Yowiehunters Forum

hi all has anyone ever plotted a map of known sightings in queensland

oooh yeah.map of national parks/or hot spot areas is a great idea.updated as nec.
could the site assemble a diary of reports.this might help those in plotting a possible pattern,(plotting a possible pattern...try that three times,really fast)...a pattern of migration.
thinking about it,this could open the door for d.heads reporting bullshit to the site.what about a screening process,to confirm their sincerity,before their report is added to map/diary.

hey, there already is a 'diary' of reports on teh AYR homepage. But the map doesn sound like a nice idea.
cya,
Brendan.

yeah suppose map could cause problems ( to many ppl visiting areas etc ) ah well just a thought. would be gud to see if there are any patterns to sightings time of year etc . maybe some one has done this already.

The only Yowies I know of marked on maps are the statues at Kilcoy.

You need to make your own map. Find an area you're interested in and start plotting.

Once you have plotted, you must start plodding, get out here it's the only way to see things.

Mikka posted a great 3D map of the BMs in the tableland Rd thread. Check it out.

Cheers Buck

This is something I would love to do in the future. Get all the reports and crunch the data and see if any patterns emerge. (mind you just reading through even a limited number, some traits can be found)

There are problems with any result you might find, but im sure it would give you a better understanding



I've got to agree with Buck, make your own map of any area your area interested in and most importantly get out there and research for yourself

i will do that im still a bit confused at what to look for apart from standard things prints etc. i have private access to some very rugged areas just west of esk they equal the daintree in terrian but are much steeper. be good to see some more pics when web site back fully.

this area have heaps of widlife deer turkeys etc . still an area where white man hasn ;t been lol

oh sorry guys, i just read through previous post and i meant to say that "a map doesn't sound like a bad idea". I think it would be very interesting to look through.
cyas,
Brendan

Hi everyone I plotted a "simple map" with sightings based on the AYR reports for NSW it is by no means complete. Havent done one for QLD as yet. You can find it here

http://www.webeffects-aus.com/paranormal/yowiemap.htm

Thanks

hi ppls, most of us have plotted our GPS with our hot spots .its the easyest way...

Quicksilver71 wrote:Hi everyone I plotted a "simple map" with sightings based on the AYR reports for NSW it is by no means complete. Havent done one for QLD as yet. You can find it here

http://www.webeffects-aus.com/paranormal/yowiemap.htm

Thanks

Great Map Quicksilver. They seem to like the sun and the sand.

i have maps of queensland,victoria,new south wales,a whole australia map and one of britain as well.
i have a bunch of coloured pins to mark yowie sightings-one colour for recent(last 5 years)and another colour for older reports(because if it hasnt been spotted in the last 5 years it may have died or moved on)
and i have another colour for big cat sightings-all i need now is to glue the maps onto individual pin boards so i dont wreck my wall
gregory,s maps seem quite good but still leave off some really small towns but you work out the spot from other maps,pin the spot and make a note to the side of the map with a fine wool string to the appropriate pin marker.
once done it would make a very interesting picture indeed as yousaid-migration and forced moving by urban sprawl and would make trips far less hit and miss as you can see the approximate area or maybe even second guess the next spot they may go to as the terrain determines.
you have reinvigorated me into getting my maps finished-ta!
ianSA

Steve Rushton

Gave me his files to photocopy, and I recall on some of those pages he had a full and comprehensive dot location of all of his sightings, whcih he had gathered over the years. But for the life of me I cannot find where I put that pile of photocopies.

Paul

hey qiuck silver all the cross locations you put on the map to show yowie ereas are all in proximity to water, the magic of being near or in proximity to water is lovely .

Has anyone thought of a ratings system, like is used to determine the credibility of thylacine sightings. It's an apples and oranges thing, I know, but is it worth a thought?

Love the map.

Crunching away... chomp chomp chomp.

Cheers Buck

Great idea. I can see a few problems though. How do you separate the ral sightings from the fraudulent? I'd just add all of them and hope it balanced out. Either that or discount isolated sightings. But then the sightings are dictated by human populations and frequency of visitors to any given area. It wouldn't be hard to misconstrue the results. I'm sure most Yowies move on when they spot humans so unlike mountains and such any map of these critters might be out of date before its even finished.