[GeoStL] Perfection is hard to achieve
- From: Stephen Martin <faery_generic@xxxxxxx>
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 17:24:33 -0700
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I am curious about some things that are actually geocache related... sorry no
food this time.
I have experienced several incidents of people pointing out that a cache is off
by 20 to 50 feet. Sometimes it has been regarding one of my hides, sometimes
the logs of a cache I am hunting, and I have witnessed it on some races.
I believe that there are many reasons for that including terrain and foilage,
weather, sattelite position and the difference in GPSrs. Therefore, I watch
the needle until I get to a zero and just search outward from there. I think
that is the fun part... the search. How fun is pin the tail on the donkey if
your hand guides you to the exact spot. Where is the challenge?
Most often the difference is 30 feet or less, and geoexperience should teach
where to look. I would love feedback on this issue. Am I atleast partly
correct for causes of descrepencies? Is the it the hunt not the needle that
rocks?
Thanks for any response to my random thoughts. Happy hunting!
Stephen
BTW- The picnic looked to be a huge success from the look of the photos.
Illness kept me away.
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