[Cancelled] Utah DeLorme GCYXXZ

It appears we need a challenge checker for the Utah DeLorme Challenge (GCYXXZ). The one little catch with this challenge is that DeLorme revised their atlas for the state in 2011. The Challenge owner will accept either edition. See item 10 in the qualifications. mygeochachingprofile uses polygons for the current atlas (edition 9) and the MapDeLorme GSAK macro uses polygons for the previous atlas (edition 6). The checker would have to look at both versions.

I am not the owner. He is not terribly active these days. Once the checker is made I will do my best to get his attention to add the code to the cache page. I can also put it in a note. Am I right in thinking that any challenge for which a checker exists automatically appears on the right side of the cache page?

Thank you!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/06/2017 07:10PM by HikingSeal. (view changes)

You have to crete a configuration for the map
I put an example configuration from another challenge below.
It is line like
"#5770":{"rect":[38.81250,38.75000,-76.68750,-76.62500]},

that has to be created for each atlas page
the format is
"<polyname1>": {"rect":[minlat,maxlat,minlon,maxlon]},

There might be a complication what datum is used on the delorme maps? WGS84, NAD23, NAD83
I have no idea since they are not online.
If the coordinates for the corners are not in WGS84 they have to be converet to be correct


{"country": "United States", "region": "Maryland",
"polygons":{
"#5770":{"rect":[38.81250,38.75000,-76.68750,-76.62500]},
"#5771":{"rect":[38.81250,38.75000,-76.62500,-76.56250]},
"#5885":{"rect":[38.75000,38.68750,-76.75000,-76.68750]},
"#6615":{"rect":[38.37500,38.31250,-76.37500,-76.31250]}
}}

There is not a brain trust or open source that provides such things?

I have looked for that info but unfortunately I can't find this.

If I can get the coordinates for each page, can you insert them in code?

The US DeLorme Atlas and Gazetteer topographic maps series uses datum WGS84



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/06/2017 08:49PM by HikingSeal. (view changes)

Yes , but you have to show this like
"#5770":{"rect":[38.81250,38.75000,-76.68750,-76.62500]},
"<polyname1>": {"rect":[minlat,maxlat,minlon,maxlon]},

I can easily list in an Excel or text file the following five columns

Page# minlat, maxlat,minlong, maxlong

but I am not a programmer and do not know/understand the other commands (e.g. #5770 and rect).You would likely end up reworking them because I would not format them correctly.

Yes, I understand the 5770 is naming the page but I do not understand the naming system. I see Page 9, Page 10, etc.

So in the last question what I am asking is if I provide you with a file that has the five columns of data noted above, would you please format them correctly to prevent error?

You can just sent me the excel sheet, I will do the rest

I wanted to send this message to you privately but I see no facility for private messages. Since it could be considered slanderous, please feel free to delete it after you read it. I simply did not want to leave you without a response.

Thank you for your willingness to help. Unfortunately the only place I can find the coordinates for both versions of the Utah DeLorme is with someone who still has ill feeling toward this site because of the open source scripts that are now being used for profit. Not saying either side is right or wrong. I really don't want to get in the middle of it. They just asked me not to use their work toward creating a challenge checker on this site.

Should I find the information elsewhere, I will resubmit the request.

Thank you.