Hi,
it's restored. They say that they thought OSM was an unreliable commercial (due
to
the request for donations) service which they don't want to have their users to
do.
Kind of strange explanation as the purpose of OSM is pretty obvious and my cache
even said osm is for streetmaps what
Yeah, groundspeak have been very obtuse regarding 'commercialness' of
caches in the uk recently.
It's left the uk caching community with a very sour taste in their mouths.
OSM is exactly the opposite of commercial - is it not registered as a
non-profit charity? (Ah, but GS also have a dislike for
Did you get anywhere with this? Have you tried emailing the admins at
geocaching.com to see why they removed the cache? I'd love to hear more.
Nick
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Thomas Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
2008/11/15 Till Harbaum / Lists [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Hi,
i have
I realised after sending the email that Till is/was the owner of the cache.
However, it appears that the cache is once again active. Now that the
logs are visible again, it is clear that the cache was removed due to
the requirement to use an external piece of software/website resource.
As noted,
Hi,
i have recently released a geocache which basically required you to look up a
certain node
in the OSM database. The position of that node was then the place where the
geocache was
hidden. Geocaching.com users can perhaps still read the original listing at:
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 12:42:17PM +0100, Till Harbaum / Lists wrote:
Geocaching.com recently completely deleted that cache antry as they
claim that it forces you to use a certain
software (a web browser!!!) and a certain web service.
If your geocache is inside a german-speaking country (*),
2008/11/15 Till Harbaum / Lists [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Hi,
i have recently released a geocache which basically required you to look up a
certain node
in the OSM database. The position of that node was then the place where the
geocache was
hidden. Geocaching.com users can perhaps still read
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