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by Laighside Legends
05 March 24 1:34 pm
Forum: Geocaching Australia Web site
Topic: Report Site Issues Here
Replies: 625
Views: 608494

Re: Report Site Issues Here

The public and private tags drop-down boxes on the GCA pages for Groundspeak caches don't seem to work.

The data is downloaded but the box is left as style="display: none;" so it isn't visible
by Laighside Legends
21 October 23 1:19 pm
Forum: Geocaching Australia Web site
Topic: Discussion of new LGA zones
Replies: 3
Views: 11613

Re: Discussion of new LGA zones

Cockatoo Island also has no LGA (which I think is correct)

The missing bit at Whyalla is weird. It almost looks like each zone came from different datasets that didn't quite line up.

The other bit of weirdness is that LGAs in Queensland and WA seem to include a lot of the ocean.
by Laighside Legends
11 October 23 2:53 pm
Forum: Geocaching Australia Web site
Topic: Update of NSW Local Government Areas
Replies: 15
Views: 21765

Re: Update of NSW Local Government Areas

How are you going to separate Mount Buller and Mount Stirling from each other? It seems like OSM can't even work out the answer to that. The Maralinga township used to be excluded from the Maralinga LGA (it was part of Unincorporated SA) but apparently that changed a few years ago and now it is part...
by Laighside Legends
10 October 23 1:15 pm
Forum: Geocaching Australia Web site
Topic: Update of NSW Local Government Areas
Replies: 15
Views: 21765

Re: Update of NSW Local Government Areas

It looks like they've got Falls Creek, Mt Hotham, Mt Baw Baw and Lake Mountain but are missing Mt Buller and Mt Stirling. Those two are both in that "gap" inside Mansfield. Maybe the OSM people couldn't find a boundary between the two and decided it was too hard? French Island is also missing. But t...
by Laighside Legends
09 October 23 6:55 pm
Forum: Geocaching Australia Web site
Topic: Update of NSW Local Government Areas
Replies: 15
Views: 21765

Re: Update of NSW Local Government Areas

I think the folks at OSM have tried to fix most of those inconsistencies. Sometimes they even leave notes about it :D
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ProjectGC uses OSM data (I just realised they created that download site)
https://project-gc.com/Home/FAQ#3060278055
by Laighside Legends
09 October 23 3:44 pm
Forum: Geocaching Australia Web site
Topic: Update of NSW Local Government Areas
Replies: 15
Views: 21765

Re: Update of NSW Local Government Areas

caughtatwork wrote:
09 October 23 1:21 pm
Could you point to the source? We're open to using anything we can that is free and open.
I've used this site before with success despite the clunky interface https://osm-boundaries.com/
Looks like you want the level "6" boundaries to get LGAs in Australia
by Laighside Legends
09 October 23 11:50 am
Forum: Geocaching Australia Web site
Topic: Update of NSW Local Government Areas
Replies: 15
Views: 21765

Re: Update of NSW Local Government Areas

Have you considered using the LGA data from OSM? It covers all of Australia, has consistent borders and I think it's up to date with the boundary changes to.
by Laighside Legends
08 October 23 9:13 pm
Forum: Geocaching Australia Web site
Topic: Update of NSW Local Government Areas
Replies: 15
Views: 21765

Re: Update of NSW Local Government Areas

It looks like Jerilderie seems to have ended up without an LGA ? No LGA shows up there on the GCA google maps. Also shows as unfound (or missing?) in my stats even though I've found 4 caches there.
by Laighside Legends
06 December 22 3:06 pm
Forum: Geocaching Australia Web site
Topic: Stats request - Finds on CCE events
Replies: 6
Views: 9584

Re: Stats request - Finds on CCE events

I looked a bit more into this and it appears they do have a different type when using Groundspeak's API but not with their GPX files, which would be why ProjectGC recognises them as a different type. With GSAK, you get different results depending on if you use the API or the GPX importer. Which is a...
by Laighside Legends
30 November 22 10:24 am
Forum: Geocaching Australia Web site
Topic: Stats request - Finds on CCE events
Replies: 6
Views: 9584

Re: Stats request - Finds on CCE events

caughtatwork wrote:
30 November 22 7:25 am
Sorry, I don't know what a CCE is.
Community Celebration Events, eg:
https://coord.info/GC9NVQQ
https://coord.info/GC8K142
https://coord.info/GC8HMM6
by Laighside Legends
30 November 22 10:18 am
Forum: Geocaching Australia Web site
Topic: Report Site Issues Here
Replies: 625
Views: 608494

Re: Report Site Issues Here

caughtatwork wrote:
30 November 22 7:24 am
Thanks for that. I cannot explain why, but those two zones had been disabled. I have enabled them and it looks right to me. Please check and let me know if this is still an issue.
Seems to be working now, NSW appears to be the correct shape. Thanks.
by Laighside Legends
29 November 22 11:33 pm
Forum: Geocaching Australia Web site
Topic: Report Site Issues Here
Replies: 625
Views: 608494

Re: Report Site Issues Here

On the LGA maps for NSW https://geocaching.com.au/cacher/Laighside+Legends/graphs/0010_australia_local_government_area_challenge These two LGAs don't seem to get drawn on the map for some reason: Snowy Valleys Council Snowy Monaro Regional Council This leaves a large gap on the map in the area betwe...
by Laighside Legends
29 November 22 11:13 pm
Forum: Geocaching Australia Web site
Topic: Stats request - Finds on CCE events
Replies: 6
Views: 9584

Stats request - Finds on CCE events

There is currently this graph for finds on events: https://geocaching.com.au/stats/cachers ... inds_event
And there are similar ones for CITOs and megas.

Would it be possible to have a CCE event one?
by Laighside Legends
31 October 21 4:11 pm
Forum: Geocaching Australia Web site
Topic: What Three Words
Replies: 12
Views: 4764

Re: What Three Words

Also be aware that W3W will charge us for using there API if we go above 1000 requests per month. I have no idea how close we'd get to that limit. There is also a thing out there called "What Free Words" which is an open source version of the same algorithm the W3W uses. The people at W3W are not to...
by Laighside Legends
31 October 21 3:54 pm
Forum: Geocaching Australia Web site
Topic: What Three Words
Replies: 12
Views: 4764

Re: What Three Words

There are a few puzzles in SA that use OLC/Plus codes. The lack of accuracy has caused problems with some of these puzzles. The solution seems to be to make sure the Geochecker has a radius of about 15m on it so it accepts all coordinates within the square.