+pingurus Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 In this thread @arisoft posted a link to his cool Challenge Checker for your geocaching territory. I wondered how big these territories get, so it would be nice if you post your territory sizes! I have one with 206.9 km^2 and one with 121.6 km^2. Maybe @arisoft can even create a checker with 5km max distance, since 3km is a bit short for sparsely cached areas. Quote Link to comment
+arisoft Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Here is territory tool with 5km separation https://project-gc.com/Challenges//47926 Please, note that HQ has not (yet) accepted this kind of territory based challenge, but the result may be of interest to many. 1 2 Quote Link to comment
+pingurus Posted January 8, 2020 Author Share Posted January 8, 2020 Thank you very much! With the 5km tool my areas are 381.5 km^2 and 327.9 km^2 big Quote Link to comment
+IceColdUK Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 I guess I live in a fairly densely populated area. For 5 km separation: The largest area covered by linked caches between [GC2PK3M](https://coord.info/GC2PK3M) and [GC46AB8](https://coord.info/GC46AB8) is 2513.8 km² wide. Quote Link to comment
+TriciaG Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 (edited) Probably off topic, but what is this checker testing? I fail, but it doesn't say what the criteria are and what I can do to qualify. P.S. The largest area covered by linked caches between GCxxx and GCxxx is 212.8 km² wide. - bad wording here. An area isn't x km² wide. It's simply x km². Edited January 8, 2020 by TriciaG Quote Link to comment
+IceColdUK Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 33 minutes ago, TriciaG said: Probably off topic, but what is this checker testing? I fail, but it doesn't say what the criteria are and what I can do to qualify. It’s finding the largest area constrained by the caches you’ve found, linked such that no find is more than 5 km from the next. To pass the challenge the area needs to exceed 1000 km². The checker can be configured to change both the proximity and the area. It’s pretty cool, and I’m amazed at how quickly it runs. Here’s my map: Quote Link to comment
+IceColdUK Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 42 minutes ago, TriciaG said: P.S. The largest area covered by linked caches between GCxxx and GCxxx is 212.8 km² wide. - bad wording here. An area isn't x km² wide. It's simply x km². True, but I wish my Finnish (or any other language, for that matter) was as good as arisoft’s English! Quote Link to comment
+The Jester Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 With 3km my largest is 2016.7, with 5km it's 2774.2. Interesting. Quote Link to comment
+elyob Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 (edited) I love this challenge. My largest 5km area is presently 1909.2 km². Nearby, I also have a 101.9 km² area. That one includes two countries. If I temporarily change my home co-ordinates, will I get different areas? Edited January 8, 2020 by elyob Quote Link to comment
+arisoft Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 (edited) 39 minutes ago, elyob said: I love this challenge. My largest 5km area is presently 1909.2 km². If I temporarily change my home co-ordinates, will I get different areas? Unfortinately it was not accepted as a challenge because the result looks like a polygon. I hope that some day it could be reconsidered because it is an interesting challenge. Your home coordinates have no effect because the checker doesn't know your coordinates - it processes all your finds. Edited January 8, 2020 by arisoft Quote Link to comment
+TriciaG Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Ah, makes sense. Most of my finds are in Ontario - and we have a giant lake to the south, so that almost automatically halves my potential caching area. :) If this were made a challenge, I don't think I could reach it without some serious travel-caching. Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 No idea what this challenge is, but I have 4137 kn. Quote Link to comment
+baer2006 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Interesting tool. For me, the "5km" area is 8610.8 km². However, the territory has a few exclaves, e.g. this one: Is this a bug or a feature of the algorithm? Quote Link to comment
+arisoft Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 8 minutes ago, baer2006 said: Interesting tool. For me, the "5km" area is 8610.8 km². However, the territory has a few exclaves, e.g. this one: Is this a bug or a feature of the algorithm? It is intented feature. Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 20 hours ago, IceColdUK said: Here’s my map: Looks like we have a bit of an overlap . If I could fill in the gap between Woking and Cobham it would pull all of Central London into mine, and another couple round Basingstoke will fill that space in the top left. It's a shame it's not allowed as a challenge as it provides an interesting statistic/map and I might be tempted to fill those gaps if there was a challenge for it, though I have 2332 km² at the mo. 1 Quote Link to comment
+Lynx Humble Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Too bad it's was declined as a challenge My result is 2400 km2 in Quebec. I was expecting to get Nova Scotia instead but I guess I have too many gaps. Quote Link to comment
+thebruce0 Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 Ooh I like that. Maybe if enough people (respectfully) make a defense that it should be allowable, it might change. I wouldn't call it a polygon requirement like currently disallowed - that's typically saying "you must qualify for this specific user-defined region". This statistic is a total area with no provided boundaries and it's additive, you can never 'unqualify' by continuing to cache normally. Odd that it's being disallowed... 1 Quote Link to comment
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