[GeoStL] Re: Misc geocaching stuff
- From: Glenn <Glenn@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 21:55:17 -0500
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I have been using the "nearest cache" and search page functions for a
while. they are very nice..
gln
At 09:49 PM 6/14/2003 -0500, Paul Konopacki wrote:
>-
>GEOSTL.COM DOWN
>* geostl.com was down for hours yesterday and I have no idea why. I
>didn't do anything to get it back; it just came back.
>
>GEOCACHING.COM DOWN
>* geocaching.com was down for hours a few days ago. It's hard to find out
>'official' explanations from groundspeak on why these outages occur (or
>even what changes are being made and when they get made). I suppose I
>don't deserve to know all that is going on with the site, despite my
>curiosity. History shows that groundspeak holds their cards close to the
>cuff. However, I discovered some juicy information about what they are up
>to (see below).
>
>
>GEOCACHING.COM CHANGES AND LOCATIONLESS CACHES
>* Below is an excerpt from a message from Jeremy in a groundspeak thread
>about locationless caches. I was more curious about what he lists as
>their web development priorities, but his view on the status of
>locationless caches is also somewhat interesting to know. (Personally, I
>do without locationless).
>
>
>Jeremy say:
>
>"They'll be back. With limited staff to complete the new site quickly (and
>with limited bugs in a release) we're spending longer than initially
>planned. Our priorities at the moment are:
>
>1. Speed up the existing site to support double growth over the last few
>months. Right now I'm working to improve the speed of the nearest cache
>page (the most resource-heavy)
>2. Completely replace the map server.
>3. Introduce Geocaching.com Gen 2, which is more feature-rich and fast,
>incorporating many of the recommendations made over the past 2 years to
>improve the web site.
>4. Mystery projects for Premium Members.
>
>Some of these projects are going on concurrently, and some (like
>locationless caches) are backburnered until the more important items are
>completed.
>
>I find locationless caches of monumental importance and have a lot of
>ideas on how to make them more fun and manageable. Trust me that we will
>not abandon them, but we need more time to get these projects listed above
>so we have a healthy base to complete the locationless cache features."
>
>
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