+njload Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Is there a site that explains the formulas, for some of the more complicated cache sites? Example GCKQ42 gives you three coords on the circumference of a circle and you have to locate the center. Or is there a program where you could plug the coords in and have it do the work for you? I'm looking more to understand the math, than have the cache figured out for you. The theory would be nice in the future, if you wanted to create a cache of the same nature. Thanks NJLOAD Quote Link to comment
+HHL Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 (edited) mapsource will do that job fine. even your gpsr can do. just set a proximity. happy hunting from hamburg. Edited February 8, 2005 by hhl Quote Link to comment
+park2 Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 Thanks hhl. D'oh. 3 years I've used MapSource and never figured that out. I wanted to do just that on several occasions and had to use Streets & Trips. Quote Link to comment
+NightPilot Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 For the math involved, this website is the best you can find. Quote Link to comment
robertlipe Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 If you can't do it with a slide rule as God Herself intended, the correct solution involves three very long pieces of rope... Quote Link to comment
+NightPilot Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 I know she intended math to be done on a slide rule, but I lost mine about 4 decades ago. I still remember the first electronic calculator I ever saw. The chemistry department at my college bought it, and it was about the size of a current PC, and it added, subtracted, multiplied, and divided with amazing speed, with the answer displayed in red LEDs about an inch high. We were totally in awe of it. The college did have a computer - one, and it had its own building. Am I dating myself, or what? Quote Link to comment
+njload Posted February 9, 2005 Author Share Posted February 9, 2005 NightPilot, thanks for the site. Yes you are dating yourself and it sounds like around my date also. No such thing as a calculator in school in my days. Ahhh the good ol days. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment
+Sputnik 57 Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 If you can't do it with a slide rule as God Herself intended, the correct solution involves three very long pieces of rope... Quote Link to comment
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