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brdad
11-09-2010, 06:10 PM
Is Garmin going head-to-head with Groundspeak? (http://forums.gps.org.nz/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5824)

Hiram357
11-09-2010, 07:59 PM
Is Garmin going head-to-head with Groundspeak? (http://forums.gps.org.nz/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5824)

That's the way it looks! http://www.opencaching.us/index.php

Hiram357
11-09-2010, 08:01 PM
I've already started working on a new forum too Opencachingmaine.org.... I'm taking my ball and going to play over there... :rolleyes::D;)

cano
11-10-2010, 05:18 PM
That's the way it looks! http://www.opencaching.us/index.php

I like the idea of opencaching you can do with the data what ever you want, you will also get features you pay for on gc.com for free and much more. But still it's not open enough for me. Anyway, there is only one cache listed in Maine on OC

hollora
11-10-2010, 10:42 PM
I like the idea of opencaching you can do with the data what ever you want, you will also get features you pay for on gc.com for free and much more. But still it's not open enough for me. Anyway, there is only one cache listed in Maine on OC

Congrats cano - on being the first!:)

cano
11-11-2010, 12:36 PM
Congrats cano - on being the first!:)

Well, it's a cross listing cache. But we still don't know whether this is the project Garmin is working on.

Team Bayberry
11-11-2010, 09:03 PM
There're only three in New Jersey. How long has that site been up?

brdad
11-11-2010, 09:17 PM
There're only three in New Jersey. How long has that site been up?

It has been around for 4 or 5 years, but mostly overseas.

masterson of the universe
11-12-2010, 01:50 PM
So if I've already found a cache through groundspeak, I should be able to go to this new site and log the find, correct?

brdad
11-12-2010, 04:39 PM
So if I've already found a cache through groundspeak, I should be able to go to this new site and log the find, correct?

Sounds like you could, it's open caching, right? cache how you want. Log it even if you didn't find it. :p

cano
11-12-2010, 05:14 PM
So if I've already found a cache through groundspeak, I should be able to go to this new site and log the find, correct?

It would be cool if you could just upload your finds PQ file from GC into OC to log all your finds :)

cano
11-12-2010, 05:17 PM
Sounds like you could, it's open caching, right? cache how you want. Log it even if you didn't find it. :p

Did you know you can also log find on GC if you didn't find it? I tried it and it worked! And it's not even open caching :P

brdad
11-12-2010, 05:25 PM
Did you know you can also log find on GC if you didn't find it? I tried it and it worked! And it's not even open caching :P

Yeah, and many people do just that! But it's certainly not in the design of a gc.com cache.

TeamHorwich
12-08-2010, 07:44 AM
and this posted on engadget.com today...http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/08/garmin-launches-opencaching-community-pushes-caching-closer-to/

cano
12-08-2010, 11:00 AM
I like this part

http://www.opencaching.com/api_doc/

I guess it's time to archive all of my caches on geocaching.com and switch to OC :)

brdad
12-08-2010, 12:23 PM
I like this part

http://www.opencaching.com/api_doc/

I guess it's time to archive all of my caches on geocaching.com and switch to OC :)

If that's what you feel you need to do, but all means you should do it. It's going to take more than free access to draw me to it. There are other possible issues that make me feel it's not worth jumping into opencaching head first.

Not implying you are that way, cano, but I would love if anyone who felt cache quality, quantity, or permission means nothing moves all their caches over to opencaching.

cano
12-08-2010, 01:23 PM
If that's what you feel you need to do, but all means you should do it. It's going to take more than free access to draw me to it. There are other possible issues that make me feel it's not worth jumping into opencaching head first.


It's not about free access. It's about freedom. All data are released under Creative Commons License. You can even create your own version of geocaching site with features you like and synchronize all data with OC. Soon many feature rich geocaching websites like this will emerge.




Not implying you are that way, cano, but I would love if anyone who felt cache quality, quantity, or permission means nothing moves all their caches over to opencaching.

That's actually not going to happen. As a matter of fact open caching will evolve many ways to deal with low quality caches and issues.
You are welcome to stay on a site where some company and some publishers (I didn't vote for) think they own the game and want YOU to play the game the way how THEY like and no other way. Open Caching is a platform for open minded people that are open to new ideas and are not afraid to experiment.