Something going on with ACT cachers?
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Something going on with ACT cachers?
Just noted that Diadem, binliner, Jmanjezza, CorvettePete, AmethystPig and The Notoriously Gay Duo all seemed to have disappeared from ACT caching stats? glitch? repair? martian invasion?
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Re: Something going on with ACT cachers?
Which stats?
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Re: Something going on with ACT cachers?
The ACT feed needs a re-jig
It may take a few days to filter thru.
It may take a few days to filter thru.
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Re: Something going on with ACT cachers?
The adjustment to the feed didn't really do much except now it includes another 8 or 9 caches.
If the caches these people have been doing have had more than 5 visits in a 3 or 4 days period then they may not be getting picked up due to how things work.
Our feeds are no longer coping with the amount of caching happening on gc in Australia now, and it's only going to get worse as people dump more power trails and stuff on us.
We are not eligible to use GC's live API for at least 4 reasons on their terms of use, so that's not an option (The biggest reason is that our name and url contain the word Geocaching which they have a trademark on).
Pretty soon we are going to have to put disclaimers on the stats!
If the caches these people have been doing have had more than 5 visits in a 3 or 4 days period then they may not be getting picked up due to how things work.
Our feeds are no longer coping with the amount of caching happening on gc in Australia now, and it's only going to get worse as people dump more power trails and stuff on us.
We are not eligible to use GC's live API for at least 4 reasons on their terms of use, so that's not an option (The biggest reason is that our name and url contain the word Geocaching which they have a trademark on).
Pretty soon we are going to have to put disclaimers on the stats!
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Re: Something going on with ACT cachers?
They were there on the Top50 finders (all sources) graph a few days ago, then disappeared. They are there in-situ on the Cachers by find list, just seemed to disappear off the graph.
Or more likely I clicked something wrong!
Or more likely I clicked something wrong!
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Re: Something going on with ACT cachers?
Would GCA lose much if the gc.com stats were dropped? Would it extend the life of / reduce the load on the GCA server?
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Re: Something going on with ACT cachers?
We would extend the server lifetime by years. A big part of the service we offer (or try to offer) is your stats. Without the stats a lot of people wouldn't come here and would then miss all of the fun and entertainment that is Geocaching Australia.
Re: Something going on with ACT cachers?
I love coming here (GCA) and a big part of what initially got me here was the stats that can be obtained. That said, if they disappeared I would still visit and use GCA.
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Re: Something going on with ACT cachers?
Have Gigglygecko Clan and my cachin' buddy Peita moved states? I note that they aren't on the ACT "Cachers by Finds list"....
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Re: Something going on with ACT cachers?
Gigglygecko Clan is set to NSW (by choice through their settings).
Peita is set to NSW due to the number of finds in that state.
Peita is set to NSW due to the number of finds in that state.
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Re: Something going on with ACT cachers?
ahh damn interlopers
Re: Something going on with ACT cachers?
Would it help if there was a way to allow people to import more than 1 GPX file at a time? I'm guessing it is designed to only import your own finds but if I'm not mistaken it imports all the log files within the GPX. I know I get about 15-20 GPX files a week that keep my GSAK database up to date. I'd be happy to import them in if it wasn't so time consuming to do them one by one.CraigRat wrote:The adjustment to the feed didn't really do much except now it includes another 8 or 9 caches.
If the caches these people have been doing have had more than 5 visits in a 3 or 4 days period then they may not be getting picked up due to how things work.
Our feeds are no longer coping with the amount of caching happening on gc in Australia now, and it's only going to get worse as people dump more power trails and stuff on us.
We are not eligible to use GC's live API for at least 4 reasons on their terms of use, so that's not an option (The biggest reason is that our name and url contain the word Geocaching which they have a trademark on).
Pretty soon we are going to have to put disclaimers on the stats!
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Re: Something going on with ACT cachers?
Zip them up, then load the zip file in the same GPX importer.