I know I'm joining this party late, but I brought an extra one: 128 as follows

row     num  cumulative side length   

 1       11          0.000

 2       11        528.000

 3       11       1056.000

 4       11       1584.000

 5       10       2041.261

 6       11       2498.523

 7       10       2955.784

 8       11       3413.046

 9       10       3870.307

10       11       4327.568

11       10       4784.830

12       11       5242.091

        128

Now the real question, in light of the earlier discussions around "power trails"... is this a "power grid" ;)  

Tim

Team AZFastFeet

After I corrected my dumb error, I came up with 127.  You can make one of the inbetween rows 11 as well and skip the triangles, but I don't think there is enough to do it twice, so it only adds one.

 

Bill

 

---

From: az-geocaching-bounces@listserv.azgeocaching.com [mailto:az-geocaching-bounces@listserv.azgeocaching.com] On Behalf Of David Thompsen
Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 10:05 PM
To: listserv@azgeocaching.com
Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Major League Cacher and Cache Density

 

Bill's right : there's room to double up some square rows in the middle of the equilateral grid - probably enough to push the total to 128 or 129.  Mathematicians will have to provide the best answer. Maybe I'll dump the question into the GC.com forums.

 

--Dave, The Cow Spots

Also, did you know?-

The maximum number of caches you can fit in a square mile is 100? Well, that is IF GC.com actually stuck to their .1 "ahem"..."guideline".

 

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
http://mail.yahoo.com ____________________________________________________________
Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com
To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe visit:
http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching

Arizona's Geocaching Resource
http://www.azgeocaching.com

---

Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site!

____________________________________________________________
Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com
To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe visit:
http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching

Arizona's Geocaching Resource
http://www.azgeocaching.com

____________________________________________________________
Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com
To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe visit:
http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching

Arizona's Geocaching Resource
http://www.azgeocaching.com