Return to Unfiction unforum
 a.r.g.b.b 
FAQ FAQ   Search Search 
 
Welcome!
New users, PLEASE read these forum guidelines. New posters, SEARCH before posting and read these rules before posting your killer new campaign. New players may also wish to peruse the ARG Player Tutorial.

All users must abide by the Terms of Service.
Website Restoration Project
This archiving project is a collaboration between Unfiction and Sean Stacey (SpaceBass), Brian Enigma (BrianEnigma), and Laura E. Hall (lehall) with
the Center for Immersive Arts.
Announcements
This is a static snapshot of the
Unfiction forums, as of
July 23, 2017.
This site is intended as an archive to chronicle the history of Alternate Reality Games.
  

The time now is Thu Nov 14, 2024 11:14 am
All times are UTC - 4 (DST in action)		 View posts in this forum since last visit
View unanswered posts in this forum
Calendar
 Forum index » Archive » Archive: The Haunted Apiary (Let Op!) » The Haunted Apiary (Let Op!): Axon Coordination
[SPEC] A more accurate resource?
View previous topicView next topic
Page 1 of 1 [7 Posts]  
Author Message
vpisteve
Asshatministrator


Joined: 30 Sep 2002
Posts: 2441
Location: 1987

 		[SPEC] A more accurate resource?
OK, i know we've all been using sites like RandMcNally, MapQuest, Acme, etc. to find these coordinates, but I've noticed something that may help.

I checked out the new Las Vegas coordinates on all of the more popular tools, and they came up in the middle of a huge intersection on the strip. Not much help, as there's four very populated corners to that intersection, with who knows how many payphones.

But, when I check the coordinates on www.geocaching.com the location comes up very specifically as the southwest corner of that intersection.

My thought is, that since geocaching.com is about, well, geocaching, it might be somehow a little more accurate than these others?? Or perhaps beyond that, may have been the site used to generate these locations.

Only problem is, you need to be registered (free) to be able to zoom all the way in on maps at geocaching.com. Can someone who's been at a live axon location check out their coordinates at geocaching and see if it more accurately displays the actual location than the other tools?
_________________
Making the world a better place, one less mime at a time.

PostPosted: Tue Aug 31, 2004 12:08 pm
 View user's profile Visit poster's website Yahoo Messenger
 Back to top 
Dorkmaster
Unfictologist


Joined: 27 Jul 2004
Posts: 1328
Location: The People's Republic of Dork

 		checking it out right now, vpisteve...

let ya know in a bit.

UPDATE- It's actually not much of a difference. I KNOW the point we previously used in Bensenville was precisely inside a building (Monty's Banquet Hall), and the GPS handhelds put the point exactly in the parking lot. Mapquest put the point across the street, but RIGHT on the edge, so it was still only one of two phones.

Geocaching.com, only moves the point maybe about 3 feet across the street (just on the other side's edge. Not in the building, and not at the payphone in the gas station across the street either... still just as much of a guess)

So, all in all, it may be good for some congested spots, but for suburbia, it's still a coin toss. (I'd still trust it over a one meter resolution aerial photo, though...)

Hope that helps!

edit - also one of the LONGEST free sign-ups I've ever had to do... like 3 steps of seriously detailed info. I put my old address though, so it shouldn't be a problem with them selling my name to a spam snail-mail list though!
_________________
"The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet." -William Gibson
"Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it." - PJ O'Rourke
"ACADEMY, n. A modern school where football is taught." - Ambrose Bierce

PostPosted: Tue Aug 31, 2004 12:34 pm
Last edited by Dorkmaster on Tue Aug 31, 2004 12:46 pm; edited 2 times in total
 View user's profile Visit poster's website AIM Address
 Back to top 
aliendial
Unfictologist


Joined: 29 Sep 2002
Posts: 3438
Location: Far Far Away. Nowhere Near You. Really.

 		When they try to sell you a subscription, just hit the login button and you'll get to the free login stuff.

Note - just another tool. I just tested it on the "hello" axon we got yesterday - it does indeed yield a different result from mapquest and acme, but it's also wrong - this time down around the corner on Pennsylvania Ave (where there are no payphones) rather than a little up 17th Street where we found the phone.
_________________
aliendial

PostPosted: Tue Aug 31, 2004 12:42 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
ThunderRazor
Veteran


Joined: 30 Aug 2004
Posts: 96
Location: meido

 		I just show up early with friends and the scout out as many phones as we can. Then we call all of them, find which accept incoming, and then camp all the ones that work and are nearby.
_________________
half mat, whole mat, fist full of rice

PostPosted: Tue Aug 31, 2004 12:47 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
vpisteve
Asshatministrator


Joined: 30 Sep 2002
Posts: 2441
Location: 1987

 		Great. Confused

I bet there's 777 payphones within 100 feet of this intersection in any direction. Bang Head

Thanks for checking, guys.
_________________
Making the world a better place, one less mime at a time.

PostPosted: Tue Aug 31, 2004 12:55 pm
 View user's profile Visit poster's website Yahoo Messenger
 Back to top 
living_sacrifice
Boot


Joined: 12 Oct 2004
Posts: 20
Location: West Palm Beach, FL

 		Axon hunt
As far as I know, the coords are the address of where the payphone is. For example, I sent in some coords for a payphone to be added as an axon. The coords were extremely close to where the phone was, but Melissa would not accept them because they were "not close enough". I sent her the exact coordinates of the address listed on the phone and she accepted those (even though the coords are like, nearly a block away from the phone).

This is why when I went to track down the one in Hollywood, FL with a GPS, we ended up in the middle of a baseball field. The coords are just the address on the phone and are NOT exactly where the phone is.

Hope that helps.
_________________
Lt. living_sacrifice
Gooooooooo Team Dirty South!

PostPosted: Tue Oct 19, 2004 10:28 am
 View user's profile AIM Address
 Back to top 
aliendial
Unfictologist


Joined: 29 Sep 2002
Posts: 3438
Location: Far Far Away. Nowhere Near You. Really.

 		Reviving a VERY old thread? Maybe I shouldn't have un-stickied the "behavior of axons" post.

Some axons were created by address. Some absolutely were not. Use all available tools to traingulate on your possible location.
_________________
aliendial

PostPosted: Tue Oct 19, 2004 10:31 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Display posts from previous:   Sort by:   
Page 1 of 1 [7 Posts]  
View previous topicView next topic
 Forum index » Archive » Archive: The Haunted Apiary (Let Op!) » The Haunted Apiary (Let Op!): Axon Coordination
Jump to:  


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum
You cannot post calendar events in this forum



Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group