Project-GC Q&A - Recent questions tagged log-length

Log length histogram

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 09:33:47 +0000

Currently I'm interested in the number of words in my logs. In the Profile Stats you get the values for longest, shortest and average log length.

A nice tool is the challenge checker "Log length by cache (Not a checker) (by Target.)"
(https://project-gc.com/Challenges//19085)

With the data from this checker saved as CSV (by copy and paste from the results page) I generated a histogram of my log length (frequency vs. number of words).

You can see my python code and the resulting histogram here:
Link to anonpaste.org (anonymous pastebin) (link expires after one year)

Wouldn't this be a nice idea to be included in the Profile Stats? What do you think?

Overview of log length of my logs

Mon, 20 Jul 2020 12:59:53 +0000

I want to get an overview about the log length of all my logs. In Profile stats

https://project-gc.com/Statistics/ProfileStats

I see under "Log length, words" two of my logs: the longest and the shortest.

But: is it possible to get (or to create) a list with the length of all my logs I have written?

Thanx a lot for your reply in advance, eltopo00

Is there a challenge checker that can show me the length of my logs I've written

Thu, 22 Sep 2016 14:21:30 +0000

I'm pretty sure I have seen one before, but I can't find the page.

I believe it was by either Target or ganja1447

Does a log on Geocoins / Travel Bug discoveries affect your average log length?

Fri, 05 Aug 2016 09:30:51 +0000

Many people bring their coin collections to events and we log these as discovered. I would like to know if logging these discoveries affect your average log length?

"Log length, words" longest and shortest seem to be based on characters instead of words

Fri, 15 Jul 2016 00:16:37 +0000

I had had a log of 230 words showing as my longest for a couple of weeks, but the last few days this has changed to a new log of 226 words. I checked and the 226 word log has a greater number of total characters than the 230 word log. Given the statistic is labelled as being based on words I feel it should be showing the 230 word log still (and using the character count as a tiebreaker if there are multiple logs with the same number of words).

I noticed that in http://project-gc.com/qa/?qa=10434/the-minimum-log-length-statistics-is-very-wrong-why there was a comment by tadaima about the shortest being listed as 14 when they had several 10-13 word logs as well. This seems to be also due to the character count rather than word count.

Add average log length to statistic

Sat, 18 Jun 2016 04:42:54 +0000

I know, that the average log lenght can be seen in the profile stats.

But i would like to have this as a part of the statistic section (like "Top finders, Top FTF etc...) of PGC, if possible.

The minimum log length statistics is very wrong. Why?

Tue, 17 May 2016 09:52:52 +0000

The log listed as the shortest one with only four words is actually on of my longest logs with hundreds of words and many images. Why?

The log: http://coord.info/GLMZ8KTD (on GCM00X)

The stats: Longest: GC2FY5W 478, Shortest: GCM00X 4

The computer is confused, isn't it?

Feature request: Average log length for each owned cache

Fri, 22 Apr 2016 11:11:38 +0000

Would it be possible to calculate the average log length for all owned caches individually? Currently only the average/maximum for all caches is given. Giving separate averages would give an indication of how interesting a cache is, since a more challenging cache is likely to elicit a longer log than a quick find. It would also be interesting to see if there's a correlation between log length and FP percentage.

What are the revised rules for word length definition? Are they consistent with the ones used by Kyle's BadgeGen?

Sat, 30 Jan 2016 01:53:24 +0000

Yes, the word count definition might vary depending on exactly how a "word" is defined. Done a little testing using the following 6 tools:
* Microsoft Word
* wordcounter.net
* wordcountertool.com
* wordcounttool.com
* wordcounttools.com
* Microsoft Excel

The count results from these tools on the examples are, respectively:
    X X X X X X X => 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7 => (no variation)
    -------------- => 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1 => (0 or 1)
    fri3nd => 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1 => (1 or 2)
    1.0 => 1, 2, 1, 0, 1, 1 => (0, 1 or 2)
    100 => 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1 => (0 or 1)
    5/5 => 1, 2, 1, 0, 2, 1 => (0, 1, or 2)
    foo-bar => 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 => (no variation)
    friend(name) => 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1 => (1 or 2)
    måste => 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1 => (1, 2)

Total counts for the 9 examples together => 15, 16, 15, 15, 16, 15 => (15 or 16)

Could you advise how Project-GC has counted the above using the previous algorithm and the new algorithm? It will be useful to understand the rules used.

At the end of the day, it probably doesn't matter a great deal as long as it is consistently applied. However, it is useful for the Project-GC algorithm to be compatible with that used for Kyle's BadgeGen. Do you know how the old and new algorithms compare with BadgeGen's?

"Log Length, words: Total words" numbers have gone down. Why?

Thu, 28 Jan 2016 03:06:46 +0000

Have noticed the "Log Length, words: Total words" numbers have gone down in the last few days, despite the numbers of logs have gone up. What is happening here?