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The [[Geocaching Australia]] website maintains and displays a database of [[geocache]] listings for:
 
The [[Geocaching Australia]] website maintains and displays a database of [[geocache]] listings for:
* caches hosted specifically on [[Geocaching Australia]] (these caches have a '''GA''' prefix);
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* caches hosted specifically on [[Geocaching Australia]] (these caches have a '''GA''' or '''TP''' prefix);
 
* plus ''some'' caches hosted on other [[cache listing website]]s.
 
* plus ''some'' caches hosted on other [[cache listing website]]s.
  
Some (but not all) caches hosted on other [[cache listing website]]s are also available on [[Geocaching Australia]] (GCA) for consolidated searching logs, ratings and statistics of both GCA and non-GCA caches.
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Some (but not all) caches hosted on other [[cache listing website]]s are also available on [[Geocaching Australia]] (GCA) for consolidated searching of logs, ratings and statistics of both GCA and non-GCA caches.
  
 
Caches hosted on other sites are added into the GCA database by the following mechanisms:
 
Caches hosted on other sites are added into the GCA database by the following mechanisms:
* All unarchived [[geocaching.com]] caches located in Australia are updated daily
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* All unarchived [[geocaching.com]] caches located in Australia are updated regularly via user contributions
 
* Other caches outside Australia are "discovered" by GCA when users [[uploading logs|upload logs]].
 
* Other caches outside Australia are "discovered" by GCA when users [[uploading logs|upload logs]].
* ''Do any caches from other [[cache listing website]] get automatically synchronised to GCA?''
 
  
Cache Pages for non-GCA caches display limited information and contain a link to the Cache Page on the original hosting website.
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Cache Pages for non-GCA caches display limited information and contain a link to the Cache Page on the original hosting website, this is for legal and copyright reasons.
  
  
 
== Format ==
 
== Format ==
 
The format of the Cache Page for GCA caches is described [[Cache page|here]].
 
The format of the Cache Page for GCA caches is described [[Cache page|here]].

Latest revision as of 13:46, 14 September 2015

The Geocaching Australia website maintains and displays a database of geocache listings for:

Some (but not all) caches hosted on other cache listing websites are also available on Geocaching Australia (GCA) for consolidated searching of logs, ratings and statistics of both GCA and non-GCA caches.

Caches hosted on other sites are added into the GCA database by the following mechanisms:

  • All unarchived geocaching.com caches located in Australia are updated regularly via user contributions
  • Other caches outside Australia are "discovered" by GCA when users upload logs.

Cache Pages for non-GCA caches display limited information and contain a link to the Cache Page on the original hosting website, this is for legal and copyright reasons.


Format

The format of the Cache Page for GCA caches is described here.