Re: Requesting checker for GC9YC5Q please.

Hello Hugo,

For GC9YC5Q I am requesting a checker to show "a cache found in each of the 7 LGA's that have a border with the Sutherland Shire Boundary" please.
They are: Wollongong, Campbelltown, Liverpool, Canterbury-Bankstown, Georges River, Bayside and Randwick.
This is the link to the interactive map to help. https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/public/find-my-council/local-government-area-boundaries-and-mapping-information/.
Thanks,
Warwick.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/18/2022 11:32PM by wazza9. (view changes)

Unfortunately, this challenge is not publishable under the current Challenge Cache Guidelines. In particular, it states that:

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Challenge Cache Guidelines - Section 10: Source of Criteria

NOT ACCEPTABLE
Challenges based on geographic areas other than countries, states/provinces, counties (or their local equivalent). Examples: user-defined mapping polygons, latitude/longitude, radius, etc.

In other words, the "smallest" area that you can require in a Challenge cache is a county. In your case, you are in the country of Australia, the state of New South Wales, and the county of Sutherland -- so there is no smaller you can go. Hope that makes sense.

Hello Hugh,
I have changed this request completely.
I believe it will now be satisfactory but let me know if I am wrong.

I have also looked at the previous request and can see that while Australia and the US are about the same land mass area, there are 2 different systems used for the functions carried out. The US has 10 times the population, about 50 States and 3000 Counties while Aust. has 8 States and Territories and about 600 LGA's. Both levels carry out different functions so there is no way of comparing them.

I am lucky to have placed my Sutherland Shire Cachers' Challenge GC4YC2C in 2014. People come from all around the State to work on it and I am now understanding why.

All the best,
Warwick.

Perhaps the more universal way to talk about countries/states/counties would instead be to talk about first (nations), second (provinces, states, territories, prefectures), and third (counties, regions) level administrative districts. If you happen to live in a (small) country where "third level administrative districts" were single cities or neighbourhoods then that previous challenge might be publishable.

Anyways, here is the Challenge Checker.

https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC9YC5Q/70735

Please test and confirm that this is working as expected.

Hi Hugh,
Thank you for the checker. I have run 3 people and it works as expected. 2 qualify and the 3rd didn't (not expected to, he is a beginner).
All the best,
Warwick.