Papa-Bear-NYC Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 I just logged a couple of benchmarks on the NGS site. Unless I missed it, there was no explicit way to submit photos of the mark. I put the URL of my photos (which are on this site) into the text box. I had to omit the "http://" since the form would not accpt semicolons or slashes. Is there a correct way to do this? What do others do? If there is currently no way to do this, I would suggest that NGS may want to add something for this. Thanks Pb Quote Link to comment
caseyb Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 NGS is working on setting up a new mark recovery form that will allow for people to submit photos. I have seen some of the designs, and even a working draft. But it is still not up and running yet. I just put out an e-mail asking for a status update. I will let you know what kind of a response I get. Sorry this has been taking so long.... -Casey- Quote Link to comment
Z15 Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 I am waiting to flood it with 100's of photos taknen over the last 3 yrs! LOL Maybe it would be easier to burn a CD and send it to Deb. Quote Link to comment
+GEO*Trailblazer 1 Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 I have a few 100's too. Quote Link to comment
evenfall Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 I Have been sending mine in to deb.brown@noaa.gov Debbie is very happy to collect them. She is archiving them and they will be added to the appropriate PID's and Datasheets as the changes Casey mentioned come on line. Just bear with them and send those Photos to Deb! Good Luck, Rob Quote Link to comment
Wintertime Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 I just logged a couple of benchmarks on the NGS site. Unless I missed it, there was no explicit way to submit photos of the mark. I put the URL of my photos (which are on this site) into the text box. I had to omit the "http://" since the form would not accpt semicolons or slashes. Is there a correct way to do this? What do others do? I would not put any "civilian" URLs into NGS reports. Those NGS datasheets will be around for decades, and there's no way that you can be sure that a Gc.com URL will even still be good a year from now. I wouldn't even put URLs from my own domain; there's no telling when something might necessitate a change to the URL. Or, if anything should happen to me, my website will go away, too. Most web addresses are much too ephemeral for something as solid as an NGS database. I know there are some agency URLs in NGS datasheets. I believe, for example, I've seen references to the California High Precision Geodetic Network website. But I'm also quite sure the URL was to the home page, not to a specific page for that mark. And a government agency website is a great deal more permanent than something like Geocaching.com or Wintertime.com. Patty Quote Link to comment
+NorStar Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 Just to bring home the point about urls changing - a few weeks ago, Groundspeak was thinking of moving the benchmarking site to wamarking.com. For now, it is staying at geocaching.com, but there is no guarantee that it will stay there even for another year. Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 I hope benchmarking doesn't move to waypointing. I would miss it very much, and move on. Quote Link to comment
Papa-Bear-NYC Posted September 20, 2005 Author Share Posted September 20, 2005 I'll send them to Deb. Thanks for the responses. Quote Link to comment
evenfall Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 (edited) I hope benchmarking doesn't move to waypointing. I would miss it very much, and move on. Harry, That is something you could write to Jeremy on the Groundspeak Website Forum. You are a Forum Regular and an active hunter. Your feelings are something he is aware of. Others who feel as you do might consider doing the same. Rob Edited September 20, 2005 by evenfall Quote Link to comment
+Camper1 Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 I know there's been a thread on this (but I can't now find it). What is the save format Deb desires/requires for photo submital? And how does one distinguish between disk close up and area photos for the PID? Quote Link to comment
+Black Dog Trackers Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Here is the topic with some NGS photo requirements reference and discussion. Quote Link to comment
caseyb Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 Finally got a response.... (quoted below) "Given the current state of the mark recovery photo entry application and from conversations I have had with the contractor currently writing the code, it is not currently ready for production and should be ready by the end of the calendar year. The OPUS photo entry application is currently about to go into production." -Casey- Quote Link to comment
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