+databit Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Recent events, you know the ones, have caused a section of Japan to move east about 13 feet. Since GPS satellites do not change with the shifting surface, that means that many caches will now have different GZ's. I know there are far more important things to worry about right now, but what kind of project will it be to check coordinates on caches that may or may have not moved, and at 13 feet, is it worth is to worry about? Quote Link to comment
+shadowmib Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Recent events, you know the ones, have caused a section of Japan to move east about 13 feet. Since GPS satellites do not change with the shifting surface, that means that many caches will now have different GZ's. I know there are far more important things to worry about right now, but what kind of project will it be to check coordinates on caches that may or may have not moved, and at 13 feet, is it worth is to worry about? 13 feet is well within most GPSr's margin or error anyway. I would be more worried about the caches glowing in the dark right now. Quote Link to comment
+emtfire10 Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 I would have to agree with shadowmib here more about the possibility of radiation rather the 13 ft marginal movement. Recent events, you know the ones, have caused a section of Japan to move east about 13 feet. Since GPS satellites do not change with the shifting surface, that means that many caches will now have different GZ's. I know there are far more important things to worry about right now, but what kind of project will it be to check coordinates on caches that may or may have not moved, and at 13 feet, is it worth is to worry about? Quote Link to comment
+databit Posted March 18, 2011 Author Share Posted March 18, 2011 Radiation would be a factor, near the reactor zone. There is a bit more of Japan though. That does bring up aanother concern though, should caches within a certain radius of the reactors be temporarily disabled? Quote Link to comment
+matz Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 (edited) Report from Tokyo Japan. I checked the cache near from my home. There is no trouble to find the cache. I think 13feet is GPSr's margin as shadowmib saids. In Tohoku-area(Miyagi, Iwate, Fukushima .. Pref) the land may be moved more but you "DO NOT CLOSE TO THESE AREA TO PLAY GEOCACHIG" now. If there are some trouble to find, the cache owner will be maintain their coordinates some day. There is no time to maintain cache information now. ##### Some geocacher stars to change cache status to "Temporary Disabled". ex:GCVV41 Edited March 21, 2011 by matz Quote Link to comment
+mullyman Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 I'm in Shizuoka and all the caches that I've found have been spot on what the GPS shows me. I don't think the shift caused any problems as far as caches go. MULLY Quote Link to comment
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