+Chris n Maria Posted August 8, 2002 Posted August 8, 2002 Just wondering if there has been any progress on this? Are the files I sent suitable? Do you need more info? Chris "We're not lost - we just don't know where we are" London & UK Geocaching Resources: http://www.sheps.clara.net
el10t Posted August 10, 2002 Posted August 10, 2002 Hi there, Any news on this yet? Us potential UK benchmarkers are still eagerly waiting to get going ----------------- el10t mobilis in mobili [This message was edited by el10t on August 14, 2002 at 01:26 PM.]
el10t Posted August 10, 2002 Posted August 10, 2002 Hi there, Any news on this yet? Us potential UK benchmarkers are still eagerly waiting to get going ----------------- el10t mobilis in mobili [This message was edited by el10t on August 14, 2002 at 01:26 PM.]
evilrooster Posted August 11, 2002 Posted August 11, 2002 ...including me. Jeremy, are you even reading this? evilrooster -the email of the species is deadlier than the mail-
chuffer Posted August 11, 2002 Posted August 11, 2002 It would be good to know if there was any development on this front.
+Icenians Posted August 11, 2002 Posted August 11, 2002 This would be a useful addition. I'm forever coming across them hillwalking.
el10t Posted August 12, 2002 Posted August 12, 2002 Anything yet? ----------------- el10t mobilis in mobili
+Chipmunk Posted August 14, 2002 Posted August 14, 2002 It will be great when we are able to log the trig points. Saw several at the weekend. They will have to remain unlogged for now []
+Chipmunk Posted August 14, 2002 Posted August 14, 2002 It will be great when we are able to log the trig points. Saw several at the weekend. They will have to remain unlogged for now []
+Chris n Maria Posted August 14, 2002 Author Posted August 14, 2002 Wonder why Jeremy isn't talking to us? have we upset him? Chris "We're not lost - we just don't know where we are" London & UK Geocaching Resources: http://www.sheps.clara.net
+Chipmunk Posted August 15, 2002 Posted August 15, 2002 When the benchmark database was in beta I sent Jeremy the database of UK trig points and he said he would add it to the site, then I sent it to him again recently when he requested it on the UK forum. Wonder if there is a technical problem with implementing it, wish we knew.
el10t Posted August 15, 2002 Posted August 15, 2002 Chris has sent it twice and Chipmunk has sent it twice. Maybe this means we will now have four times the number of benchmarks to hunt ----------------- el10t mobilis in mobili
el10t Posted August 15, 2002 Posted August 15, 2002 Chris has sent it twice and Chipmunk has sent it twice. Maybe this means we will now have four times the number of benchmarks to hunt ----------------- el10t mobilis in mobili
+Icenians Posted August 15, 2002 Posted August 15, 2002 Come on Jeremy, speak to us. Let us know what is happening.
+Icenians Posted August 15, 2002 Posted August 15, 2002 Come on Jeremy, speak to us. Let us know what is happening.
el10t Posted August 16, 2002 Posted August 16, 2002 I wish someone would tell us what, if anything, is happening. If this has been put on a back-burner due to other priorities then thats fine, but could someone at least let us know if this is the case? Thanks a lot. ----------------- el10t mobilis in mobili
evilrooster Posted August 16, 2002 Posted August 16, 2002 Is it something we said? evilrooster -the email of the species is deadlier than the mail-
+Postie Posted August 18, 2002 Posted August 18, 2002 It's hard when we can see the US Benchmarks section on the front page. We Brits want to be able to access our own!!![] (Every one needs a bigger letterbox!)
+Postie Posted August 18, 2002 Posted August 18, 2002 It's hard when we can see the US Benchmarks section on the front page. We Brits want to be able to access our own!!![] (Every one needs a bigger letterbox!)
el10t Posted August 20, 2002 Posted August 20, 2002 I think we're going to have to give up on any hope of this being incorporated, or of getting a comment on the state-of-play. Its a pity, given the enthusiasm for the idea in the UK and the work that people have already done in providing the list of points for Geocaching.com to use. It would have been nice to at least receive an acknowledgement, but I guess there are other, more pressing priorities. ----------------- el10t mobilis in mobili
+The Good Shepherds Posted August 20, 2002 Posted August 20, 2002 Personally, if workload is a problem, I'd rather see .gpx implementation finished before Jeremy works on stuff like adding UK trigpoints to the benchmark database.... but agree that it would be nice to know it's somewhere on the "to do" list!
el10t Posted August 27, 2002 Posted August 27, 2002 This is my final attempt to prompt a response on whether UK benchmarking is planned for this site. ----------------- el10t mobilis in mobili
evilrooster Posted August 29, 2002 Posted August 29, 2002 Surely we deserve the courtesy of a reply, even "it's on the list to do" or "not in my lifetime, Britcachers"? evilrooster -the email of the species is deadlier than the mail-
+Chipmunk Posted August 31, 2002 Posted August 31, 2002 Oh no, still no reply. Please put us out of our misery
+Chipmunk Posted August 31, 2002 Posted August 31, 2002 Oh no, still no reply. Please put us out of our misery
+Chris n Maria Posted September 3, 2002 Author Posted September 3, 2002 I just can't help felling a little ignored Chris "We're not lost - we just don't know where we are" London & UK Geocaching Resources: http://www.sheps.clara.net
+Chris n Maria Posted September 3, 2002 Author Posted September 3, 2002 I just can't help felling a little ignored Chris "We're not lost - we just don't know where we are" London & UK Geocaching Resources: http://www.sheps.clara.net
Slytherin Posted September 3, 2002 Posted September 3, 2002 I wonder how many Charter Members there are in the UK??? You would have thought that we would have some kind on clout over here. Alex.
+Icenians Posted September 3, 2002 Posted September 3, 2002 A response to this thread would take about 2 mins and cost nothing. I bet if I start swearing etc someone would respond to that! Just tell us the state of play please. Statistics show that those with the most birthdays live longest.
Slytherin Posted September 4, 2002 Posted September 4, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Icenians:I bet if I start swearing etc someone would respond to that! Try saying navicache.com. That usually works a.
Slytherin Posted September 4, 2002 Posted September 4, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Icenians:I bet if I start swearing etc someone would respond to that! Try saying navicache.com. That usually works a.
Slytherin Posted September 4, 2002 Posted September 4, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Icenians:I bet if I start swearing etc someone would respond to that! You can say "bollocks" on here, but if you say nàvìcàchè.com your post gets moderated. Talk about paranoia!! A.
+Gary & Jane Posted September 4, 2002 Posted September 4, 2002 I emailed geocaching.com about the lack of response to this thread and whether the UK benchmarks were going to be incorporated into the site. I got a reply from Jeremy which he said I could post here: "Yes, we will add them but unfortunately due to the amount of time we currently have it won't occur for a while. We have more pressing issues with keeping up with traffic on the site, so we have to convert some code over. We are still planning on offering it, however. I do not monitor every forum, so it's not my ignoring certain posts. I just don't have the time to read everything in the forums nowadays. Jeremy" So now we know!
+Teasel Posted September 8, 2002 Posted September 8, 2002 I guess the reason adding UK trig points to the site is such a low priority is that, unlike the NGS, the Ordnance Survey can remember where they put them... So we Brits don't need to go around, ahem, "rediscovering" our benchmarks :-) Still, having been going GTB'ing (gratuitous trigpoint bagging) for many years now, it'd be nice to have somewhere to record my eccentricities!
el10t Posted September 9, 2002 Posted September 9, 2002 quote:Still, having been going GTB'ing (gratuitous trigpoint bagging) for many years now, it'd be nice to have somewhere to record my eccentricities! The new UK geocaching site here is, I believe, aiming to host the logging of these in the future given that nothing is happening here. A bit of healthy site competition should be good for things I think. Rich mobilis in mobili
el10t Posted September 16, 2002 Posted September 16, 2002 quote:Jeremy's email originally posted by Gary & Jane:"Yes, we will add them but unfortunately due to the amount of time we currently have it won't occur for a while. We have more pressing issues with keeping up with traffic on the site, so we have to convert some code over. We are still planning on offering it, however. Jeremy" I like the changes now made to help speed up the site and can see why they were a necessary priority over this so many thanks for them. If the changes are now working OK, is there any chance of getting the UK trig points issue put back on the "to-do" list? Thanks a lot. Rich mobilis in mobili
+Chipmunk Posted May 3, 2005 Posted May 3, 2005 I wonder how are they are getting on adding the trigpoints. haven't heard anything for a while
Jeremy Posted May 3, 2005 Posted May 3, 2005 The way we are addressing locationless caches in the near future will also address the idea of adding UK Benchmarks. Once we reveal these features we'll work on adding this kind of functionality.
+The Leprechauns Posted May 3, 2005 Posted May 3, 2005 .... or Canadian benchmarks, or Bolivian benchmarks, or US benchmarks/survey markers that aren't in GC.com's version of the official database, etc., etc., etc. This will be cool to see.
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