[Az-Geocaching] Major League Cacher and Cache Density

[AJ George]

Only have a moment free before getting back to work. There was a
previous discussion on this very topic in the GC forums. I can't
remember exactly when but I believe last year or the year before. I
think it even included drawings. I'm sure a search will turn it up for
those inclined.

AJ


On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 01:13:31 -0800 (PST), Gale
<sonoralovesmommy at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Overplacing and denied, suggest you make it 4 multicaches?
>  
> (Couldnt resist)
> 
> 
> Tim Giron <tgiron at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> 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
>  
> ________________________________
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> From: az-geocaching-bounces at listserv.azgeocaching.com
> [mailto:az-geocaching-bounces at listserv.azgeocaching.com] On Behalf Of David
> Thompsen
> Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 10:05 PM
> To: listserv at 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".
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