161 m Guideline

[+brendan714]

The guidelines state: "Physical elements of different geocaches should be at least 0.10 miles (528 ft or 161 m) apart."

 

Typically we assume this as 2-dimensional map distance. What if a geocache is 161 m away from another geocache, but in the vertical direction? The map would show them much less than 161 meters apart, but in reality they could be much further away than that.

 

A less extreme example: Two caches are 150 m of map distance away from each other, but you have to gain 60 m of elevation between cache A and cache B. Therefore the caches are actually 162 m apart (Pythagoras Theorem).

 

Just looking for a little more insight into the guideline.

Thanks!

[RuideAlmeida]

The distance is measured in a straight line over a map... "as the crow flies".

[+TriciaG]

Yep, assume a flat earth.

 

We've got latitude and longitude that can easily be used by reviewers to determine distance, but online mapping doesn't have easy altitude check capabilities, so it's left as just the 2-D distance.

[+Team Microdot]

I expect there are numerous threads on this topic already, I know I've seen a few, and someone who is more skilled than I with the search feature will probably be along shortly and helpfully provide some useful links

[+msrubble]

I expect there are numerous threads on this topic already, I know I've seen a few, and someone who is more skilled than I with the search feature will probably be along shortly and helpfully provide some useful links

 

Yes, someone else asked this same question quite recently. You don't even need to search, just scroll down. Elevation when hiding new cache?