[GeoStL] Re: Perfection is hard to achieve
- From: "Gale R. Nie" <showme69@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 18:53:16 -0500
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I've been working on some cache hides recently and will be listing 5 new
ones soon. Due to the terrain on one of them, I was only able to get 67
foot accuracy with my yellow etrex when I was scouting the location. It did
a little better when I hid the container so that should help. But a finder
could really be off if they also are only getting 60+ foot accuracy when
searching.
Gale
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From: "Mike Lusicic" <lusicic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 3:27 PM
Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Perfection is hard to achieve
> -
> Well, most folks look at only the accuracy of their GPSr (from my
> experiencein showing folks), assuming the published coordinates are
> accurate.Even with 15 foot accuracy, if the hider is off 15 feet to the
> left
> and the finder is 15 feet off to the left of that, then that is 30 feet
> without even 30 foot accuracy showing on your GPSr. If both units are only
> getting 30 foot accuracy, then you could be 60 feet away. Of course that
> is
> the most extreme example. Of course the better the hider can do, the less
> he
> is going to contribute to the error, thus the method Steve was
> recommending
> for establishing the cache coordinates.
> Andrew Senger wrote: - I have to remind my dad (lobocs) of this all the
> time.Frequently, his GPSr will come to a different location than mine, and
> he'll still look just in his area (even with a 22-30 foot accuracy!). I
> can
> easily count several times the cache was away from both of our "Zero"
> points,so I've learned to start looking around from there. Andrew
> (yawetag)
> On 5/2/07, Laura Million <lmillio@xxxxxxxx>[1] wrote: - When I'm caching
> withnew people or when teaching the Girl Scouts, I tell them that the GPS
> is
> only a tool that will take them to the area of the cache. Once they get to
> the area, they should put the GPS down and start using their eyes and
> brains
> to look. Look for things out of place like a pile of sticks or leaves that
> would not have fallen there naturally. Look for little nooks and holes
> that
> might hold small containers. Look high as well as low since some of those
> devious cachers don't always place their caches on the ground. My GPSr is
> often way off. That's what I get for buying it on E-bay. I also use a
> magnetic compass because my needle on the GPS might be pointing south, but
> I
> know that that direction is really north. I'll pull out my compass and
> find
> what is really south and follow that. It has helped me often. Laura
> Million
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> Sent:Tuesday, May 01, 2007 7:25 PM To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx[7]
> Subject:
> [GeoStL] Perfection is hard to achieve - 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
> needleuntil 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
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