+sydnsue Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 We have been trying to shade in all the counties in the UK on our profile. We have just returned from a holiday in the Lakes and the Dales and we grabbed many caches in South and West Yorkshire. I updated the profile in MyGeocachingProfile but I see these 2 counties still show unshaded. I checked the caches in those 2 counties and see they are listed as just Yorkshire. How do I fill the counties if the caches are not listed correctly? Quote Link to comment
RedsSockpuppet Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Send an email to the administrator of the website. I have found him (her?!) to be very responsive with these type of issues. The Administrator will definitely solve your problem. Quote Link to comment
+Brenin Tegeingl Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 We have been trying to shade in all the counties in the UK on our profile. We have just returned from a holiday in the Lakes and the Dales and we grabbed many caches in South and West Yorkshire. I updated the profile in MyGeocachingProfile but I see these 2 counties still show unshaded. I checked the caches in those 2 counties and see they are listed as just Yorkshire. How do I fill the counties if the caches are not listed correctly? Unlike anywhere else in the World, the UK has 3 separate Counties Lists (States for US cachers) Historic - which is Pre 1974 Ceremonial - Based on a Out of Date Political Boundary List Political- 1974- 1994 Boundaries decreed by Politicians Political - 1994 onwards Based on the Pre 1974 Historic List, but with some Political Tweaks [amended in 2010 to split Cheshire into 2 Counties) Most Stat Sites, if not all, use the Boundaries for the Political 1974 - 1994 Counties List. Which does not in any sort of way match the Current Modern Boundaries (and to make things even more confusing, The Welsh Assembly are considering reducing the Current 22 Modern Counties, down to 8 Counties, and their even considering just 3 Counties) So as far as the Stats Sites are concerned, the Boundaries they use, are correct, as they claim to be unable to get Boundary Data for Modern Counties (I've asked numerous times in regards to the Welsh Counties, which the Sites Sites have just 14) Dave Quote Link to comment
Keystone Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 I am moving this thread from the Geocaching Topics forum to the UK and Ireland forum. Quote Link to comment
+Graculus Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 This is a map of the UK geocaching regions and the counties within those regions. It's from the UK Geocaching Policies Wiki. Quote Link to comment
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