Feedback regarding GeoCheckpointing principle explanation

[Admin]

I would like to hear your opinions regarding GeoCheckpointing principle explanation at http://www.geocheckpointing.com and the subpages. If you read the info, do you find all information which you need? If you look for some information can you find it easily?

A few days ago, I had to disapprove two GeoCheckpoints because they were placed inside a geocache. I contacted the GeoCheckpoint founders and judging from their responses they did not understand the basic GeoCheckpointing principles. There may be two reasons for that:

1. Bad explanation of the rules on the website.
2. They simply did not read the info on the website and expected that this outdoor game is just "another geocaching".

If you believe the first reason may be the case I would like to hear your suggestions what can be improved.

Thanks for your feedback

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[Treknschmidt]

The rules state "The GeoCheckpoint should be clearly visible" placing it inside a geocache would not be clearly visible so I would say the rules are pretty clear.

Feedback:  Any chance of increasing the number of characters allowed in the description field? You want the checkpoints to be in a place of interest but there is hardly enough room to convince anyone your checkpoint is worth visiting in only 2 sentences. Also, the ability to add a picture would be fantastic but we understand that takes away from the simplicity of the concept.

Any chance of finding out who visited your checkpoint or at the very least be notified there was a visit to it?

Would be nice to have the forums included on the main website rather than requiring a separate registration. You may also need a moderator, based on the above spam message.

As for the site itself, its pretty basic and user friendly. Its been kind of nice exploring a new game and not being required to write a log. We look forward to seeing where this goes in the future.

Mr and Mrs Treknschmidt

[Admin]

Thanks for your feedback!

Feedback:  Any chance of increasing the number of characters allowed in the description field? You want the checkpoints to be in a place of interest but there is hardly enough room to convince anyone your checkpoint is worth visiting in only 2 sentences. Also, the ability to add a picture would be fantastic but we understand that takes away from the simplicity of the concept.

Well, before I started to work on GeoCheckpointing I made a research in a local geocaching community. I observed geocachers' behaviour and found out that:

1. Many people never read the listing. They only obtain the coordinates and look at the hint.
2. Most of that who read the listing read only a few sentences.

For this reason I decided to force the GeoCheckpoint founders to write the most important info about the GCP in a short description. However, I realize some people still would like to read longer descriptions and see some photos. I believe I have great solution for both.

One of many tasks on the to-do list expects to create something like GeoCheckpointing wiki. Every user will be able to add information about the place and/or upload photos. While some people like writing extensive descriptions, others do not like it. This system should ensure high quality wiki listings because those who like the writing can create listings for those who prefer to end up with 255 characters description.

Any chance of finding out who visited your checkpoint or at the very least be notified there was a visit to it?

Another to-do task is to create internal messaging system. This system should allow to contact GCP founder so the users will be able to say thanks or leave a feedback. There will be an email notification if you receive a message from another user.

Right now, there are no plans to show complete list of GCP visitors. However, when will be finished some high priority tasks I plan to make a research which should answer the question which features would like the GeoCheckpointing community to implement. Based on the research results, it may happen I will change my mind.

Would be nice to have the forums included on the main website rather than requiring a separate registration. You may also need a moderator, based on the above spam message.

The message above is not spam, it is an advertisement However, volunteers who would become moderators are welcome. As the forum will grow some moderators will be needed.