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FetchPoint: The Game

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Bright Strider May 2022 7:40pm, 14 May 2022 295 posts	Quote Pin Bright Strider There does not seem to be a mechanism for review of changes to travel infrastructure round here. The most frequent issue is fairly lethal metal barriers at the bottom of slopes. This ripping up of a lovely tarmac surface that was only about two years old (three?), out of the blue to me, is another example. My impression is that the cause is local councillors acting on requests, but given the outcomes quite possibly not asking other groups what they thought before initiating work. There is such a thing as planning permission. Perhaps it does not apply to such works.
Bright Strider May 2022 12:52pm, 15 May 2022 296 posts	Quote Pin Bright Strider Thankfully, the latest set of ill-considered barriers was quickly removed, following feedback. camcycle.org.uk
Hanneke May 2022 2:00pm, 18 May 2022 89,064 posts	Quote Pin Hanneke And I have clawed myself back from -6000 tp over 10.000 ☺️
theOtherRichard May 2022 2:12pm, 18 May 2022 192 posts	Quote Pin theOtherRichard I've had my second Fetchpoint fail in a week. Overestimating the accuracy of GPS is a dangerous game. I knew this one was a risk before I set out, but hoped that GPS would err on my side of the road. This one was a bit of a shock; and I really could have mitigated that a bit better had I anticipated it. Looks like I'm going to have to go out again later and nail this bug. [If I wasn't on 26 or 27 days of bug-freeness, I might not care so much.]
JCB May 2022 2:14pm, 18 May 2022 3,241 posts	Quote Pin JCB Quite a bit of a translation in those maps. 😟
theOtherRichard May 2022 2:18pm, 18 May 2022 193 posts	Quote Pin theOtherRichard Probably within the 10m or whatever GPS is accurate to though, JCB. Unfortunately.
JCB May 2022 2:28pm, 18 May 2022 3,243 posts	Quote Pin JCB It looks to be more of an overall consistent error. A translation of position Northward from the map. There isn’t much randomness in the plot though, which would be typical in GPS signal. I also think some maps can be a bit off.
jelly (limegreenjelly) May 2022 8:14pm, 18 May 2022 3,001 posts	Quote Pin jelly (limegreenjelly) Went to ride my bike to squish my bug but had a flat tyre! Decided to roller skate there and back as quicker than walking!
Flatlander May 2022 8:48pm, 18 May 2022 2,463 posts	Quote Pin Flatlander First time I've heard of anyone roller-skating for Fetchpoint squishing.
jelly (limegreenjelly) May 2022 10:15pm, 18 May 2022 3,005 posts	Quote Pin jelly (limegreenjelly) I wasn’t sure it would work but I’m glad it did!