+tsiolkovsky Posted April 25, 2014 Posted April 25, 2014 Anyone know of an alternative to certitude? I've just had a cache knocked back because and I quote: "Cachers are required to visit a cache page to enter their answer 'string' (http://www.certitudes.org). That cache page contains advertisments." Any alternatives could use? Rik Quote
+Mad H@ter Posted April 25, 2014 Posted April 25, 2014 I've seen Geochecker used many times, however I note that also has adverts so may now fall foul of Groundspeaks over zealous IMHO implementation of their non-commercial guidelines Quote
Keystone Posted April 25, 2014 Posted April 25, 2014 Approved coordinate check websites include Certitude, Evince, Geocheck.org and Geochecker.com. Not sure why you ran into that issue, based on the reference materials made available to reviewers. I hope you get it sorted. Quote
+tsiolkovsky Posted April 25, 2014 Author Posted April 25, 2014 Approved coordinate check websites include Certitude, Evince, Geocheck.org and Geochecker.com. Not sure why you ran into that issue, based on the reference materials made available to reviewers. I hope you get it sorted. Maybe, just maybe the reviewer of my cache is unaware of this rule? All I know is I just spent three hours building a puzzle checker and uploading it to my webserver. Quote
+TheWinterTrio Posted April 25, 2014 Posted April 25, 2014 (edited) Approved coordinate check websites include Certitude, Evince, Geocheck.org and Geochecker.com. Not sure why you ran into that issue, based on the reference materials made available to reviewers. I hope you get it sorted. Maybe, just maybe the reviewer of my cache is unaware of this rule? All I know is I just spent three hours building a puzzle checker and uploading it to my webserver. The Message from the first post implies that it is a "string" (maybe password) that is being checked and not just coordinates being verified. If that's the case, that may be the issue. Requiring someone to use an external website to retrieve the correct coordinates it very different than validating that I deduced the correct coords from the puzzle... Edited April 25, 2014 by TheWinterTrio Quote
Keystone Posted April 26, 2014 Posted April 26, 2014 Certitude is not "just a geochecker site;" it is a licensed Geocaching Live! API partner. Quote
+tsiolkovsky Posted April 26, 2014 Author Posted April 26, 2014 Certitude is not "just a geochecker site;" it is a licensed Geocaching Live! API partner. Which apparently the reivewers have now been told not to accept cache pages which link out to it. I wonder if the certitude owner is aware of? Quote
Keystone Posted April 26, 2014 Posted April 26, 2014 I have posted twice in an effort to help you. I will try once more. Reviewers have been told that they SHOULD allow links to Certitude on cache pages. I do not see a need to contact the owner of Certitude. As of today, the "Geocaching Live!" API Partner logo still appears on the Certitude website. Quote
+tsiolkovsky Posted April 26, 2014 Author Posted April 26, 2014 (edited) I have posted twice in an effort to help you. I will try once more. Reviewers have been told that they SHOULD allow links to Certitude on cache pages. I do not see a need to contact the owner of Certitude. As of today, the "Geocaching Live!" API Partner logo still appears on the Certitude website. I appreciate that and your help is great however you are not the reviewer of my cache, and this reviewer of my cache is telling me something that is diametrically opposite to what you are telling me (and that I told him). In fact he stated, and I quote: "Thanks for your changes. You may well be right about about using Certitude, but unfortunately the reviewers have not been instructed to accept caches with a link to their site." Now I do not know who has briefed this reviewer or why but if that is the case then I feel the owner of the Certitude site should be told of this decision, don't you think? Of course the other spin on this is that the reviewer has made a mistake and doesn't feel able to say to me, "I'm sorry I got it wrong" and is instead making up some total twaddle about things. What what you be really useful, is of course a clear statement from Groundspeak saying which puzzle checking / confirming sites one may or may not use but I'm not holding my breath for that one. Rik Edited April 26, 2014 by tsiolkovsky Quote
+Simply Paul Posted April 26, 2014 Posted April 26, 2014 Resubmit the cache page with a Reviewers Note saying Keystone has approved a checking link to Certitude, and asking them to check with other Reviewers, if needed. Or, include a link to this thread and they can read it for themselves. If that seems wiser... Quote
+tsiolkovsky Posted April 26, 2014 Author Posted April 26, 2014 Resubmit the cache page with a Reviewers Note saying Keystone has approved a checking link to Certitude, and asking them to check with other Reviewers, if needed. Or, include a link to this thread and they can read it for themselves. If that seems wiser... D'Accord. Quote
+heartradio Posted July 14, 2014 Posted July 14, 2014 Anyone know of an alternative to certitude? I use GeoCheck.org Quote
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