[GeoStL] Re: Perfection is hard to achieve
- From: "Steve Bromley" <bromley@xxxxxxx>
- To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 19:36:34 -0500
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A 30 foot discrepancy shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. I've seen that
much between two of the new Garmin 60CSx as one cache and right on at the
next. The geometry of the satellites has a lot to do with it along with the
orientation of the unit and if it's held horizontal, etc., etc., etc.
People will make that comment some to let you know that their coordinates
didn't match yours, others to let other finders know that there are
differences. I wouldn't worry about 30 feet. If you keep getting mentions
of over 50 feet of difference, I'd go out with my unit and check again.
Once at the site, let the GPS'r set for about 5 minutes and see what the
reading is. Walk away about 100 feet and come back and do it again.
Average a couple set of readings like that to get a good set of coordinates.
I always check my cache coordinates with Google maps to make sure I'm close
before I release it to be found. Just a final safety measure I do so that I
don't inconvienience other cachers by trying to find a cache that is
misplaced.
My 2 cents worth.
Steve
On 05/01/2007 7:24:33 PM, Stephen Martin (faery_generic@xxxxxxx) wrote:
> -
>
> 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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