's Rest: 12 FPs 9. GC558MX Pretoria GeoArt Challenge Cache: 11 FPs GC4Y0NT Pretoria GeoArt O12-"Spin the Wheel": 11 FPs GC541RB Pretoria GeoArt A6 - Make the Connection: 11 FPs GC51970 Pretoria GeoArt P09 - Revenge of the 2 l bottle.: 11 FPs Cachers with the most Pretoria GeoArt finds: 1. Delbadore: 86 LuciaMPR: 86 TroopScouter: 86 rodnjoan: 86 coronella inv.: 86 pannie&medusae: 86 pirjan: 86 8. PackScouter: 85 dolos: 85 GorNat: 85 (To be fair, I added own caches to the owners' finds.) Only 69 cachers have logged finds, which is surprising given the fact that this series was published a year ago. Average no. of finds/cacher: 29.5
+Danie Viljoen Posted July 3, 2015 Posted July 3, 2015 Gauteng Power Series statistics: 462 of the original 685 caches (67%) are currently findable. Total number of finds: 57577 (7.2% of all South African finds) Average finds/cache: 84.1 Most finds: 160 (GC2VF2E GPS - Kruger's 07th Million) Active cache with the fewest finds: 27 (GC2VEV7 GPS - Advertise) Most DNFs: 38 (GC2T29B GPS - Where is Wendy's rock?) Most notes: 6 (GC2R76Z GPS Senseless II) Total number of Favourite Points: 139 Average FPs/cache: 0.2 Most FPs: 1. GC2R4WE GPS-Old Ad: 7 FPs 2. GC2QPHQ GPS - SAP-GL: 6 FPs 3. GC2XKGJ GPS - Slinky Minky: 5 FPs 4. GC2QPH7 GPS - Caretaker: 4 FPs GC2RPCX GPS - Shady: 4 FPs GC2RAHP GPS - Jessica's 10th Birthday Cache: 4 FPs GC2RPDZ GPS - Nursery: 4 FPs GC2R4X7 GPS-SouthDowns In: 4 FPs GC2ZC0A GPS - Loose bolt on Apollo M37: 4 FPs GC2R770 GPS Always Christmas: 4 FPs Cachers with the most GPS finds: 1. Leon St: 685 W@lly: 685 3. HeinG: 680 Wormgeocash: 680 5. rodnjoan: 674 6. Louise_Gerhard: 673 Elsies: 673 8. iPajero: 671 9. Wilduvo: 670 B and C Inc: 670 (I added own caches to the owners' finds.) A total of 1082 cachers have logged finds this series. Average no. of finds/cacher: 53.6 (Let me know if you want similar statistics on other power trails or groups of caches.)
+Carbon Hunter Posted July 7, 2015 Author Posted July 7, 2015 Danie - could you do a snap shot of the new(ish) KZN ABC geoart? Still very new - and likely to have far fewer numbers - but will be good for comaprison over time. I am pleased to see the Pretoria geoart has a higher number of FPs awarded. Good sign. And similarly the longevity is better than the GPS. I suppose GPS was exactly that - small nondescript caches for numbers (love them or hate them).
+Danie Viljoen Posted July 7, 2015 Posted July 7, 2015 Danie - could you do a snap shot of the new(ish) KZN ABC geoart? Still very new - and likely to have far fewer numbers - but will be good for comaprison over time. I am pleased to see the Pretoria geoart has a higher number of FPs awarded. Good sign. And similarly the longevity is better than the GPS. I suppose GPS was exactly that - small nondescript caches for numbers (love them or hate them). Will do. To my surprise I found that the Gauteng Power Series actually lasts better than other caches of the same age in the same area!
+Delbadore Posted July 7, 2015 Posted July 7, 2015 (edited) (Let me know if you want similar statistics on other power trails or groups of caches.) Thank you for all the Geoart stats Danie! Apologies for my slow response. I think it would be interesting to see how the various Geoart compare. There's Pta and the ? in Pretoria, the ABC outside of PMB, PE and a heart in Port Elizabeth and the Whale in Hermanus. Please could you generate stats on each of these series? I've included the GC codes of the first ones in the series below: ?1 - GC4GV7Q PE Series - GC4PR2Q Love PE Series - GC5B1B6 Respect the Locals - GC4X25W and the ABC as Carbon Hunter mentioned Edited July 7, 2015 by Delbadore
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