Jim Krider wrote:
> Another test at ASU I stood on a manhole cover and made a waypoint.
> Without moving I then set a go to for that way point which said it was
> 8ft away.  Not bad.  But then without moving the numbers increased
> further and further until it reached 57 feet.
> 
> When hunting for geocaches I was assuming I was within 3 m (about 10
> feet).  I can see now it could be up to 60 ft away from the spot.

It also depends on the terrain.  You'll have a real good time finding 
caches in the bottom of caverns when the signal starts bouncing off the 
walls and is generally weak.  It gets especially fun when the cache is 
on the side of a steep hill.  Most people think to look for 20 feet or 
so in all directions.  In reality the accuracy distance is a circle 
projected straight down, so you actually have to search much father up 
and down the hill than you have to from side to side.

I whipped up a visual aid.  The blue represents what most people think 
to look in (20 feet in all directions).  The red is where you actually 
need to look.

Brian Cluff
Team Snaptek