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- 25 April 17 10:52 am
- Forum: General Chit-Chat
- Topic: Anybody seen such a trig before?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 11401
Re: Anybody seen such a trig before?
If it is anything to do with surveying I would imagine the box on the top contains a mount for a theodolite. Probably constructed to get a view to other trigs over the trees. Normal trigs would have a point on the ground under the tower to erect a tripod & theodolite.
- 08 February 17 7:55 am
- Forum: General Chit-Chat
- Topic: Pokemon Go
- Replies: 119
- Views: 66409
Re: Pokemon Go
Gen 2 is already here. Got one and seen another in a gym. Both devolved versions of series 1 pokes.
- 20 June 16 10:08 pm
- Forum: Geocaching Australia Web site
- Topic: 2016 / 2017 Game
- Replies: 22
- Views: 11315
Re: 2016 / 2017 Game
Any it's the 10th anniversary of F2F
How time flies (opens can of worms)
How time flies (opens can of worms)
- 20 June 16 10:02 pm
- Forum: Geocaching Australia Web site
- Topic: 2016 / 2017 Game
- Replies: 22
- Views: 11315
Re: 2016 / 2017 Game
F2F was a great game back when I started caching. You needed to find caches based on various themes, so had to be creative in how to justify that the cache met the theme. But more importantly was scored on difficulty and terrain. So a theme matched 5x5 was a big scorer. They were the days of extreme...
- 28 February 16 11:28 pm
- Forum: General Chit-Chat
- Topic: Is there a point to puzzle caches?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8063
Re: Is there a point to puzzle caches?
My puzzles are an exercise in navigation, which is what I thought caching, and GPS use in general, was about (we all play the game according to our own rules). Very few people seem to get them.
- 22 February 16 11:54 pm
- Forum: General Chit-Chat
- Topic: Geelong Accommodation
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4108
Re: Geelong Accommodation
Depends on the style of accomodation you want, but I like the Torquay Tropicana Motel. It's a good country style motel, and a lot cheaper than anywhere I have stayed in metropolitan Geelong.
- 09 February 16 11:49 am
- Forum: General Chit-Chat
- Topic: Mass logging by donuts4711
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10511
Re: Mass logging by donuts4711
I had a post on one of my disabled caches in SA. The finder had nearly 3000 finds. By the time I worked out it was bogus and deleted the post he had over 3000. Checked 3 hours later and the finds was around 2800, so it looks like lots of us are deleting. But if you are going to do an April Fool at l...
- 15 October 15 11:49 pm
- Forum: General Chit-Chat
- Topic: What's the difference between a trig point and a survey mark
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5662
Re: What's the difference between a trig point and a survey mark
I had trouble working out what constituted a trig station when I was in NZ earlier this year. Unlike the hierarchy in Australia they describe their survey marks in terms of what "order" they fall into (see http://www.linz.govt.nz/data/geodetic-system/datums-projections-and-heights/coordinate-and-he...
- 27 August 15 1:10 am
- Forum: Geocaching Australia Web site
- Topic: Toolbox - Coordinates
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4449
Re: Toolbox - Coordinates
Decimal minutes at the equator is good to 2m, better at higher latitudes. This is better than an un-corrected GPSr can define. Decimal seconds would be 30mm or better precision, which is the domain of professional surveyors. Taking into consideration most hiders (and finders) almost never consult DO...
- 01 June 15 8:57 am
- Forum: General Chit-Chat
- Topic: Is this typical Aussie style?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3496
Re: Is this typical Aussie style?
There was some discussion here a few years ago where the consensus was that a traditional cache should require no additional equipment or knowledge. A cache that required the finder to have 2 litres of water to access the cache was put up as this type. It was considered this should be a mystery. The...
- 06 May 15 5:33 pm
- Forum: General Chit-Chat
- Topic: How many people still visit the forums
- Replies: 67
- Views: 32140
Re: How many people still visit the forums
I'm here almost every day. It's a pretty lonely place. Once I spent half an hour or more per day on the forums. Now I go for days without seeing a post. I have a Facebook account but really don't understand it. I haven't found an Australian caching area like the forums. As a result I've lost quite a...
- 26 January 15 11:54 pm
- Forum: Geocaching Australia Web site
- Topic: Some thoughts on GCA...
- Replies: 52
- Views: 22260
Re: Some thoughts on GCA...
Omg I still have not worked out how to use Facebook so I've given up
- 30 November 14 10:12 am
- Forum: General Chit-Chat
- Topic: What is the word?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8431
Re: What is the word?
Seems Toposcope was the word you were looking for. From studying surveying in the 70s an old method used up to the 19th century was to set up a flat surface on a tripod and make a diagram as found on the Toposcope. This was called a Plane Table. So a Toposcope is a permanant Plane Table. Worth notin...
- 20 September 14 10:15 am
- Forum: General Chit-Chat
- Topic: Photo's on the ticker
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5762
Re: Photo's on the ticker
I've seen mine on both GC & GCA. But not in the last 5 or 6 years. I suppose as the database of photos increases the probability decreases.
- 30 July 14 8:53 am
- Forum: General Chit-Chat
- Topic: still anewbee needing help
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4170
Re: still anewbee needing help
It's not unusual for a delay of several days for a log on GG to come across to GCA. It's not instant.