Game 20 - Feb 2003

[BigNick]

While you can't visit any points until Feb, you can download the points to have a look at what is do-able

http://www.seaotters.net/~scout/Game_20/index.htm

I think Scout needs a new random number generator that takes into account NZ's terrain

[BigNick]

Here is a zip file with just the NZ dashpoints for game 20 in .loc and topomap format (sorry Brent, you will have to fiddle the topomap file in excel to get it into NZMapped format. If you give me some format specs I can add it to GPSBabel)

Hopefully I have filtered out only the Aus points, and left only the NZ points. We may be able to ask Scout to provide a NZ .loc file for game 21 if we put on a good show in game 20

[BrentC]

already done Nick - downloaded into EasyGPS - sorted the NZ points uploaded to the GPS and downloaded to Polymedia and Tumonz last night.

[tgsnoopy]

Well I definitely won't be getting any dashpoints in Game 20 by the looks of things. Geepers Scout, talk about difficult. The nearest dashpoint is about 2km from shore in lake Rotorua. Then there is the other two nearer caches of which neither is within 1km of access, one near the summit of a mountain the other on private property. Oh well

[BigNick]

I have not finished looking at all the points, and I am still working on Bernadette (she is not convinced the geodashing will be fun) but I think I should be able to get at least 6 dashpoints by going over to the westcoast and down south (famous last words )

[rediguana]

If you give me some format specs I can add it to GPSBabel

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$lath = floor(abs($latitude));
$latd = (abs($latitude) - $lath)*60;
$longh = floor(abs($longitude));
$longd = ($longitude - $longh)*60;
printf("\$GPWPL,%s%02.3f,S,%s%02.3f,E,%s\r\n", $lath, $latd, $longh, $longd, $waypointid);

No doubt you can optimise it, but thats the php code for NZMapped from the open waypoint db project, which originates from those perl scripts I wrote ages ago for converting the geodashing csv's into useable data formats.

Cheers Gav

[BrentC]

I see that there are some easy points in the NI and the deep south - I can see a selling trip to Auckland will have to be planned.

Who is going to hit what in the Canterbury region

[BigNick]

Who is going to hit what in the Canterbury region

I will post the points I can hit sometime tonight. I nice thing is that the dashpoints can be hit more than once, they just loose some value - so we should hit the easy ones at least twice.

[rediguana]

I nice thing is that the dashpoints can be hit more than once, they just loose some value - so we should hit the easy ones at least twice.

Ah, no. A player can only score once from a dashpoint. Multiple players can however score from a dashpoint, 3, 2 and then 1 points. In our situation it would be best to have all visit on the same day so we maximise individual points.

Cheers Gav

[BigNick]

I nice thing is that the dashpoints can be hit more than once, they just loose some value - so we should hit the easy ones at least twice.

Ah, no. A player can only score once from a dashpoint. Multiple players can however score from a dashpoint, 3, 2 and then 1 points. In our situation it would be best to have all visit on the same day so we maximise individual points.

That was what I ment, we was not the royal we, it was the team we... now that is confusing. I ment that for easy dashpoints at least two of the team member should visit. If it is on the same day then both individuals get 3 points, but the team only gets 5. If it is on different days then the individuals get 3 then 2 points respectivly, but the team still gets 5. I realise that as an individual you can't just keep going back to the same dashpoint and rack up 6 points (3+2+1)

[rediguana]

That's cool. I just thought I'd try and correctly that quickly I haven't even looked at Feb's points yet. I'd love to hit the two down south later today, but alas I think I have too much work to do

Cheers Gav

[Scout]

Well I definitely won't be getting any dashpoints in Game 20 by the looks of things. Geepers Scout, talk about difficult.

Sorry about that. I was feeling kind of pleased that several other areas of the world that have complained recently about having a poor selection of dashpoints seem to be more pleased with February's selection.

I've always thought that New Zealand would provide some of the most challenging points anywhere. I guess I didn't know just how challenging the New Zealand landscape can be. And, of course, being an island country, you are going to lose a lot of dashpoints to the sea. Sorry, that's the way the dashpoints fall.

[BigNick]

Here are the points I am considering:

Canterbury:
20YOOK - Near Charing Cross, 600m walk up Hawkins River (depends if you can walk along it's banks)
South Canterbury:
20YOKY - Near Hinds, 270m from the road along fence line? Could be private property
20YOGH - Near Mayfield, this is a 7km hike. The track on the topo starts at 600m and climbs to 1500m, but it does not show a road to this end of the track, so this one is a
20YOCK - Near Fairly, drive by along Brothers Rd
20YOBI - Near Waimate, looks like a dash from the road.
20YODH - Near Omaru, driveby along "Ardgowan" Rd, sounds a bit like middle earth
West Coast:
20YOGI - Near Gladstone, 150m from road
20YOCK - Inland from Ngahere, 1.5km along the shores of Lake Hodstetter, this will depend on access.

[BigNick]

I am planning on visiting 20-YOOK on the 6th if anyone else wants to get in on the 3 points.

[rediguana]

That could be a goer. What time of day? I'm supposed to be in WLG by the end of the day.

Cheers Gav