Dear HQ,
I rarely post on forums but herewith adding my 'name' to the list of people asking you to please reconsider your blocking of API's for Adventure labs. Several posts already quite clearly explain our reasoning for them to be re-instated, but let me add one more scenario:
Like many of us, I keep a running list of Found Caches w/in GSAK that includes Adventure Lab waypoints -- since you count those as well in your 'total finds" tally... Trouble is, now that you have blocked the API's -- and you do not provide any support for downloading them via yourself -- I must now MANUALLY create individual waypoints in GSAK for each Lab visit, MANUALLY copy/paste names and descriptions, MANUALLY assign them approximate coordinates, and -- yes -- MANUALLY create a log entry for each in order to be recognized as "Finds" and count towards the total... which, again, ultimately adds up to the same tally shown on your website.
Please either provide the ability to download "Adventure Lab" found waypoints into a GPX file, or unblock the API's: you just can't have it both ways. Adventure Labs were fun and a decent alternative to Virtuals (and even include a fail-safe deterrent to any 'couch potatoes' out there since one can only log when in proximity to GZ), but if I cannot properly record them offline then I too will stop pursuing Adventure Labs altogether: just too much MANUAL work involved "post-caching", not worth my time.
Thank you,
A premium member (for 15 years and counting)