[Az-Geocaching] Help! Inaccurate Coordinates & Missing Cache

[EvilFISH]

SA was done away with a nice thing Pres Clinton did...

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From: "Gordon L Flatt" <glflatt@mpsaz.org>
To: <listserv@azgeocaching.com>
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 3:58 PM
Subject: RE: [Az-Geocaching] Help! Inaccurate Coordinates & Missing Cache


> 100 meters: Accuracy of the original GPS system, which was subject to
> accuracy degradation under the government-imposed Selective Availability
> (SA) program.
> 15 meters: Typical GPS position accuracy without SA.
> 3-5 meters: Typical differential GPS (DGPS) position accuracy.
> < 3 meters: Typical WAAS position accuracy.
>
> Gordon L. Flatt
> AV Specialist
> Smith Junior High
> glflatt@mpsaz.org <mailto:glflatt@mpsaz.org>
> 480-472-4673
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> EvilFISH
> Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 3:35 PM
> To: listserv@azgeocaching.com
> Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Help! Inaccurate Coordinates & Missing
> Cache
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>
> first off aside from what the others do with the manual Garmin averaging,
I
> prefer to let my little Magellan sit for atleast a minute then let the
units
> self averaging do its thing for another minute, this has been the norm for
> our over 25 caches I have only had to adjust the coords once, but that was
> due to interference....
> besides if the coords took you to zero everytime what fun would the
04/04/04
> and Graldrichs caches be?
>
> I agree with the 15 foot radius, that is pretty much the GPS norm.
>
> as the Event cache and the ZERO experiment goes even the same units will
be
> off a little..
>
>
> as far as cache plundering goes...
>
> someone was curious to what was going on as they spotted a cacher caching.
> this someone was greedy
>
> someone found it by mistake and was greedy..
>
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "SquishyGecko" <squishygecko@yahoo.com>
> To: <listserv@azgeocaching.com>
> Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 8:35 AM
> Subject: [Az-Geocaching] Help! Inaccurate Coordinates & Missing Cache
>
>
> > Recently Brian from Team A.I. posted a log entry to Gecko's Urban
> Adventure
> > in which he wrote that the coordinates were approximately thirty feet
off
> > from what I had posted on the listing.  Along with this, yesterday
evening
> I
> > went venturing around checking some of my other caches, and noticed that
> the
> > coordinates, while close on some, where not so close on others.  Using a
> > Magellan Meridian Gold now, is there any reason at all why this would be
> > happening, and how do I make it stop happening?
> >
> > Also, I located one of my caches with the top hanging open and
everything
> > removed yesterday.  I recall some discussion about a pirate stealing
from
> > caches, however I thought that individual had been stopped.  Anyone have
> any
> > thoughts on this?  For the moment I've removed the cache, temporarily
> > disabled it, and may put it back later.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
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