AS of right now I have 2431 Found Maine caches. Most of those have been done since July of 2005.
My money is on parmachenee!
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AS of right now I have 2431 Found Maine caches. Most of those have been done since July of 2005.
My money is on parmachenee!
Oh yes, I would have one more but for a DNF on a cache yesterday!
Stats have been updated, despite a glitch with the PQ files!
Maine Geocaching Stats
Stats have been updated. 90 caches away from 5000 published caches!
Maine Geocaching Stats
Hi Folks,
I'm active in the New York geocaching community, and just for kicks I've started working on a bookmark list of the caches with the most finds in each state. (I'm restricting myself to caches with a physical container - no virtuals, locationless, etc., although I may include a couple of extremely prolific examples for comparison purposes - I already have What in the World Cache?, just because the totals are so ridiculous.) I've been doing much of the research by hand, but I thought that if anyone would know where my research efforts have failed it would be active local cachers in different communities.
So I'm here because I'm not entirely sure that I've got the right cache for Maine... the best I've been able to come up with is The Fort Williams Cache with 772 finds. I was wandering these forums and saw this thread and figured, if there's anyone worth asking, it's probably the folks here! I know that the combination of groundspeak and GSAK doesn't make it easy to store information about total finds, but even anecdotally, does anyone know if I can do better?
Thanks very much,
addisonbr
New York Metro Geocaching Society
Part of the reason the What in the World cache has such large numbers is in it's early years, the owner allowed "armchair" logging, meaning you didn't have to actually visit the site to log the cache. You only had to explain to him what was at the location. Another reason is it is a very popular site, easy to get to, and a site which is attractive to many cachers.
That being said, I think the Fort Williams cache gets a lot of hits for a physical cache. I looked at a few other caches I thought were popular, but they don't have as many finds as Fort Williams. Perhaps one of our more southern cachers can think of a cache that gets hit more often?
The Fort Williams cache would I think need to be somewhere near the top as it relates to its hits because of its age. The average is about 100 hits per year (app 8 years old).
There are other caches in the state that are averaging more, but the question is can they produce the total number of hits to get to the top with much less time.
Statistics is usually an interesting subject except when I have to get my work stats done.
Thanks for running the numbers!
my Freeport Skating Pond (GC185XF) has over 200 in less than 2 years - probably my busiest cache...not sure that it will maintain that pace...one of the caches I adopted (We Don't Need No Education-GC2A46) is one of the oldest and has over 300..
Thanks for the feedback! I'll go ahead and include Fort Williams with confidence for now.
One thing I've noticed is that certain historic caches sometimes cross a threshold of consistent traffic... Newer caches sometimes slow down as the "area" cachers all eventually log it, but some of the "oldest in the state" type caches get a more consistent stream of geo-tourists who like to collect stuff like that.
You guys should be very happy/proud that a notable cache tops your list. I'm a little sad when I turn up states for whom the most visited cache is placed at an interstate rest stop.
Is There A Way To Give Stats On How Many Caches Done In One Day By All Maine Geocachers?
Since I only get the stats every week, I think I could figure out how many caches were logged, as well as how many logs were written in a week. I'll have to add that to my list of possible additions. There is no way I could tell if the logs were made by Maine geocachers, however.Quote:
Originally Posted by hide_from_the_kids
I can tell you, 1565 different caches were logged last week.
Is That Just Maine Caches?
Yes, 1565 different Maine caches. It includes all logged caches, So "Will Attend" counts as does DNFs and Published - any logs.
In other words, a little less than half of Maine's active caches got at least one log of some kind last week.
At the bottom of the home page of gc.com they give similar statistics. Today it states "There are 794,644 active caches worldwide. In the last 7 days, there have been 736,400 new logs written by 90,280 account holders."
Here is a map showing the growth of caches by year. I think I can sleep now. ;)
http://bytethebullet.com/geocaching/...sanimation.gif
Stats have been updated!
Only 3 caches away from 5000 published caches! I would imagine that milestone will come before today is over.
We are inching closer to 4000 available caches, 79 to go! I'd gamble that would happen within a few weeks, but it may take longer depending on how many caches Gob-ler archives versus how many get adopted.
Maine Geocaching Stats
What a cool map with the caches -by-year! Thanks for that brdad!
I've said it in the past....and I think it bears repeating. Thanks for all the stats, maps, links and overall assistance that you give. It's greatly appreciated.
I fully agree!Quote:
Originally Posted by pm28570
I know Brdad quite well, and am always surprised that he doesn't wear thick, black rimmed glasses and have a plastic pocket protector in his shirt pocket.
;);)
I heard Haffy say once that there's a lot more caches to grab now then before he left for warmer climes and those maps bear the truth. That's a really cool map! I just sent 6 new ones to Tom for review so maybe we'll hit 5000 tonight. Amazing how this game has evolved!
Lee does dress me well! And thanks for that calculator watch and for helping me with my hairpiece!Quote:
Originally Posted by WhereRWe?
Thanks again to all for the kind words.
Here's the first draft... Subject to amendment of course.Quote:
Originally Posted by addisonbr
Most Found Caches by State and Country
There's also a link in the bookmark to some oddball stats you may or may not find interesting...
Thanks a bunch for the help.
Cheers,
addisonbr
Busy week - we have crossed 800,000 available caches worldwide and 5000 published Maine caches. And, we will be crossing 4000 available Maine caches in the near future!
Maine Geocaching Stats
Sheesh! So many lightposts, so little time... :D:DQuote:
Originally Posted by brdad
Okay, we can't have any bashing of micros here, it's just not right and it's unjustified. After all, of the 35 new caches placed last week, ONE was a regular size. :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by WhereRWe?
What a shame!!! I'ts not like the good Ole days is it Dave? And I'm not bashing micros at all it's just that it seems people are just not putting the effort into hiding caches like they used to anymore. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by brdad
I'm not hatin' on the micros, but it is disheartening. It's getting harder and harder to get rid of the TBs and coins I'm always carrying around.Quote:
Originally Posted by brdad
I do have to admit... There aren't that many nice, scenic locations left to place an ammo can anymore! LOL! (But RuLost2? and I know of a couple...)Quote:
Originally Posted by Trick or Treat
We'll put out a few in the next couple of weeks.
And here's an idea: maybe some of the newer cachers that are looking for a good place to place a cache could check the archived Maine caches to see if the location could be "reused". Ca't think of any off the top of my head, but I know there must be some nice locations where the cache has been archived for some reason.
There are many many places left that are suitable for ammo boxes - perhaps not all are in sight of Mt. Katahdin or Maine's coast but they are very worthy locations - If anyone is having a hard time to find a place suitable, I will be glad to look up on my maps and the list of archived caches to help them place a full size cache. I can think of several places off the top of my head in the Bangor area as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by WhereRWe?
All it takes is a little research, forethought, and imagination to place a cache that will create memories for a large percentage of the finders.
Maine has 5000+ lakes and ponds, 2,589 mountain peaks and summits, 3000+ miles of coastline, 4,613 coastal islands - you can't convince me all the good spots are gone! :p:p:p
Sheesh! Cool as a moose! I just hope that someone interested in placing a NICE cache will ask for a suggested location.Quote:
Originally Posted by brdad
Sheesh! How about a "Campaign for Traditional Caches"? :D:D
Dubord has enlightened me to a slight error in my code regarding the milestone hide calculations - I will try and have those fixed by the next run!
You are amazing with the numbers!Quote:
Originally Posted by brdad
You could have made those up as easily as I did! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Trick or Treat
Ok, I didn't make them up - Google is your friend. I found it on the internet, it has to be true!
I found my error with the milestone hides and corrected that.
I also added a "Data Collected" date at the top of the page since most of the time I run the stats the data is already a day or two old.
I have re-posted the new results using the older data.
Great work again brdad. Keep it up and the other help you have given is well appreciated
This weeks updates were aimed at giving ideas for new caches:
A Difficulty/Terrain chart shows that perhaps it's time to stop hiding 1.5/1.5 caches! There are nearly twice as many 1.5/1.5 caches as there are ANY other D/T combo. Perhaps someone can find a place to hide the lonely 5/2.5?
The Maine's Alphanumeric Challenge alphanumerics with 5 or less available caches section has been added as promised.
A section for Maine's available caches above 2500 feet elevation. Tat hooked me up with this some time ago and I have just gotten around to integrating it. Sorry, the data is not reliable enough to do the lowest elevation caches.
A section for Maine's available caches within 100 feet of the 45th parallel has been added.
And lastly, a section for Maine's Confluence caches has been added. There's still a few for the taking if it's in an area safe to do so!
Maine Geocaching Stats
Just took a look, thanks for this. Didn't sense check all of it but for the AlphaNumeric under 7 there is:
Lexmano (707/KC-135)-(GC1RW1G/1.0) by 1.5
PM28570 (7 Million Mosquitoes)-(GC1RXA0/1.5) by 1.5
707/KC-135 should be by PM28570 and 7 Million Mosquitoes is by Laughiing Terry.
At any rate, the data you supply in the format you do is invaluable in my opinion. Thanks again.
Thanks for the catch - stoopid commas :) - I knew I should have waited to upload until this morning!
Should be better now.
Code doesn't like comma's? :D Hey....thanks for the others as well, pretty neat.
Quote:
Originally Posted by brdad
Stats have been updated!
Sabby suggested a section listing caches which have been disabled over 6 months. I adjusted it to 90 days. It is not 100% accurate, but the results should be a minimum, the actual number of days could be up to seven days more depending on the data that comes in my PQs.
Maine Geocaching Stats
OK, just kidding - they didn't break. But he has changed the data quite a bit.
Maine now has .51% of the world's caches
Ekidokai has placed the most caches in a day, and now claims most hides in 3 counties as well as 3 Delorme Grids.
Maine Geocaching Stats