+bmwman Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Good Morning, I am to give a short presentation about Geocaching to a group; all are adults, I know most of them reasonably well, and I know that most have enquiring minds. This may be a chance for me to discover, and explain to others, something that has always puzzled me. Are the code letters/numbers which identify a cache, convertible to it's global position, or is each group a unique, randomly selected set, that is used as an identifier, and under which, all of the data belonging to the cache is stored? If I don't know, somebody is bound to ask, and I think I may know which one of the group it will be! 1 Quote Link to comment
+arisoft Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 The cache code is like a serial number. When you start planning a new cache you get the next available code from the pool. Actually, you can convert the code to the ordinal number of the cache using this tool. 2 Quote Link to comment
+bmwman Posted March 17, 2018 Author Share Posted March 17, 2018 Thanks very much! John Quote Link to comment
+thebruce0 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Yep, just a sequential, increasing count for worldwide cache listings, no groupings or regions Quote Link to comment
+barefootguru Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 In related trivia: the letters ISOUL/LOUIS aren’t used, to avoid confusion with similar looking numbers and prevent some profane words Quote Link to comment
+Mockingbird559 Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Hey...thanks for LOUIS. Never heard of a quick and easy way to remember which letters are not used. Quote Link to comment
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