Reviewer question

[marc_54140Participant]

Some of my caches date from before the abilitiy of the owner to enter the coords for waypoints and finals.

So, if I were to enter that info now, would it be helpful?

[Cheesehead DaveParticipant]

I don’t know about the reviewers, but it’s been helpful to be as the perfect place to keep track of all my waypoints where I don’t have to worry about losing them.

[Cheese-WisMember]

Background:
When a cache that has multiple waypoints (puzzles, multis…) is submitted, you need to post a reviewer note with the intermediate/final coordinates. This is to make sure puzzles and multis don’t land on other caches or otherwise violate the guidelines. One simple traditional cache submission in a congested area may require the plotting of 1, 2 or more other caches. A relatively new feature on the cache sheet is the waypoint list where you can record the points equally as well.

Marc is asking: should the old data be transferred to the new mechanism?

It would be helpful, but there are many existing caches that will record that info in a reviewer’s note forever, so don’t skip breakfast to do it.

Also, at this instant in time, the tool that Groundspeak provides to the reviewers does not include the ability to download the intermediate waypoints, so the reviewers still need to copy and paste from the reviewers note or the waypoint list. Hopes are high that this ability is coming soon.

Because of the need to copy and paste the coordinates, you become painfully aware of historic and home brew coordinate formats that need to be edited by the reviewer before they can be used in mapping programs:

N42 10.123 W89 12.987 Perfect (no editing needed)

N42° 10.123 W89° 12.987 aka the 2nd Degree
N42.10.123 W89.12.987 aka go for the 2 pointer
N42*10.123 W89*12.987 aka ‘the Sixties’
W89 12.987 N42 10.123 the Non conformist
42 10.123N 89 12.987W the traditionalist
N42 10.123
W89 12.987 on two lines
N42 10.123, W89 12.987 the silent but deadly comma.
N42 10.123 and so how is your mother doing, the weather is nice W89 12.987
Unrelated info mixed into the coordinate.

[GrouseTalesParticipant]

Marc,

I agree that it would be helpful to add that info. Anytime a new cache is submitted in the area of a multi, we need to go back and plot out all the stages of the multi.

Before the “waypoints” feature was added, we refered back to archive logs to get the data. If you have the stages listed as a hidden waypoint (rather then a reviewer note), we can see the info more easily, and partially automate the proximity check through a litmus test.

I’ve personally gone back and uploaded all the hidden waypoints for my multi-cache.

Good topic Marc!

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