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: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=80a9308b-6719-485d-a0dc-846798a8cac2
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. This is a strange explanation as geocaches requesting you to find a certain image on google earth are pretty common. On the other hand Geocaching.com seems to have a business with google. This may be the explanation why they don't like to deal with openstreetmap. I really wonder if it's google behind this. This includes quite extreme behaviour on the GC.com side as they are not using their usual methods of disabling or archiving caches. Instead they reset their entire database with respect to this cache to the state before it was published. It's like they really want to clean all traces related to this geocache. IMHO a very interesting issue and may mean that google sees a serious competitor arriving ... Till _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
