+Danie Viljoen Posted January 27, 2017 Posted January 27, 2017 2016 Statistics: Part 11: Cache planters whose caches were found most in 2016 Africa: 1. GC Putte: 11815 finds 2. Oss to: 9886 finds 3. Wander Tante: 9307 finds 4. togtog: 7261 finds 5. Panters: 7070 finds 6. Mendes&Freitas: 5744 finds 7. luisftas: 5163 finds 8. cach-u-crew: 4981 finds 9. João Marçal, CarlaSousa87, jp 400: 4793 finds 10. T.A.M.I. Team: 4748 finds South Africa: 1. Panters: 7070 finds 2. WC Geocachers.: 4451 finds 3. Sokkies73: 3653 finds 4. SKATTIE@1: 3327 finds 5. ephyfer: 2801 finds 6. Andredj: 2784 finds 7. louwtjievdw: 2577 finds 8. Evolutionaries: 2538 finds 9. Geelvink: 2446 finds 10. TechnoNut: 2260 finds
+Delbadore Posted January 27, 2017 Posted January 27, 2017 Thanks for all the new stats . Could you generate stats on photos? Was wondering if there has been a downward trend in cachers including photos in logs especially with cachers wanting to find more and more caches .
+SawaSawa Posted January 27, 2017 Posted January 27, 2017 Thanks as always for all the stats Danie! Re. cache placers, can you list the top 10 for South Africa and Africa as a whole? Thanks!
+Danie Viljoen Posted January 27, 2017 Posted January 27, 2017 can you list the top 10 for South Africa and Africa as a whole? Thanks! Most new caches placed in South Africa in 2016: 1. Panters: 140 2. WC Geocachers.: 102 3. PieterM: 90 4. SKATTIE@1: 67 5. ChrisDen: 63 6. Boats007: 62 7. Monti's Adventure: 59 8. WÅLDO: 52 9. Sokkies73: 47 10. Dr 3S: 41 For the top 10 in Africa, see Part 10. Most caches placed in South Africa (all time): 1. PieterM: 343 2. TechnoNut: 336 3. Fish Eagle: 273 4. iPajero: 262 5. Wazat: 229 6. Panters: 226 7. SKATTIE@1: 226 8. GEO936: 216 9. die sousies: 213 10. Leon St: 203
+Danie Viljoen Posted January 27, 2017 Posted January 27, 2017 Could you generate stats on photos? I'll have to investigate; not sure if the photo data is in the PQs.
+SawaSawa Posted January 27, 2017 Posted January 27, 2017 Thanks again Danie! Part 10 has new caches Africa 2016 - can you do Africa (all time)?
+Danie Viljoen Posted January 27, 2017 Posted January 27, 2017 can you do Africa (all time)? Top cache planters in Africa (all time): 1. SawaSawa: 386 2. PieterM: 343 3. TechnoNut: 340 4. Fish Eagle: 279 5. iPajero: 263 6. togtog: 252 7. Wazat: 231 8. GEO936: 227 9. Panters: 226 10. SKATTIE@1: 226
+Danie Viljoen Posted January 30, 2017 Posted January 30, 2017 Could you generate stats on photos? The absolute number of new photos decreased slightly in 2016 (first graph), but if one looks at the percentage of logs with photos (second graph), it appears fairly stable. I was surprised to see how many photos are published - every ninth log has one, and that includes all the mindless micros!
+Delbadore Posted January 31, 2017 Posted January 31, 2017 Awesome! Thanks for these stats . Very interesting!
+Danie Viljoen Posted January 31, 2017 Posted January 31, 2017 (edited) Photos per log type I expected to find almost all the photos among the Find and Attended logs. Although 90% of them were in Find logs, I was quite surprised to see the distribution of the rest: (This graph excludes the 90% in the Find logs.) There were 44 photos in Archive logs - why even bother? There were 71 photos in Will Attend logs - they must have really been looking forward to those events! Edited January 31, 2017 by Danie Viljoen
+Delbadore Posted February 1, 2017 Posted February 1, 2017 Photos per log type Very interesting! The number of photos in archived logs is perculiar but they are probably included to show how the area has changed or how the hiding spot has deteriorated. The Will attend ones are quite bizarre - I haven't ever seen a photo in a will attend log
+Danie Viljoen Posted February 1, 2017 Posted February 1, 2017 2016 Statistics, Part 12: Finds per day The red dots are the number of find and attended logs on all South African caches for every day of 2016. The day with the most finds was 2 October, with 3159 finds (during the MEGA). The day with the fewest finds was 7 September, with 121 finds. The average number of finds per day during 2016 was 522.2 and the median was 339. The blue line is the daily number of finds, averaged over a week (to filter out the weekend effect). The top week was once again during the MEGA, around 2 October. The quietest week was around 8 December, just before the year-end peak. The peak month (not shown on the graph) was centered around 25 September. The quietest month was centered around 29 November.
+Danie Viljoen Posted February 2, 2017 Posted February 2, 2017 2016 Statistics: Part 13: RSA Finds per day of the week
+Thrips Posted February 2, 2017 Posted February 2, 2017 Thank you very much for all the stats Danie, I really enjoy reading through all of it. I am not sure if I reading some of the stats entirely correctly, but it seems that caching activity does not significantly decrease during the colder (more miserable) winter months? Could you perhaps runs stats on the finds during the different seasons of the year?
+Danie Viljoen Posted February 3, 2017 Posted February 3, 2017 I am not sure if I reading some of the stats entirely correctly, but it seems that caching activity does not significantly decrease during the colder (more miserable) winter months? Could you perhaps runs stats on the finds during the different seasons of the year? You'll see part of the answer in my next posting. The problem is that one is not comparing apples with apples - the peak of the summer falls over the Christmas holidays, when everybody is on leave. I am sure they are caching then not so much because it is warm, but because they have free time. This effect can be clearly seen on the next graph - find numbers tend to go up during holidays and long weekends. With the possible exception of the Western Cape, winter is actually probably more suitable for caching in South Africa than summer - not miserable at all!
+Danie Viljoen Posted February 3, 2017 Posted February 3, 2017 (edited) South African finds per day of the year: The following graph shows the number of finds per day of the year, averaged over the last 10 years: The red spots are the daily numbers. The blue line is the daily numbers averaged over a week. The green line is the daily numbers averaged over a month. The peak day is 9 August (average of 897 finds). (I suspect it is the effect of the Gauteng Power Series.) The quietest day is 3 June (140 finds). The average over the last 10 years is 293 finds/day. The last day with no finds was 22 September 2005. The peak week is around 29 December. There is a second peak in early October - more than one MEGA happened at that time of the year. The quietest week is around 1 June. The peak month is around 27 December The quietest month is around 23 May. Edited February 3, 2017 by Danie Viljoen
+Danie Viljoen Posted February 3, 2017 Posted February 3, 2017 it seems that caching activity does not significantly decrease during the colder (more miserable) winter months? When exactly is the most miserable 2 or 3 weeks of the year in the Western Cape?
+SawaSawa Posted February 3, 2017 Posted February 3, 2017 it seems that caching activity does not significantly decrease during the colder (more miserable) winter months? When exactly is the most miserable 2 or 3 weeks of the year in the Western Cape? maybe instead of 'more miserable' we should be talking about 'somewhat less wonderful' . . .
+Thrips Posted February 3, 2017 Posted February 3, 2017 Thanks Danie, maybe "miserable" is not the correct word to use.. One of the reasons I like caching in the winter months is that the "natural camouflage" is a little less when you are searching for containers in trees and fields (with the exception of the western cape of course). The other one you mentioned is that in the inland, the warmer winter days is actually quite pleasant for caching.
+Danie Viljoen Posted February 3, 2017 Posted February 3, 2017 Seasonal effect in the Western Cape I am not sure if the following is meaningful, but from what I could find out the second half of June is the wettest, and the middle of July is the coldest in Cape Town. The beginning of November has the fewest rainy days, but the beginning of February is the hottest. To be fair, I could not select times that fall in school holidays and long weekends. So I chose the most miserable 2 weeks as 16 to 29 June, and the best 2 weeks are 29 October to 11 November. There is indeed a difference: For the last 10 years the average number of finds per day in the miserable period is 68.4, and for the best period it is 80.6, or 18% more.
+Danie Viljoen Posted February 6, 2017 Posted February 6, 2017 2016 Statistics: Part 14: Most finds per province Gauteng 1. Panters 1009 finds 2. WorsEd 785 finds 3. Geelvink 769 finds 4. Jansenators 681 finds 5. Namibseun 636 finds Western Cape 1. L S N 970 finds 2. tjoklits 902 finds 3. pieterix 890 finds 4. Peanut&Quirkies 889 finds 5. TheQuirkiesFamily 875 finds Eastern Cape 1. Katarn1977 869 finds 2. jtomcat16 534 finds 3. ChrisDen 505 finds 4. PipiBibi 468 finds 5. Commaille 452 finds KZN 1. waydom 688 finds 2. Ninja Nano 603 finds Eagle Eyed 603 finds 4. Geocaching Genie 602 finds 5. Archipelagian 597 finds Mpumalanga 1. Boats007 318 finds 2. eksteen 258 finds 3. Panters 218 finds 4. surreptitious007 192 finds 5. mvubu147 189 finds Limpopo 1. Team GBS 198 finds 2. Riana Otto 65 finds 3. cownchicken 56 finds 4. ChrisDen 53 finds 5. digger11712 37 finds Free State 1. SpiderFinder 165 finds 2. Wikkelgat 158 finds 3. cownchicken 120 finds 4. HGH1009 107 finds 5. Megsdreyer 89 finds North West 1. Panters 160 finds 2. Geelvink 114 finds 3. Eagle_Lady 86 finds 4. Priceless_Hanna 81 finds 5. Louise_Gerhard 80 finds Northern Cape 1. mlornelh 58 finds 2. terunkie 54 finds 3. Eagle_Lady 52 finds 4. Priceless_Hanna 40 finds Dr 3S 40 finds Panters was the only team that managed to find more than 1000 caches in a single province. I find it remarkable that although iPajero had the highest total number of finds by far, they are not among the top 5 in any province!
+Danie Viljoen Posted February 7, 2017 Posted February 7, 2017 2016 Statistics: Part 15: Finds per Municipality 1. Cape Town 36331 2. Pretoria 18907 3. Durban 12860 4. P.E. 12394 5. Johannesburg 11895 6. Eden 11175 7. Ekurhuleni 10039 8. West Coast 7633 9. Ehlanzeni 7314 10. Sarah Baartman 7200 11. West Rand 6863 12. Overberg 6130 13. Cape Winelands 5995 14. Mangaung 3608 15. Umgungundlovu 3581 16. Buffalo City 2977 17. Bojanala 2656 18. Dr Kenneth Kaunda 2560 19. Ugu 2191 20. Sedibeng 1573 21. Nkangala 1447 22. Thabo Mofutsanyane 1431 23. Uthukela 1394 24. Mopani 1127 25. Fezile Dabi 998 26. Uthungulu 906 27. Amathole 889 28. Gert Sibande 814 29. Namakwa 661 30. Central Karoo 650 31. iLembe 606 32. Waterberg 593 33. Capricorn 584 34. Lejweleputswa 542 35. Harry Gwala 490 36. Umkhanyakude 486 37. Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati 446 38. Chris Hani 423 39. Siyanda 368 40. Frances Baard 359 41. John Taolo Gaetsewe 343 42. Pixley ka Seme 303 43. Joe Gqabi 285 44. Amajuba 275 45. Ngaka Modiri Molema 244 46. Vhembe 228 47. Xhariep 192 48. Zululand 160 49. Sekhukhune 148 50. Umzinyathi 98 51. O.R.Tambo 53 52. Alfred Nzo 23
+Carbon Hunter Posted February 7, 2017 Author Posted February 7, 2017 Here is a reference list so you can figure out where some of these places are: SA Municipalities
+Danie Viljoen Posted February 8, 2017 Posted February 8, 2017 2016 Statistics, Part 16: Increase/decrease per municipality The following graph shows the 10 South African district municipalities that had the largest find increase (percentage-wise) compared to the previous year: The Dr. Ruth S. Mompati district municipality is in the western part of the North West province, mainly around Vryburg. John Taolo Gaetsewe is adjacent to it in the Northern Cape, mainly around Kuruman and Kathu. Does anyone know why there was such a dramatic increase in this rural area? And the ten with the largest decrease:
+TechnoNut Posted February 8, 2017 Posted February 8, 2017 2016 Statistics, Part 16: Increase/decrease per municipality The Dr. Ruth S. Mompati district municipality is in the western part of the North West province, mainly around Vryburg. John Taolo Gaetsewe is adjacent to it in the Northern Cape, mainly around Kuruman and Kathu. Does anyone know why there was such a dramatic increase in this rural area? Have a look at how many caches were placed in 2016 by Dr 3S, and other new cachers (who I believe are family members) That seems to have attracted a lot of people to the area to make finds. PT
+Danie Viljoen Posted February 8, 2017 Posted February 8, 2017 Have a look at how many caches were placed in 2016 by Dr 3S, and other new cachers (who I believe are family members) That seems to have attracted a lot of people to the area to make finds. This just shows what a difference one dedicated cacher can make. I remember oom Louwtjie had the same effect in Bloemfontein a few years ago.
+Danie Viljoen Posted February 9, 2017 Posted February 9, 2017 (edited) 2016 Statistics: Part 17: Caches gained/lost per municipality For the following I considered the number of active caches at the end of 2016 vs. the end of 2015. The first graph shows the absolute number, the difference, for the top and bottom five district municipalities: As can be expected the metropolitan areas dominate the positive side, because of their much larger numbers. The next graph shows the percentage change during 2016: (Lejweleputswa is in the Welkom area, in the Free State.) This confirms TechnoNut's explanation yesterday of why the Dr. Ruth Mompati and John Gaetsewe district municipalities had such a huge finds growth - there was enormous growth in the number of findable caches there during the past year. Edited February 9, 2017 by Danie Viljoen
+Danie Viljoen Posted February 10, 2017 Posted February 10, 2017 2016 Statistics: Part 18: Finds per African Country 1. South Africa 191448 2. Canary Islands 164241 3. Madeira 80132 4. Namibia 5833 5. Morocco 3999 6. Réunion 3891 7. Egypt 2598 8. Mauritius 2203 9. Cape Verde 1572 10. Zimbabwe 1446 11. Seychelles 1417 12. Tanzania 1295 13. Kenya 1198 14. Botswana 415 15. Tunisia 392 16. Uganda 253 17. Lesotho 219 18. Gambia 201 19. Swaziland 189 20. Ethiopia 169 21. Zambia 139 22. Mozambique 104 23. Senegal 100 24. Angola 98 25. Mali 84 26. Madagascar 81 27. Rwanda 65 28. São Tomé & Principe 54 29. Saint Helena 41 30. Djibouti 40 31. D.R.C. 32 32. Ghana 31 33. Sudan 29 34. Malawi 22 35. Mauritania 18 Nigeria 18 37. Cameroon 17 Chad 17 Gabon 17 Togo 17 42. Algeria 15 43. C.A.R. 14 44. Niger 13 45. Burkina Faso 11 46. Benin 9 47. Western Sahara 8 48. Equatorial Guinea 6 49. Libya 4 Sierra Leone 4 51. Congo 3 52. Burundi 2 53. Comoros 1 Eritrea 1 Guinea 1 Guinea-Bissau 1 Ivory Coast 1 58. South Sudan 1 I find it very surprising that the Canary Islands are so much more popular than countries like Morocco and Egypt (which surely must receive more tourists?) And why would a tourist paradise like the Comoro Islands sit at the very bottom of the list? The first graph shows the number of finds for the top 15 African countries during 2016, on a logarithmic scale: To demonstrate how the big three dominate in Africa:
+scubie999 Posted February 10, 2017 Posted February 10, 2017 (edited) ...Egypt (which surely must receive more tourists?)... Having just been to Egypt I can confirm that tourism is virtually non-existent at the moment, Sharm-el-Sheikh is like a ghost-town, due to the plane that was shot down there last year. No European flights are currently flying into Sharm-el-Sheikh. I was very glad to rescue some TB's while there which had been there some months! Edited February 10, 2017 by scubie999
+Danie Viljoen Posted February 13, 2017 Posted February 13, 2017 South Africa vs. Africa The following graph shows the percentage of African finds in South Africa over time:
+Danie Viljoen Posted February 14, 2017 Posted February 14, 2017 2016 Statistics: Part 19: Frequency distribution of finds per cache South Africa: This graph means the following: 1218 of the active South African caches were never found in 2016 (8.3% of the total) 1020 of the active caches were found once (6.9% of the total) 787 of the active caches were found twice (5.3% of the total), etc. The average number of finds per active South African cache in 2016 was 13, and the median was 9. Africa: 1948 (9%) of the active African caches were never found during 2016. The average number of finds per active African cache in 2016 was 21.4, and the median was 10. (The very high number of finds for the Canary Islands and Madeira pulls up the average for Africa).
+Danie Viljoen Posted February 15, 2017 Posted February 15, 2017 2016 Statistics: Part 20: Most found caches in South Africa: The following South African caches had the most finds during 2016. We have a new winner here: 1. GC62NFH Birth of a gentle giant scubie999 Overberg 240 finds 2. GC37VF3 Tip of Africa Zephyr2 Overberg 198 finds 3. GC31WXR Table Mountain Travel Bug Hotel CapeDoc Cape Town 192 finds 4. GCMYYZ Table Top Trove Richter Family Cape Town 187 finds 5. GC2GG2C Nobel Square Cape Trio Cape Town 184 finds 6. GC6JCHV V&A Waterfront: Bay Vista SawaSawa Cape Town 174 finds 7. GC2CG7X Hiddingh Security TB Hotel Mr Panda Cape Town 170 finds 8. GC4H10K GOS: Whale Crier Suikerbossies Overberg 161 finds 9. GCVDHN Sailors' Star vespax Cape Town 147 finds 10. GC61VN7 Vertical Liftoff Naets Cape Town 134 finds
+Danie Viljoen Posted February 16, 2017 Posted February 16, 2017 2016 Statistics: Part 21: Most found caches in Africa The following African caches had the most finds during 2016: 1. GC1QB6K Palm Beach Canary Islands 662 finds 2. GC4QQD3 Horizonte Canary Islands 606 finds 3. GC1G6MP Vista dunas-View dunes-Aussicht Dünen Canary Islands 553 finds 4. GC46ZVA Welcome to the Pearl of the Atlantic Madeira 551 finds 5. GC2JETJ Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida de Niemeyer Madeira 528 finds 6. GC31AT3 Christoph Columbus 1502 A.D. Canary Islands 526 finds 7. GC1HGP5 Playa del Ingles Canary Islands 514 finds 8. GC5F1W0 Zona Velha (Old Town) Madeira 503 finds 9. GC10499 Las Dunas Canary Islands 501 finds 10. GC6AAJR Boardwalk 3 Canary Islands 479 finds . . 126. GC62NFH Birth of a gentle giant South Africa 240 finds Excluding the Canary Islands and Madeira: 1. GC62NFH Birth of a gentle giant South Africa 240 finds 2. GC4YXKY At “Youssef“ in the middle of the Medina Morocco 231 finds 3. GC5NPYJ ALBIRUNI Morocco 207 finds 4. GC37VF3 Tip of Africa South Africa 198 finds 5. GC31WXR Table Mountain Travel Bug Hotel South Africa 192 finds 6. GC5112X A Marracache @ Salah Morocco 189 finds 7. GCMYYZ Table Top Trove South Africa 187 finds 8. GC2GG2C Nobel Square South Africa 184 finds 9. GC6JCHV V&A Waterfront: Bay Vista South Africa 174 finds 10. GC2CG7X Hiddingh Security TB Hotel South Africa 170 finds
+Danie Viljoen Posted February 17, 2017 Posted February 17, 2017 2016 Statistics: Part 22: Finds per cache per African country The average number of finds per active cache in Africa during 2016 was 21.4, and the median was 10 finds. The countries with the highest averages were:
+Danie Viljoen Posted February 20, 2017 Posted February 20, 2017 2016 Statistics: Part 23: Most found caches per province: Western Cape 1. GC62NFH Birth of a gentle giant 240 finds 2. GC37VF3 Tip of Africa 198 finds 3. GC31WXR Table Mountain Travel Bug Hotel 192 finds 4. GCMYYZ Table Top Trove 187 finds 5. GC2GG2C Nobel Square 184 finds Mpumalanga 1. GC3Q7KH All In Good Time 127 finds 2. GC6DWY0 Stretch a leg at N4 94 finds 3. GC19QVQ Three Rondavels 85 finds 4. GC688BV Piepie Pot (Weewee Pot) 76 finds 5. GC58T51 Milly's - Risen from the ashes. 72 finds Eastern Cape 1. GC69QHC Algoa Bay View 101 finds 2. GC52V2D Info Board 96 finds 3. GC5J9BV Stormsriver Village 94 finds 4. GC20AM9 "Kerneels se klip" 75 finds 5. GC4HG1E Rock Paper Shark 70 finds Gauteng 1. GC552E5 Union Buildings 83 finds 2. GC6AVRJ Equestria - green 72 finds 3. GC334EW The Face behind the "Iron Mask" 69 finds GC6A0YM The hidden park 69 finds GCZ2J4 8th St. Albans Scout Troop 69 finds Free State 1. GC67RHP The Golden Gate Angel 83 finds 2. GC5QM2T Travellling Kudu Pitstops #1 70 finds 3. GC4CGR5 Freeway 55 finds 4. GC699M8 Round and round we go. 52 finds 5. GC161FQ Arts & Crafts 46 finds North West 1. GC13HPH Jasmyn se Geheim - Jasmyns' Secret 74 finds 2. GC693Y1 Jasmyn se Windpomp 70 finds 3. GC68YXP Pretville 67 finds 4. GC5J2NV Da Chameleon 58 finds 5. GC6DRME Franse eierbrood - French Toast 49 finds KZN 1. GC4VC1C Margate Pier 62 finds 2. GC386EV Very Lonely Gatepost 56 finds 3. GC45YJF Champagne Postbox 55 finds 4. GC4EGAR The Sundial 53 finds 5. GC5J719 Hammers 52 finds Northern Cape 1. GC42J8J Pottery 45 finds 2. GC1WQZM out of this world 41 finds 3. GC2B8NB Warm welcome 30 finds 4. GC443XP TB Hotel Kimberley 29 finds 5. GC11J35 Augrabies Falls - Arrarat 27 finds Limpopo 1. GC13CA5 1837 33 finds 2. GC53WVJ Raptors view 32 finds 3. GC137MW Siamese Vegetation 31 finds GC3R7V5 Peter Mokaba Stadium 31 finds GC642BH Plot 71 31 finds
+Danie Viljoen Posted February 21, 2017 Posted February 21, 2017 (edited) 2016 Statistics: Part 24: Provincial Averages The average number of finds per cache (for 2016) of only two provinces, the Western Cape and Gauteng, are above the country average. (On average, every active South African cache is found every 28.5 days) Edited February 21, 2017 by Danie Viljoen
+Danie Viljoen Posted February 23, 2017 Posted February 23, 2017 (edited) 2016 Statistics: Part 25: Finds per cacher The following numbers are for the whole of Africa, for the year 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2016: 31290 cachers found at least 1 African cache during 2016 Average: 14.8 finds/cacher Median: 4 finds 80% of the finds were made by the top 20.5% cachers. (Always interesting to see the 80-20 principle in action!) To be in the top 100 you needed at least 389 finds for the year. The top 100 cachers (the top 0.32%) logged 15.7% of the finds. Edited February 23, 2017 by Danie Viljoen
+PieterM Posted February 23, 2017 Posted February 23, 2017 Thanks Danie for taking the time to post these interesting stats everyday.
+Danie Viljoen Posted February 24, 2017 Posted February 24, 2017 2016 Statistics: Part 26: Log length The following graph shows the average and median log lengths for South African finds over the last 10 years: (The vertical axis is the number of characters per log.) I was very surprised to see the significantly increased log length for last year. (A year-on-year increase of 43%). It would be interesting to know why and how this happened. I am going to take a wild guess that it may be because of a large number of long cut & paste logs during the MEGA. (I'll investigate this further later.) Another interesting fact to notice is that while the overall average log length trends upwards (granted, there are probably too few data points to be sure of this), the median length definitely trends lower. I suspect the reason for this is again long cut & paste logs. (A small number of 4000 character logs will push up the average without significantly changing the median.)
+Danie Viljoen Posted February 24, 2017 Posted February 24, 2017 Any idea what caused the spike in 2011? I am 99% sure it is because of the Gauteng Power Series - I remember seeing thousands of (long) cut & paste logs then.
+Danie Viljoen Posted February 27, 2017 Posted February 27, 2017 2016 Statistics: Part 27: Short logs The following graph shows the percentage of short logs in South Africa over time. (With short logs I mean TFTC and shorter!) From the above it is clear that the trend to use 4-letter logs originated in late 2010 and very quickly took root. Fortunately it seems to have stabilised.
+GlobalRat Posted February 27, 2017 Posted February 27, 2017 I am 99% sure it is because of the Gauteng Power Series - I remember seeing thousands of (long) cut & paste logs then. Aaah yes I believe you would be correct, forgot that the series is actually that old. The power of logging through apps or GSAK with templates… or I guess the manual copy paste option for some… for all the bulk finds.
+Danie Viljoen Posted February 28, 2017 Posted February 28, 2017 Loneliest caches, Part 1 The most isolated cache in Gauteng is GC57GV4 Low Flying to Tswaing, which is 11.9 km from its nearest neighbour.
+Danie Viljoen Posted March 1, 2017 Posted March 1, 2017 Loneliest caches, Part 2: Western Cape: PAUL: 26.15km KZN: GC5ZMKW Swartberg Farmers Hall: 30.71km Eastern Cape: GC6Q55R Gnome away from Home: 30.99km Mpumalanga: GC6HFPJ Kruger's Roaring Roads: 35.57km
+Danie Viljoen Posted March 2, 2017 Posted March 2, 2017 Loneliest caches, Part 3: Free State: GC57XBT Boshof 1: 41.64km Limpopo: GC4JHTC Weltevreden: 71.47km North West: GC40JE4 Blackheath Farm: 90.29km Northern Cape: GC4JA4A Kalahari Sands: 165.14km
+Danie Viljoen Posted March 3, 2017 Posted March 3, 2017 Loneliest caches, Part 4: The 10 most isolated caches in South Africa: 1. GC4JA4A Kalahari Sands Northern Cape 165.14 km 2. GC40JE4 Blackheath Farm North West 90.29 km 3. GC1V1G4 Springbokpan Northern Cape 86.90 km GC6E45Y Van Zylsrus 1 Northern Cape 86.90 km 5. GC4J773 Calcrete of the Kalahari Northern Cape 71.64 km GC60N2W Hakskeen Pan - Speed of Salt Northern Cape 71.64 km 7. GC4JHTC Weltevreden Limpopo 71.47 km 8. GC6EMTD Kenhardt History #1 Northern Cape 71.26 km 9. GC60YZY Pebble Boulders Limpopo 63.24 km 10. GC3QJ0H Carnarvon se Blikkantien Northern Cape 60.74 km The following cachers found the most of the above loneliest caches: 1. The Huskies: 6 2. Merbold: 4 mlornelh: 4 3. AndyT1: 3 PieterM: 3 cownchicken: 3
+Danie Viljoen Posted March 7, 2017 Posted March 7, 2017 Municipalities that gained the most Favourite Points During the period 7 March 2016 to 6 March 2017, the following South African municipalities gained the most FPs: 1. City of Cape Town Western Cape 1733 FPs 2. Nelson Mandela Bay Eastern Cape 669 FPs 3. Eden Western Cape 639 FPs 4. City of Tshwane Gauteng 476 FPs 5. Overberg Western Cape 311 FPs 6. Sarah Baartman Eastern Cape 304 FPs 7. Ehlanzeni Mpumalanga 294 FPs 8. Ethekwini Kwazulu Natal 292 FPs 9. West Coast Western Cape 256 FPs 10. City of Johannesburg Gauteng 206 FPs Percentage-wise, the following municipalities did the best: 1. Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati North West 350.0% 2. John Taolo Gaetsewe Northern Cape 68.4% 3. Uthungulu Kwazulu Natal 65.9% 4. West Coast Western Cape 47.9% 5. Eden Western Cape 47.4% 6. Buffalo City Eastern Cape 46.9% 7. Siyanda Northern Cape 33.3% 8. Sarah Baartman Eastern Cape 33.2% 9. Umgungundlovu Kwazulu Natal 30.6% 10. Chris Hani Eastern Cape 30.4% And on the negative side, the following municipalities did the worst: 1. Fezile Dabi Free State -6.6% 2. Vhembe Limpopo -6.0% 3. Zululand Kwazulu Natal -4.9% 4. Joe Gqabi Eastern Cape -4.7% 5. Gert Sibande Mpumalanga -4.0% 6. iLembe Kwazulu Natal -2.7% 7. Ekurhuleni Gauteng -1.0% 8. Alfred Nzo Eastern Cape 0.0% 9. Sekhukhune Limpopo 0.0% 10. Amajuba Kwazulu Natal 1.0% If you are wondering how a municipality can actually lose FPs - I only considered active caches. (There is no sense in counting favourite points of caches that can no longer be found.) If caches with FPs are archived, these FPs are lost. I speak under correction, but I think one can deallocate FPs as well, although I suspect few cachers do.
+Danie Viljoen Posted March 8, 2017 Posted March 8, 2017 Favourite Points per Province: The following graph shows the number of new FPs for the year 7 March 2016 to 6 March 2017: The percentage change during the past year: The average for the country is 24.1% And lastly the number of finds/FP (smaller is better): The average for the country is 21.6 finds/FP. These days the Western Cape is outperforming the rest of the country on about every metric I can come up with!
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