Geocacher Activity Quotient (GAQ)

[BassoonPilot]

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Originally posted by seneca:

I use the "Tortoise GAQ" based on trying to find one quality cache per week.

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Some weeks it is hard to find even one quality cache. Other weeks, it's hard to find a lame one.

[+georgeandmary]

342 since Feb 3rd, 02 is 342/197 is 1.7, does this mean I'm sick?

 

george

 

Remember: Half the people you meet are below average.

[+Web-ling]

I've found 342 in 318 days for a 1.075 ratio. My goal is to average 1 a day from here on out. At the rate they're being placed in North Texas, that shouldn't be a problem.

 

[+MartyFouts]

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Originally posted by BassoonPilot:

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Originally posted by seneca:

I use the "Tortoise GAQ" based on trying to find one quality cache per week.

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Some weeks it is hard to find even one quality cache. Other weeks, it's hard to find a lame one.

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If today's any indication this week's gonna be one of the latter.

[BassoonPilot]

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Originally posted by georgeandmary:

342 since Feb 3rd, 02 is 342/197 is 1.7, does this mean I'm sick?

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No, it just means you didn't use the GAQ formula.

[+Trudy & the beast]

If you are trying to determine activitty then make a list of the number of days since your last forum post, your last find, your last not found, your last cache placed, or whatever your last indulgence was. select the lowest number of days in this list. This would be your activity quotient. The closer it is to zero, the more active you are. The higher the number, the less likely that you are even reading this post. This would level out the effects of population density, cache density, players experience and the like. What could be fairer?

 

My activity Quotient just dropped to Zero!

[+Breaktrack]

Okay, let's see... I have two children who geocache with me... so that's a 3.

 

Jeffrey is 8, Brittney is 10, and I'm, well, let's just say that's an 18, shall we? LOL.

 

We have been geocaching for just over a year, say 375 days, so that's 375.

 

We have found 71 caches, and hidden 12, so that's an 83.

 

We have found, or created, caches in 11 states so that is an 11.

 

We have launched 6 travel bugs, and passed on 5, so that's another 11.

 

So if you add all that up, multiply it in the right places, and carry the 2 I think, it all adds up to the fact that this has been the absolutely most wonderful activity for a single dad and two kids to participate in that you could possibly hope to find!!!

 

How's that for a Geocaching Quotient?

 

"Trade up, trade even, or don't trade!!!" My philosophy of life.

[+Mudfrog]

Lets see, 1st cache on March 27, 2002 makes for a total of 145 days. 108 cache finds, so my daily average would be .7448275... Shoot, thought i was doing better than that,

[+georgeandmary]

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Originally posted by BassoonPilot:

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Originally posted by georgeandmary:

342 since Feb 3rd, 02 is 342/197 is 1.7, does this mean I'm sick?

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No, it just means you didn't use the GAQ formula.

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Did the formula change? Average caches per day right? 342 caches, 197 days... 1.73.

 

george

 

Remember: Half the people you meet are below average.

[hgmonaro]

I might have missed it but nowhere in the thread did I see the inclusion of the vital ingredient to USA (useless statistical analysis)... incorporating your phone number into the calculation

[+sbell111]

I figured out my numbers, but I have no idea if they are 'good'.

 

Quotient (A/:)*(A/C):

(B=caches within 100 miles)

 

(355/390)*(355*442)= 0.73

 

((Hides*5)+Finds)/days caching

 

((25*5)+355)/442=1.086

[+CarmelCachers]

Rather than counting caches found, perhaps we should count stars. Since it could feasibly take a day or longer to find a 5/5, some consideration should be given to difficulty and terrain. That would give consideration to those who plan a major outing for one cache, versus a quick stop at a 1/1 on your way to the mall. That should make the calculations more interesting!