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rooboy
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 Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2004 11:45 pm Post subject: Where does this project stand |
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First let me say that I am not trying to criticize anyone or hurt any feelings.
I have been watching this project for the last 4-5 months, and while I think that the aims of this project are great, I have not seen much visible progress. Is there a date by which the general public will be able to see/do something at this site, other than use the message boards.
To me, it is important to get a cache listing service up and running as soon as possible. For example, I believe that many people would like to list virtuals now that gc.com allegedly doesn't like virtuals.
I am a believer in producing deliverables every x weeks (for my projects at work, our delivery dates are every 90 days).
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CoyoteRed
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I was wondering the same thing.
Where do we stand?
CR
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hmarq
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| Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2004 9:17 pm Post subject: |
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It stands 
I've quit making predictions as 'stuff' seems to intercede often. I'm working on code as I can as i believe are the .de and .nl folks
Like a lot of US folks I have been a bit preoccupied with the holidays the last couple weeks and paying committments a for a bit before that.
It's a volunteer effort, it moves, but only when the volunteers move it.
The Terms of Service have taken tons longer than I'd like and largely because there aren't any lawyers that want to work for free, which is the current budget. That isn't a slam or a dig against lawyers, it's just the way it is.
It is and will continue to be a slow process I fear, but that is the most realistic assessment I can give at the moment. It's going slower than I expected and I expected it to be slow from the start ... it's been so slow that I finally just listed three new caches on gc.com that I placed 6 weeks ago in anticipation of oc being launched; at the end of the day though, I can always place more and after all, we place caches so folks can find them, so I listed them.
Enough of my rambling and I appreciate that much of it is a 'non-answer' but it's the best I've got at the moment. |
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CoyoteRed
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| Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2004 10:56 pm Post subject: |
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What if we just backed up and punted on the grand scheme of things.
Concentrate on a search engine. Tell us how to get our caches on your search engine. Then I'll see if I can round up some talent to write a script for listing/hosting caches.
It might be much better if we concentrated more on getting caches listed independently of doing searches. Once a standard of communicating between the modules starts to build then we can go from there.
I fear people will just see nothing happening and loose interest. I've got caches on my desk waiting to be placed.
CR
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Renegade Knight
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CR, that's a problem with all efforts. Visible progress is important. Volunteer efforts take time. You can try to push your help, but past a certain point you just push them out the door. Volunteers are hard to find. Especially ones willing to help and who can.
What might help is to take an outline of the work that needs to be done and post it prominantly Then Make Bold the parts that are complete so people can see what's done and what remains. |
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CoyoteRed
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Okay, what say you, hamrq. How about a forum section that is PROJECTS. Start a thread of something that needs doing and somebody can pick it up.
I'd like to see two things in the works. One is a way to get info into your listing site. The other a script that anyone with rudimentery CGI-enabled site can run to post their caches privately.
Maybe the most important is infrastructure. How does one host a cache in a way that a list/search site can pick it up? What about logs? Stuff like that.
I think the beauty of defining only infrastruture is more than one person can create a script and it still work.
CR
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CoyoteRed
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If you put a put that PROJECTS section, I'll start the thread on the hosting script and define what is needed, i.e. GEOTAGs, etc.
CR
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hmarq
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| CoyoteRed wrote: | If you put a put that PROJECTS section, I'll start the thread on the hosting script and define what is needed, i.e. GEOTAGs, etc.
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your wish is granted
Put up a projects section ... started a geotags group, made you the moderator. |
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CoyoteRed
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Okie dokie!
How about one for "Hosting Scripts" so I can see if I can round up somebody to write some scripts?
CR
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CoyoteRed
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Could you move THIS thread to GEOTAGS forum?
Thanks!
CR
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CoyoteRed
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Also, probably one of the most important things is the GPX XML standard.
How about a forum for that?
Thanks
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welch
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Hey could someone update the welcome message? or perhaps put a update there??
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nici-
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| hmarq wrote: | | I've quit making predictions as 'stuff' seems to intercede often. I'm working on code as I can as i believe are the .de and .nl folks. |
Some word about the .de-folks: As most volonteer project we had to deal with a more or less complete roll over of the team. We started furiously with a bigger team but the team faded out at the end of 2003 due to shift of other priorities (jobs, family, education). We found new (and old!) team members this year and used the first month of the year to spread information (aims, decisions, to dos...). Then we stopped working on the webdesign for the moment and made a poll on the proposed design, which we promoted broadly (boards, newsgroup, mailing lists, Webpage GC.de). Got a lot of interesting suggestions and now we have a design, with which we are willing to start.
At the moment we are 2-4 peole in the team, two of them coding. This two just started on the database. Other to-dos now are: building the webdesign into typo3. One of us is currently working on content already, I'm trying to get a hosting solution.
You see: We are only a handful of 'folks'. And the team is constantly rotating a bit. But we are moving on! Regarding the database we'd like to cooperate closely with the hmarq-team (and any contribution is wellcomed!).
So long
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welch
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Could someone please add someone new to the 'intro/welcome' page. I mean its now like 7 months since it been changed. 
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GeoGerard
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Your welcome 
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