+JL_HSTRE Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 The Find A Benchmark feature on geocaching.com is lots of fun for some of us. But there are many benchmarks out there which are in the NGS database, but not listed on geocaching.com because the copy of the NGS database here is from 2001 - 10 years old! To use myself as an example: I live in SE Florida. I have found and logged 47 benchmarks on geocaching.com. On Waymarking, I have visited 9 already listed benchmarks and myself submitted 28 more (with 8 more not finished & submitted yet). That's 45 benchmarks - nearly as many as I've logged in geocaching.com! Of those 45, nearly half are listed in the NGS database but were not added until after 2001. Keep in mind this is not even searching in the non-geocaching.com database; this is just looking for witness posts. I enjoy tracking what benchmarks I have found and it would be much easier to do on geocaching.com with an updated copy of the NGS database rather than creating Waymarks. Could the geocaching.com copy of the NGS database please be updated? Quote Link to comment
Moun10Bike Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 We have this request in our database. Quote Link to comment
+UMainah Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 Just wanted to express my support for this feature request. Quote Link to comment
+myrthman Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 What's the status on this? I found a WSDOT benchmark in Seattle this week and would love to log it on Geocaching.com Quote Link to comment
+XHawk Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 Yes! Please update the benchmarks database! Quote Link to comment
+shorbird Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 An update of the benchmark database would be much appreciated. Also, let's see the link to the main benchmark page restored to the geocaching home page. Thanks! Quote Link to comment
+JL_HSTRE Posted February 8, 2018 Author Share Posted February 8, 2018 Wow I posted this over 6 years ago. I still hope it will happen, but I'm not betting on it. Quote Link to comment
+cerberus1 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 57 minutes ago, JL_HSTRE said: Wow I posted this over 6 years ago. I still hope it will happen, but I'm not betting on it. I wouldn't either. There are a bunch on Waymarking... IIRC, benchmarks were added simply to give members "something to do/things to find" with their just-bought handheld GPSrs until there were enough actual geocaches placed to keep them busy. Quote Link to comment
+The Snowdog Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 I'm afraid that Groundspeak is sorry they ever uploaded that benchmark database, even once. And we all know that Waymarking has also become an unwanted child. So (as an avid benchmarker and waymarker) whenever I find a nice benchmark that's not already a Waymark, I add it. So there. Quote Link to comment
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