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Geocaching Statistics – Its Not about The Numbers switched off

lucy — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:38:29 +0000

I just found out some sad news. The geocaching statistics dashboard that I have been using for 2 years has recently closed down. “It’s Not about the Numbers” was turned off in June 2010 as Dave, the fearless leader had to focus his time and energy on other things – like family and his job. This is of course understandable and we will miss that the site has not found a new owner or being passed to Geocaching.com to integrate into their features.

With this news, I had to find a new site for geocache statistics. Do I choose GSAK, GCStatistic, or My Geocaching Profile?

GSAK

This geocaching tool is used by a lot of people and I hear of it fondly from others to track their cache finds and create their geocaching statistics. But I’ve just never really got into the tool, it does not seem intuitive for me, and feels a bit old school.

GCStatistic

I went to the web site and it is freeware (always appreciated). But I had to download something to use it, which I don’t mind but if there is an option for a completely online model – I tend to prefer that. The geocaching statistics profile created looks decent as well. So may be in the future.

My Geocaching Profile

I went to the website and yes, it looks a bit cheesy, but its a free site and used by geocachers! I checked out the sample profile and it is very extensive and has different ways to look at your geocaching statistics that has now got me thinking….. For instance there is a “cache count by county” that I had never considered. And badges for people based on what they have achieved….like a FourSquare approach to entice you.

I went with the My Geocaching Profile for today and here are the results. Happy Geocaching!

Profile created using MyGeocachingProfile.com

Geocaching Tools – It’s not JUST about the Numbers

lucy — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:35:16 +0000

I love geocaching and one thing for me is about the numbers! Yes, I admit it, it’s nice to see a BIG number when you log in and see how many you have found, and to compare yourself to others. But it’s also not just about the Numbers.

So how can you find what your geocaching statistics are? I use geocaching tools called It’s Not About the Numbers that is FREE. It walks you through the whole process, to go geocaching website, get your personal file, and the upload it. It allows you to export it through an HTML export that you can them copy to anywhere else you like – on your geocaching profile page, on a personal geocaching website or blog, like this one, or anything else you can think of.

Part of the geocaching tools that I like so much is the visual nature of what your geocaching statistics are. You can see the states or places across the world that you have been geocaching. I’ve gotten a few geocaches in Europe now, with Cyprus being a place I had great fun in.

You can also see the Combination grid of terrain and difficulty. This is my favorite thing to look at because I’d like to have at least one entry in each box. I tried for a 5/5 geocache a few weeks ago, but alas it was not to be. I’ll be back for that one though to get it included in my numbers.

The geocaching tools also includes the type of geocaches you have found and the size of the geocaches when you go geocaching. The most common type of geocache is the traditional geocache but I’ve tried to get a few different ones like the virtual or webcam versions.

So go ahead and see my geocaching statistics and try adding yours to your geocaching website. And maybe you’ll agree with me that It’s not just about the Numbers….

Stat Summary

Where I’ve Cached

Caching Milestones

Maps

Charts and Graphs

Geocaching Statistics – What’s the latest?

lucy — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:08:42 +0000

We are getting close to 1,000 geocaches! This sounds like a lot until you meet other geocachers and you see how many are over 1,000 and then 5,000 and with the top San Diego geocachers Kwvers at 12,000! Amazing!

I also just completed a geocache series about the Top 40 cachers in San Diego and it made me think – where am I on that list and what are my cache statistics?

Ran it through Geocache Statistics website and here are the results! (note – formatting is not great due to name change…it will catch up eventually)

Getting into the Top 1000 in California will be a great achievement!

Woo-Hoo – 600 Geocaches Found!

lucy — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:13:16 +0000

Woo-hoo – 600 Caches found. Thought I’d run an update on caches – what I’ve found, where, and type.

I thought I had found a few 4+ difficulties….looks like I still have a way to go to fill in those squares!

Stat Summary

Caching Milestones

Maps

Charts and Graphs

Geocache Statistics Update

lucy — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:48:56 +0000

Yeah – I reached the magic 400 geocaches this weekend, so here are my updated stats. I was at a geocache rally at the weekend (my first one) and met many other experienced geocachers – in fact we were definitely the “newbies” at only 400!!!! Some were at 12,000!!!! Want to keep you all motivated no matter how many you have – 1 is a fantastic find, 100 is 100 x those fantastic finds…so be proud of the 22 or 2200 you have found!

Stat Summary

Caching Milestones

Maps

Charts and Graphs

The Geocache Rankings

lucy — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:51:40 +0000

I just saw a geocache ranking tag used by a fellow geocacher and thought I’d find and share mine in this geocache blog post.

The geocaching ranking site is a lovely little geocaching tool provided by D Runner.

Drum roll…here are the results…Number 2,340 in California and number 30,790 in the world.

The fellow geocachers we saw are a California geocaching couple called J&J who were ranked #26 in the world!!!! WOW! We were following them on a trail today in the geocache logs – so what an honor. The J&J couple have found over 11,000 geocaches!!!

Bangers & Mash might have a little way to go to catch up to J&J, but hey, the only way is up, right?!

Geocaching Statistics Tool

lucy — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:14:53 +0000

I found this cool little FREE feature that lets you display stats about your geocache finds called It’s Not About The Numbers

It shows where have you geocached, what difficulty level etc…And you can tailor it to what you want to show (obviously the stuff that makes you look great!)

So here’s my geocaching statistics shared in this geocache blog:

See a later post about the status of this geocaching tool….and what to do about it