Geocaching Australia

I think you will be disappointed with the resolution, a typical video input is designed to accept a composite video signal which is quite low resolution by computer standards, 320 to 720 pixels horizontally according to http://www.maxim-ic.com/app-notes/index.mvp/id/734

For anybody thinking of travelling to Asia this site has free maps for your Garmin device.
http://www.malfreemaps.com/index.php

There is an active mapping community there.

It is possible to register a .com.au domain without an ABN or a company name - I have one that bears no resemblance to any company or business I own. One of my companies is an agent for an Australian domain registration service. http://domains.teletrak.com.au

I've noticed that some caches have notes on them from riblit or an overseas admin saying something like "please rectify within two weeks or get archived" but they remain there. I understand the admins have plenty on but these seem to hang around for months not weeks. We do check back but would rath...

Google Earth can be out, so its worthwhile keeping that for consideration. I think the Oregon 550 has the same menu tree as the 300 so: On your GPSr touch setup -> down arrow -> position format and read the map datum, it should be set to WGS84. If its not, tap it and change. You can connect the GPSr...

darth trader wrote:ok stupid question: are willderness areas national parks?

No, but they come under DECC control and are subject to stricter rules than National Parks.

richary wrote:I've got a virtual at Singapore's Changi airport for those on a stopover. Look out the window and read the info. But yes, stuff al finds in the 4 or so years it has been active.

You should have put it at KLIA.

There are still a few left http://www.geocaching.com/seek/nearest. ... submit4=Go

Queensland does have a ban on new caches within their National Parks Queensland Parks & Wildlife Service, Department of Environment and Resource Management contacted Groundspeak regarding some caches in a National Park and advised that the placing of a cache container in National Parks and other pro...

The fact that you could post your message means you are logged in. The cache listing section at http://www.geocaching.com.au/ uses the same username and password so changing your password isn't the solution. The "remember me" option stores some information in the form of cookie on the computer you a...

What theUMP said.
There are 44 more words in that cache description than there were in the original submission.

delta_foxtrot2 wrote:, I wasn't aware that DECC was listed as the owner, nor they had an official policy on geocaching.

DECC isn't listed as the owner, they manage the national parks and this bump in the landscape is in one.
The policy is on their website and has been the subject of more than a few threads here.

Welcome back Leek! From my experience, the in car units are good for roads and "how to get there" info but fail off road. I noticed the latest garmin maps (2009) on my nuvi stopped showing the road I was on as soon as it entered a National Park, The road continued through the park and exited on the ...

Today's (2 Jan 2009) Sydney MorningHerald has a story on geocaching featuring Tronador, assisted by Spindoc Bob.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/a ... 64257.html is the online version, your local newsagent has the hard copy.

You of course can do the calcs yourself as they are fairly easy :) Depending how acurate you want to get... the rough mud math way is to just use pythag (ie right angle triangle) but throw in a cos(latitude) for good measure. distance in km = sqrt((abs(lon1 - lon2) * cos((lat1 + lat2) / 2))^2 + (ab...