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MuStash

Joined: 07 Sep 2006 Posts: 111 Location: Winnipeg
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Posted: May 30, 2011 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for posting those stats Dragonfreys. Very interesting to see and the animation is super!
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TurdleEggs

Joined: 31 Jul 2005 Posts: 687 Location: Ste Genevieve
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Posted: May 30, 2011 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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That’s a great visualization Sean – thanks! It seems like we were just talking about this yesterday The Forks is where it’s at!
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IAMSTIG

Joined: 12 Aug 2009 Posts: 31 Location: Winnipeg
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Posted: May 31, 2011 2:59 am Post subject: |
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Oh I like maps
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Dragonfreys

Joined: 12 Feb 2006 Posts: 368 Location: Manitoba-Westman
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Posted: May 31, 2011 4:42 pm Post subject: Cache animation |
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Okay, with a bit of transformation into a time series by when the caches were placed and colour coded by 2011 status (red=active, orange=temp unavailabe, yellow=achived) here is a 200K kmz file that will open in Google Earth. Note that when you save it you should replace the underscore character in the filename with a dot so it is named 2011Caches.kmz so it opens properly.
Once it does you can use the time slider at the top left to start animation of caches being placed with a date reference to boot.
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glacier_ice Site Admin

Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 870
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Posted: Jun 02, 2011 3:44 am Post subject: |
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Nice work guys! I like these stats!
_________________ "So do they sometimes hide caches in dog poo like this?" "No, that's real poo. You might want to put that down." |
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IAMSTIG

Joined: 12 Aug 2009 Posts: 31 Location: Winnipeg
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Posted: Jun 02, 2011 1:48 pm Post subject: |
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Here's a link that will open the cache file directly in Google Earth so you don't have to download it and change the extension.
http://maps.ducks.ca/public/2011Caches.kmz
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Dragonfreys

Joined: 12 Feb 2006 Posts: 368 Location: Manitoba-Westman
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Dragonfreys

Joined: 12 Feb 2006 Posts: 368 Location: Manitoba-Westman
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Posted: Aug 11, 2015 4:55 pm Post subject: Anyone keeping up the archive |
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I'm curious about these stats again, especially after the mega event so has anyone maintained the complete database of Manitoba caches?
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glacier_ice Site Admin

Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 870
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Posted: Aug 11, 2015 8:15 pm Post subject: |
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Stonagal would be the one to check with as far as stats go. He may have something.
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Stonagal

Joined: 23 Oct 2012 Posts: 100
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Posted: Aug 11, 2015 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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My, my. I've done stats for a couple years now and I thought I had a pretty detailed system, but I must tip my hat to the master.
Using pocket queries, I keep track of active caches province-wide over time, including how many active caches are still around from each year, but I have no comprehensive database. And I don't have enough know-how to produce the kind of maps I see you produced over the years.
Dragonfreys, you mentioned in a 2011-05-26 post that you have a database that includes all archived caches. That intrigues me, for three reasons: the first is that I love me some zombie hunting; second, the early history of Manitoba geocaching has always intrigued me; third, I maintain a bookmark list of MB caches that were hidden in 2001-2002 (http://www.geocaching.com/bookmarks/view.aspx?guid=3e090535-bf65-428f-842b-39a024304c5b). I've managed to track down 33 hides, but you mentioned somewhere else (maybe in an early table?) that there were 36 between the two years. That means I'm missing three. From your timelapse map posted 2008-08-19, I see one of those is in the Killarney area and another is south of the TCH near Elkhorn. I would love to have a look at that 2008 database if you still have it and are willing to share
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Dragonfreys

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Dragonfreys

Joined: 12 Feb 2006 Posts: 368 Location: Manitoba-Westman
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Posted: Mar 28, 2017 10:06 pm Post subject: Latest placement animation |
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glacier_ice Site Admin

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Posted: Apr 08, 2017 1:17 am Post subject: |
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Awesome!
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Dragonfreys

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glacier_ice Site Admin

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Posted: Apr 27, 2017 11:49 pm Post subject: |
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(Like!)
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