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=== Geocaching in Illte === | === Geocaching in Illte === | ||
| − | There is an activity in [[Illte]] that resembles geocaching in our world. The locations are found using a tablet computer and the time and ID beacons from the cellular data towers that replaced the former cell phone towers. The system's minimum requirement for a location is the ID number of two towers and the time dilation of each tower<ref>The tablet calculates the angles between the towers from their relative positions, and the distance from each tower from dilation in their time beacon.</ref>. The resolution of the positions differs with the number of towers used in the location listing of the cache. Two-tower caches will have a resolution of 2 metre ({{Measconv|target=foot|source=metre|measure=2|round=1}} feet, {{Measconv|target=m|source=metre|measure=2|round=1}} meter), 3-tower caches will have a resolution of 1.5 braz ({{Measconv|target=foot|source=braz|measure=1.5|round=1}} feet, {{Measconv|target=cm|source=braz|measure=1.5|round=1}} cm), while 4-tower caches will have a resolution down to 2 pawz ({{Measconv|target=inch|source=pawz|measure=2|round=1}} inches, {{Measconv|target=cm|source=pawz|measure=2|round=1}} cm). | + | There is an activity in [[Illte]] that resembles geocaching in our world. The locations are found using a tablet computer and the time and ID beacons from the cellular data towers that replaced the former cell phone towers. The system's minimum requirement for a location is the ID number of two towers and the time dilation of each tower<ref>The tablet calculates the angles between the towers from their relative positions, and the distance from each tower from dilation in their time beacon.</ref>. The resolution of the positions differs with the number of towers used in the location listing of the cache. Two-tower caches will have a resolution of 2 metre ({{Measconv|target=foot|source=metre|measure=2|round=1}} feet, {{Measconv|target=m|source=metre|measure=2|round=1}} meter)<ref>About the same as the GPS in a cell phone.</ref>, 3-tower caches will have a resolution of 1.5 braz ({{Measconv|target=foot|source=braz|measure=1.5|round=1}} feet, {{Measconv|target=cm|source=braz|measure=1.5|round=1}} cm)<ref>About the same as a GPS device used while in an open area.</ref>, while 4-tower caches will have a resolution down to 2 pawz ({{Measconv|target=inch|source=pawz|measure=2|round=1}} inches, {{Measconv|target=cm|source=pawz|measure=2|round=1}} cm). |
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Revision as of 22:31, 23 June 2013
I know a lot of people has heard about geocaching, but how many knows that some people has combined the geocaching hobby with conlanging?
The following is a list of known conlang geocaches available at geocaching.com:
Conlanging Geocaches Name Owner Conlang Country Arendal conlang #1 Aetesaki Delang Norway Arendal conlang #2 Aetesaki Delang Norway Alien Language (Hamilton) Spaced1 Alien script New Zealand Vogon Language (Waikato) Jasp3r Vogon New Zealand Dead Language? The SBI Unknown Australia tlhIngon Hol WitzAbout Klingon USA
Geocaching in Illte
There is an activity in Illte that resembles geocaching in our world. The locations are found using a tablet computer and the time and ID beacons from the cellular data towers that replaced the former cell phone towers. The system's minimum requirement for a location is the ID number of two towers and the time dilation of each tower[1]. The resolution of the positions differs with the number of towers used in the location listing of the cache. Two-tower caches will have a resolution of 2 metre (5.6 feet, 1.7 meter)[2], 3-tower caches will have a resolution of 1.5 braz (2.1 feet, 63.5 cm)[3], while 4-tower caches will have a resolution down to 2 pawz (3.5 inches, 9 cm).
