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Re: Checker Request for GC97ZH7 - Maryland Vintage Cache Challenge

[Resolved] Checker Request for GC97ZH7 - Maryland Vintage Cache Challenge
May 01, 2021 09:22PM
Please prepare a checker for finding the oldest active cache in each county (23 counties) of Maryland plus Baltimore City - 24 Total. The challenge will require a minimum of 20 finds of the 24 caches. I do have a bookmark list of them if that would be helpful. Thank You
Re: Checker Request for GC97ZH7 - Maryland Vintage Cache Challenge
May 01, 2021 09:36PM
Here is the link https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC97ZH7/60515

Please test and reply
Re: Checker Request for GC97ZH7 - Maryland Vintage Cache Challenge
May 02, 2021 10:16PM
Thank you for the VERY quick response.

The challenge is for the oldest "Active" cache in each county as of the date this challenge cache gets published. For Worcester County the checker picked the archived cache, GC4763 - OC Boardwalk Webcam instead of the active GCF714 - Lucky 13.

The posted coordinates for the multi cache GC699 - Tinker's Folly #1 may be in Frederick County, but the actual final is in Washington County. If possible, I would prefer the final location of a cache be used for county designation. This is the only cache where this happens.

Lastly, how would this checker address the situation where, lets say, a year from when this challenge cache gets published, the oldest active cache in a county gets archived. A geocacher has already found the initial oldest cache, but since it is now archived would the geocacher now need to find the "new" oldest cache in that county? I would not want to require the geocacher to back to a county to get the next one.

Can an initial list of the 24 caches be entered into the checker search code to be used if 20 finds are made? Also could that list be modified in the future for a either/or search for any county when the oldest active cache is archived and a new oldest takes its place?

Thanks for the help
Re: Checker Request for GC97ZH7 - Maryland Vintage Cache Challenge
May 02, 2021 10:49PM
It is not allowed to use the final coordinates of caches, the coordinates on the listing must be used.

In addition to the term active caches Groundspeak requires the checker to allow older caches then the oldest active cache to be true. So older archived caches do count as well

Please check with you local reviewer
Re: Checker Request for GC97ZH7 - Maryland Vintage Cache Challenge
May 09, 2021 11:39PM
Thanks for then help, I need to work out some details with the reviewer and there maybe comments we need to address after that. Thanks again for the quick service.
Re: Checker Request for GC97ZH7 - Maryland Vintage Cache Challenge
September 28, 2021 04:59PM
This thread has not received any further feedback and will therefor be moved to ARCHIVE Checker requests (completed). Should the requester have any queries he can raise his question on this thread in the archived section,
Re: Checker Request for GC97ZH7 - Maryland Vintage Cache Challenge
September 29, 2021 02:04AM
Thank you for your patience. I wanted to personally get all of the vintage caches before I finalized and I recently completed them all. I am working on the final location for the cache and will be getting back to you.

Thanks again
Re: Checker Request for GC97ZH7 - Maryland Vintage Cache Challenge
January 13, 2022 06:53PM
Thank you for waiting on this checker and I believe it is ready to be removed from archive status as there is just one detail left the reviewer wants me to resolve. The reviewer also asked following question to me:

"There seems to be some type of issue with the checker or project gc? Can you check with the person who created the script and see if they can determine what is going on? I sometimes get and error message (most times). I tried this with both my reviewer account and my personal paid project-gc account and like I state it sometimes works and sometimes it error's out?"

I have no error messages when I use it, do you know what could be the problem?

Thank you,
MDSurveyor



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/14/2022 01:46AM by MDSurveyor. (view changes)
Re: Checker Request for GC97ZH7 - Maryland Vintage Cache Challenge
January 14, 2022 11:34AM
Can you tell me the reviewer name so I can try to see the problem
Re: Checker Request for GC97ZH7 - Maryland Vintage Cache Challenge
January 14, 2022 01:18PM
The reviewer is: FrancisScottKey

As I was checking for geocachers that may already qualify for the challenge, I did have a problem with BJ&Snurt101 and always got an error message; "Failed to execute script 5" when I used that name.
Re: Checker Request for GC97ZH7 - Maryland Vintage Cache Challenge
January 14, 2022 01:47PM
BJ&Snurt101 are you sure this is the wright name because I can't find this name in the database
Re: Checker Request for GC97ZH7 - Maryland Vintage Cache Challenge
January 14, 2022 02:28PM
He owns 187 caches, his latest is Pleasant Plains Road Bridge - GC9J0XK. You can track his name information from that cache page.
Re: Checker Request for GC97ZH7 - Maryland Vintage Cache Challenge
January 14, 2022 03:28PM
That cacher is one of the ennoying persons who opted out of the database (§OPTOUT:932eb25d39f6§)

You cannot use his name for checkers
Re: Checker Request for GC97ZH7 - Maryland Vintage Cache Challenge
January 14, 2022 03:30PM
B.t.w. I can not find anything wrong with the checker
Re: Checker Request for GC97ZH7 - Maryland Vintage Cache Challenge
January 14, 2022 03:43PM
Thanks for looking. I could not find any other issues so the checker is good. Please finalize
Re: Checker Request for GC97ZH7 - Maryland Vintage Cache Challenge
January 14, 2022 03:55PM
You can use it as it is

Project-GC doesn't have access to unpublished caches hence the "?" you see there now. As soon as your challenge cache is published (or within a reasonable time thereafter), your cache name (and country where it resides) will be shown there
Re: Checker Request for GC97ZH7 - Maryland Vintage Cache Challenge
January 15, 2022 04:19PM
I just got this message from someone looking at the new challange. Do you know what is happening?

Regarding GC97ZH7: Maryland Vintage Cache Challenge – Hi, thanks for the great new challenge - we look forward to working on it.

I think there is a glitch in the challenge checker. When I created a list of the 24 caches, the list says (correctly) that I have found 8 of them. But when I run the checker, it says 9:

You have found 9 of 20 required caches.
1. Howard County (MD) 2001-02-04, GC1FD Jusef's Cache 2021-05-15
2. Calvert County (MD) 2001-02-11, GC3B6 Where's George Calvert Cliffs Cache 2021-04-16
3. Carroll County (MD) 2001-04-01, GC5C6 Cat Cache 2021-06-28
4. Baltimore County (MD) 2001-04-16, GC6FF Ivy Hill Cache 2021-07-09
5. Prince George's County (MD) 2001-08-11, GC15F1 "Awakening" 2021-04-13
6. Montgomery County (MD) 2001-08-18, GC173A Wheaton Regional Park 2021-02-14
7. Baltimore (MD) 2002-04-24, GC5125 A Different Type of Key 2021-07-20
8. Kent County (MD) 2002-07-07, GC6E08 STOP!! PAY TOAL 2021-05-09
9. Carroll County (MD) (Maryland) 2003-01-24, GCC957 Mount Airy Remembers 2021-07-05

As you see, it is showing 2 caches for Carroll County - #9 is not on your list. You may want to look into that.

Thanks for the challenge! John (the J in bejs)
Re: Checker Request for GC97ZH7 - Maryland Vintage Cache Challenge
January 15, 2022 06:47PM
We will investigate this because it looks like the county has two names in the database of Project-GC
Re: Checker Request for GC97ZH7 - Maryland Vintage Cache Challenge
January 16, 2022 12:41PM
The problem is temporary because the polygon data of PGC is updating at the moment which is taking a couple of days computing time
Re: Checker Request for GC97ZH7 - Maryland Vintage Cache Challenge
January 16, 2022 08:08PM
Thank you for your quick action. Will I get a notice when it is updated or should I check it in a few days?
Re: Checker Request for GC97ZH7 - Maryland Vintage Cache Challenge
January 16, 2022 08:17PM
Just check it in a few days because the polygon update is still in process
Re: Checker Request for GC97ZH7 - Maryland Vintage Cache Challenge
January 17, 2022 05:00PM
Can you test if the problem is solved
Re: Checker Request for GC97ZH7 - Maryland Vintage Cache Challenge
January 17, 2022 06:05PM
I checked and it is working fine.

On a separate issue, my next Challenge cache will be for the remaining active 2001 caches in Maryland (there are 28 left). Is there a way to see how many geocachers, in Maryland, may already qualify with 21 or 25 of them? The only way I know is to enter names individually.
Re: Checker Request for GC97ZH7 - Maryland Vintage Cache Challenge
January 17, 2022 06:31PM
Re: Checker Request for GC97ZH7 - Maryland Vintage Cache Challenge
January 17, 2022 06:38PM
That worked great! Thanks for the tip.
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