Re: Checker for GC8DKJ8 please

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1. Continental Shift Challenge cache.

One must have found at least 4 different cache types in at least 4 different Continents.

Many thanks
Andrew

Here's a checker for you:

https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC8DKJ8/45088

Be aware that "continent" has no clear definition (neither geographically, nor politically), so there might be some countries that appear in a different continent than you'd maybe expect. Stuff like Greenland, the Carribean, the Canaries, Turkey, Russia, French Guyana, borders in oceania, several isles in the middle of nowhere etc.

The most notable ones (i.e. regions where the odds of a user actually having a find there aren't that slim) are:

The Canary Islands belong to Europe
The Azores also belongs to Europe
The whole Russia belongs to Europe
The whole Turkey belongs to Asia

The continents used in the checker are Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania, North America, South America and Antarctica.

When you click "View Source" you have a list of all countries right at the top of the script.

If you want any country to specifically be included in another continent, or got any other comments, let us know.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/15/2019 06:27PM by PattuX. (view changes)

Here is an alternative checker based on all countries as per http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/List_of_countries_by_continent

The link is https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC8DKJ8/45089

The country are as per the latest country list of geocaching.com dated 2019-06-04 and include "Cocos (Keeling) Islands" and "Sark" which are missing in the other checker

Please test and tell us which checker you are going to use

Hi there
I have used the first checker and I am well happy with it.
Best wishes
Andrew