[Az-Geocaching] What will be the next waypoint number after GCFFFF?
Team Tierra Buena
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Sun, 16 Mar 2003 14:34:18 -0700
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What is going to happen when the numbers are used up? The waypoint of
the most recent cache placed is GCE5C6. At the current rate of new
cache placements (which is obviously going to increase as geocaching
continues to add new adherents, and the weather gets warmer at higher
latitudes and elevations), we should reach the cache with waypoint
GCFFFF before the end of April.
Then, what will Geocaching.com do to increase the number of waypoint
numbers? Is it possible to add another digit, thereby making the next
waypoint number GC10000?
Not likely, as many older GPSRs can't handle waypoints more than of more
than six characters. But here was the thinking from TPTB (The Powers
That Be) at the end of last year. As I recollect from subsequent posts,
they have pretty much gone forward with what's described in here. Pay
particular attention to the posts from "Elias", as he's the one writing
the code for geocaching.com: http://tinyurl.com/7l54.
Steve
Team Tierra Buena
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Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>What is going to happen when the numbers are =
used
up? The waypoint of the most recent cache placed is =
</span></font><span
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style=3D'font-family:Verdana'>GCE5C6</span></font></b></strong><font
face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>. At the current =
rate of new
cache placements (which is obviously going to increase as geocaching =
continues
to add new adherents, and the weather gets warmer at higher latitudes =
and
elevations), we should reach the cache with waypoint <strong><b><font
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-family:Arial'>GCFFFF</span></font></b></strong>
before the end of April.</span></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Then, what =
will Geocaching.com
do to increase the number of waypoint numbers? Is it possible to =
add
another digit, thereby making the next waypoint number <strong><b><font
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-family:Arial'>GC10000</span></font></b></strong>?</span></f=
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<p><font size=3D3 color=3Dblue face=3D"Book Antiqua"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'>Not likely, as many older GPSRs =
can’t
handle waypoints more than of more than six characters. But here was the
thinking from TPTB (The Powers That Be) at the end of last year. As I =
recollect
from subsequent posts, they have pretty much gone forward with =
what’s
described in here. Pay particular attention to the posts from =
“Elias”,
as he’s the one writing the code for geocaching.com: =
</span></font><font
color=3Dblack face=3D"Book Antiqua"><span style=3D'font-family:"Book =
Antiqua";
color:black'><a =
href=3D"http://tinyurl.com/7l54">http://tinyurl.com/7l54</a>.<o:p></o:p><=
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<p><font size=3D3 color=3Dblack face=3D"Book Antiqua"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:black'>Steve<br>
Team Tierra Buena<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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