+Wood Smoke Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 Hi All, Just a reminder for the oldies and a pointer for the newbies of all the resources available free to use here. As well as the forums and the live chatroom. There is also the stats pages which include the absolutely wonderfull interactive map, if you've not tried it, then now is the time (remember to click 'NO' if the alert pops up while it's loading). Don't forget the cache search which can be done from your Postcode. After searching you can also download the waypoints in various formats to suit lots of mapping/gps applications. An all this for free :-) Please remember it takes about 24 hours to update the stats so you have to be patient for new caches and your last finds to be shown. If you are a newbie then you have to have found a cache and wait for it to be shown on G:UK before it will recognise your stats. Lets hope you all use these resources as alot of work has gone in to them, and is still going on, to make them available for the UK community. WoodSmoke Quote Link to comment
+Kitty Hawk Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 A top tip for this brilliant website. When you use the interactive map, use the advanced features page and stipulate a radius from your postcode or town, say 25 miles or whatever. This makes the download really speedy. Especially useful if your connection is a bit ploddy. For fun, really zoom in on Portsmouth and Southsea. No, REALLY zoom in. You'll see some of Woodsmoke's handiwork Also, equally interesting is Trigpointing.co.uk Good luck Quote Link to comment
+MarcB Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 Nice chatroom but it'd be nice to arrange a regular weekly chat session. Suggestions anyone? MarcB Quote Link to comment
+Birders Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 <<absolutely wonderfull interactive map, >> We're definitely missing something here.. Have tried the map on several occasions and when we zoom in we eventually end up with a blank box with one blue dot in the middle. If we opt to "show" towns we simply get a couple of the really big ones. No roads or any other map features show up so it's pretty useless the way we're using it. Where are we going wrong please? Quote Link to comment
+Wood Smoke Posted January 12, 2005 Author Share Posted January 12, 2005 There are no roads on it, but it does show you the layout of caches easily. Also you can click on one to open the cache page. The bit Kitty Hawk is refering to....................look at the dot/s below Portsmouth and then zoom right in :-) WoodSmoke Quote Link to comment
+Turkey Trotter Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 Site seems to be down ATM. Quote Link to comment
+rutson Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 PART of the site is down, main page is fine, stats are fine, maps are fine. Only the communication centre seems to be down. Quote Link to comment
+Boneychest & Catsuey Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 Also, equally interesting is Trigpointing.co.uk I downloaded the database of all trigpoints yesterday (13.6MB) and imported it into GSAK. Watch out COTM - here we come! Quote Link to comment
Deego Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 What ALL 7300 !!!! good luck Quote Link to comment
+Teasel Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 No roads or any other map features show up so it's pretty useless the way we're using it. Well, hopefully it will give you at least a vague idea of where the caches are. There is a new map in development which shows major roads, motorways and built-up areas. Again - don't expect "streetmap with cache icons", but it should be OK for planning a day's caching trip. Quote Link to comment
+TeamG Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 That's really cool Teasel, Well Done!! Quote Link to comment
+Birders Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 <<There is a new map in development >> Now that really is interesting. Many thanks.. Quote Link to comment
+Fayrewood Foragers Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 Wow just seen the caches around southsea - what a brilliant idea well done!! Quote Link to comment
+Kitty Hawk Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 The interactive map (can include trigpoints) is very useful for identifying clusters of caches/trigs. It means with little effort you can identify a bunch to bag in one journey and then get down to the details. I suppose it is fantastic if you compare it with a list on GC.com, but I concede there are more detailed ways of working things You can click on a dot and it will link up to the GC cache page. Cor - I'm getting motivated again after an uninterested spell. Quote Link to comment
+Wood Smoke Posted January 13, 2005 Author Share Posted January 13, 2005 Wow just seen the caches around southsea - what a brilliant idea well done!! It took a lot of time to work that out :-) WoodSmoke Quote Link to comment
+John Stead Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 There is a new map in development which shows major roads, motorways and built-up areas. That is not good - it's b....y brilliant. Straight to my desktop. Many thanks Ian. Quote Link to comment
NickPick Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 That is truly brilliant. What I now want to know is why there are no caches in Hemel Hempstead? Plenty in the surrounding areas though. Quote Link to comment
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