Sandbar Posted January 3, 2003 Share Posted January 3, 2003 Is there any interest in a gps Lat/Long to a known location then about 4 legs of compass work to the cache.There would be small ground markers at the pivot points to help keep on track.My view is that Geocaching could involve more than just a GPS and using a compass only for the final bearing. Quote Link to comment
Dinoprophet Posted January 3, 2003 Share Posted January 3, 2003 Polls don't seem to be working, but I would find a cache like this interesting. In fact, I've found one, but I used my eTrex's Project function and the bearing/distance to the previous point instead of a compass. Mein Vater war ein Wandersmann, und ich hab' auch im Blut Quote Link to comment
luxem Posted January 3, 2003 Share Posted January 3, 2003 Just make sure you specify mag/true/grid north when giving bearings. Quote Link to comment
+Freelens&Mosie Posted January 3, 2003 Share Posted January 3, 2003 Sounds like fun to me. I don't like to limit myself. The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. Quote Link to comment
+Sissy-n-CR Posted January 3, 2003 Share Posted January 3, 2003 CR (Dag-burn non working polls. What gives?) Quote Link to comment
+Blaidd-Drwg Posted January 3, 2003 Share Posted January 3, 2003 I agree with Luxom. Please specify grid/true/magnetic when specifying the azimuths. You state that there will be an identifiable turning point at the end of each leg. I don't know how you will implement this, but I think it would make it a better search. I tried to locate a cache in Alabama that had you find a tree stump as a starting point (only one of many in the area) and then had you go on a specified azimuth for a given distance, determine your new location and do a math problem to determine a new direction and distance to the final cache. Bottom line, is I had to mark this one as a big 'did not find' Madog "Discover of America, ca 1169" Quote Link to comment
Sandbar Posted January 3, 2003 Author Share Posted January 3, 2003 Now that the polls are working I wanted to put this topic back in view. Quote Link to comment
+poksal Posted January 3, 2003 Share Posted January 3, 2003 your possible answers aren't bias or anything... (shaking my head) I wouldn't mind a final leg or a single leg tossed in but if I want to do compass work I'll hit the trail and do a back woods walk-a-bout. You don't need a cache to pick a place to navigate to. I better explain better, I prefer to compass to a place no one or hardly anyone else has been to. And a GPSr is to go where someone has been. ....or for getting my dumb butt un-lost. I DO love a topo map and a compass, some rations, water, and ME. So my answer is all screwed up and I don't know what I like.... ???!!!... and that is my final answer. ** The worst suggestion of a life time may be the catalyst to the best idea of the century, don't fail to listen to suggestions. Quote Link to comment
+Navdog Posted January 3, 2003 Share Posted January 3, 2003 We've incorporated compass work into several of our Moondog3 caches. On multi-stage caches it is a great way to break up the routine of going from one waypoint to the next, and provides a fun and enjoyable challenge. Most compass work can be done with your GPS. Longer waypoint projections, greater than 1/10 mile, work better because the accuracy of the degrees for the bearing line offset the inherint accuracy problems with the GPS at shorter disatnces. The adventures of Navdog, Justdog, and Otterpup Quote Link to comment
Tahosa and Sons Posted January 3, 2003 Share Posted January 3, 2003 I like them and have planted one of them. It has not been visited too often, not because of the compass part entirely, its only 3 miles from the road and about 1800 ft. in elevation gain. Someday I'll get back up there and reactivate it, and then I'm going to do one or two more of them when spring time arrives. Here is the one that requires some compass knowledge to find. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=10494 Tahosa - Dweller of the Mountain Tops. Quote Link to comment
+Darkmoon Posted January 3, 2003 Share Posted January 3, 2003 Lets do it...i like to be challanged and this sounds fun! Darkmoon No, I am not lost...I am where I am suppose to be...At least I think so? Quote Link to comment
+Web-ling Posted January 3, 2003 Share Posted January 3, 2003 A cache like this would be very similar to what many letterboxes are like. Cool idea! Perhaps instead of ground markers, you could use features that are are already there, like signs, benches, boulders, etc. as your pivot points. I have a few "O-caches" that require the use of a map or aerial photo to find the cache: Miss Pumpkin's O-Cache: The Original! Driving Miss Tandy O-Cache Miss Pumpkin's O-Cache III(This Cache Won't Float) "Legacy of the Geo-Gathering" O-Cache II Quote Link to comment
+SeaTrout Posted January 4, 2003 Share Posted January 4, 2003 Hi; We really enjoy using our compasses whenever possible(several Silva orienteering ones and a Brunton 8099).I would like to have placed some caches in my area using compass legs,but I think most people prefer to go to Wally World and purchase a gpsr and plug in the coords. Web-ling your caches that include aerial photos are nice.I spend a fair amount of time on Terra- server myself.There is alot of information that can be gleaned from aerial photos. regards Seatrout We are in it 'for the hunt'. We are much more interested in finding the cache container than its contents. Quote Link to comment
Chameleon Circuit Posted January 4, 2003 Share Posted January 4, 2003 We've done one of these. It was a multicache and was a lot of fun. Quote Link to comment
+DougsBrat Posted January 5, 2003 Share Posted January 5, 2003 Sounds fun, Simular to how we do underwater mapping on scuba. More rules = Less fun! NTGA member Quote Link to comment
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