That could be a cacher's collision detection. XKCD readers just cancel the meeting if it's over water or someplace like a military base. (unless of course you're a soldier with access to a boat, then you get to go anyway.) http://xkcd.com/240/ On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Andrew Senger <asenger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > - > The closest cache is PEA RIDGE HIKE (GCVKFK), only 10.5 miles SW of > the location. > > I'd say that if this takes off, we agree to meet at the cache nearest > the "random" location if the location isn't accessible. > > Andrew > > On 5/21/08, Jon Mertz <jemertz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Today's is in the middle of a forest relatively far south of here. Looks > > like a decent place to be, but good luck getting there. And watch out for > > meth labs disguised as geocaches. > > > > On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 8:27 AM, Andrew Senger <asenger@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > - > > > > > > Sounds like fun, but I'm wondering the chances the random coordinates > > > will be on public property that's easily accessible. > > > > > > Yesterday's was east of Babler State Park. It looks like it's in the > > > middle of a field, so I would assume it's private property. > > > > > > Andrew > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 5/21/08, Jon Mertz <jemertz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Play with the coordinate calculator here: http://xkcd.com/geohashing > > > > > > > > Every day, the algorithm generates a new set of coordinates for every > > > > region. They are randomly placed -- they could be in the forest, in a > > city, > > > > or on a mountain. > > > > > > > > Unless you can predict the stock market, you can't figure out what > the > > > > coordinates will be ahead of time. You can first calculate a > weekday's > > > > coordinates at about 9:30 AM (Eastern), and on Friday morning you can > > > > calculate the coordinates for each day that weekend. > > > > > > > > > > > > Origin: > > > > http://xkcd.com/426/ > > > > > > > > Wiki: > > > > http://wiki.xkcd.com/geohashing/Main_Page > > > > > > > > Enjoy! > > > > > > > > -Jon > > > > > > > > PS. For those of you who don't know, XKCD is a web comic of sarcasm, > > > > romance, math, and language. I suspect that GPSes fall into the math > > > > category. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Andrew Senger > > > asenger@xxxxxxxxx > > > http://yawetag.110mb.com > > > "I can't win anything. In fact, if you look up 'loser' in the > > > dictionary, you'll see someone else's photo!" --Andrew Senger > > > > > > > > > **************************************** > > > For List Info or To make _ANY_ changes, including unsubscribing from > this > > > list, click -----> > > //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching > > > Missouri Caches Scheduled to be Archived http://tinyurl.com/87cqw > > > > > > > > > > -- > Andrew Senger > asenger@xxxxxxxxx > http://yawetag.110mb.com > "I can't win anything. In fact, if you look up 'loser' in the > dictionary, you'll see someone else's photo!" --Andrew Senger > > > **************************************** > For List Info or To make _ANY_ changes, including unsubscribing from this > list, click -----> //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching > Missouri Caches Scheduled to be Archived http://tinyurl.com/87cqw >