"Other conversions" gone from gc.com?

[Trekkin and BirdinParticipant]

Has anyone else noticed that the option to do “other conversions” seems to be gone from the cache page listings? That’s a really helpful tool to check if a puzzle solve makes sense.

[huffinpuffin2Participant]

Yup.   Unclear if it will be back.  Add your voice to the forum/opine away to help it return?

http://forums.groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=335611

Post #5 from Moun10Bike:
Posted <abbr class=”published” title=”2015-10-23T17:23:17+00:00″>23 October 2015 – 10:23 AM</abbr>

It looks like we failed on communication of this change and for that we apologize. The plug-in that did that conversion was built on 32-bit code and we are trying to get the site up to full 64-bit code for security and performance reasons. We looked at the analytics for the conversion page and saw that it was only getting used around 100 times per day (which is quite small given our active user base), so we felt that it was safe to pull it. Obviously, we underestimated the impact this would have.

We are now in discussions on how to proceed. In the meantime, I would suggest that people try out some of the third-party conversion tools out there. My personal favorite is fizzymagic’s FizzyCalc. For an online tool, I have used Earth Point.

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Our go-to for many things is GPSVisualizer’s Calculator section, but it’s a pain v. the simplicity of what was right on the cache page:

http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/calculators

 

 

[Trekkin and BirdinParticipant]

Thanks for sharing those alternatives, HP.  Though as you say, more fiddling around.

[BeccaDayParticipant]

I can’t say that I’ve ever noticed that particular link before.

Not all who wander are lost. -J.R.R. Tolkien

[bartrodParticipant]

I think there’s a couple of puzzle caches in Green Bay that are dependent on those conversions.

Oconto...the birthplace of western civilization:)

[Trekkin and BirdinParticipant]

That link was really helpful, especially if the cache in question didn’t have a puzzle checker. I realized it was gone last night when I wanted to check on the possibility of some coordinates for a LBH near the Hoopla event.

If puzzles are dependent on that feature, that’s a big bummer. I used that quite often just to see if solves made sense. I’m guessing if more cachers realized it was helpful, it would have had greater usage.

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