Opencaching.eu - User contributions [en]

Opencaching-DE

2025-06-06T21:52:17Z

Andrixnet:

[[Category:Opencaching]]
[[Category:Projects]]
[[Category:Opencaching-DE]]
== The OpencachingDeutschland project (OCDE) ==
[[File:OCDE logo.png|alt=OCDE|frame|OCDE logo © [http://www.opencaching.de/articles.php?page=verein Opencaching Deutschland e.V.]]]
[https://www.opencaching.de www.opencaching.de] is a major Geocaching website in Germany. The [https://github.com/OpencachingDeutschland/oc-server3 OpencachingDeutschland project] contains the website's code, including all third-party libraries needed to run it. It is one of two major Opencaching code forks; the other one being [https://github.com/opencaching/opencaching-pl/ Opencaching-PL]. Feel free to use it under the provided license terms for setting up your own open and free Geocaching listing service! The code can easily be translated to other languages.

The project and website are governed by [https://www.opencaching.de/articles.php?page=verein Opencaching Deutschland e.V.] - a registered association according to German law, created to support and ensure future development of OC.

==== Opencaching.DE code branch - https://github.com/OpencachingDeutschland/oc-server3 ====
[[File:Codegenerationen.svg|thumb|OC code history]]
The up-to-date version is deployed to a single server which is connected to four domains ([https://www.opencaching.de www.opencaching.de], [https://www.opencaching.it www.opencaching.it], [http://www.opencachingspain.es www.opencachingspain.es], [http://www.opencaching.fr www.opencaching.fr]); that is, all those sites run on one server with the same code and database. This is currently the only server running up-to-date OCDE code, besides of test and development machines.

Other OC sites branched off the OCDE code (see graph), doing minor (CZ, NL) major (SE/NO) or huge (PL) modifications. Opencaching.NL later switched to OCPL code, and Opencaching.SE/NO was shut down in 2014 after plans for a merger to Opencaching.DE were discarded.

Both the OCDE and OCPL code branches use the same public API (called [[OKAPI]], see https://opencaching.pl/okapi/).

See also [[Opencaching-PL]], [http://wiki.opencaching.de/index.php/Hauptseite Opencaching.de Wiki].

Opencaching-PL

2025-06-06T21:49:07Z

Andrixnet:

[[Category:Opencaching]]
[[Category:Projects]]
[[Category:Opencaching-PL]]
== The Opencaching-PL project (OCPL) ==
[[File:Logo OC.jpeg|thumb]]
Is the source code of Opencaching.PL site (and some others, set up on different domains). Opencaching.PL is one of the branches of the "OpenCaching National Sites" project.

==== Opencaching.PL branch - https://github.com/opencaching/opencaching-pl ====
[[File:Codegenerationen.svg|thumb|OC code history]]
* Branched from Opencaching.DE very long time ago, the two branches went their separate ways. If you're wondering which one to adopt, it is up to you to choose one.
* Deployed at multiple servers, each one of them connected to a separate domain.
* Some of these sites are always up-to-date (there's a postcommit script connected to the repository): https://opencaching.pl, https://www.opencaching.nl, https://www.opencaching.ro, https://www.opencache.uk, .https://www.opencaching.us... (this list is apt to grow)
* If other nodes would like to use it, we encourage you to try. However, it is NOT a travial task to add support for other languages into OCPL code. We may give you access to our repository if you'd like to internationalize it, but be warned - there's some work to be done here!

Both of the primary branches use the same public API (called [[OKAPI]], see https://opencaching.pl/okapi/).

See also [[Opencaching-DE]].

Node IDs

2025-06-06T21:44:05Z

Andrixnet:

[[index.php?title=Category:Assigned numbers]]

[[File:Codegenerationen.svg|thumb|History of OC sites 2005-2016]]
== Opencaching Node ID ==
Node IDs are numbers used internally to uniquely identify each Opencaching node (website).

The purpose of these is to potentially allow information exchange between Opencaching nodes (like caches, users, logs, etc.). Another use is testing for developers in a virtual environment, without affecting the production website(s).

=== Node ID assignments ===
Each new website (node) must choose a unique, unassigned, NODE_ID.

Traditionally, NODE_IDs have been assigned by OCDE (Germany) management team.

[[File:Contact_team-icon-150x150.png|24x24px]] https://www.opencaching.de/articles.php?page=contact

{| class="wikitable"
!ID
!COUNTRY
!WEBSITE
!PREFIX
!STATUS
!COMMENTS
!CODE
!OKAPI
|- style="background-color:#c8fdc5"
|1
|Germany
|https://www.opencaching.de
|OC
|ACTIVE
|
|[https://github.com/OpencachingDeutschland/oc-server3/tree/stable OCDE stable]
|yes
.de only
|- style="background-color:#c8fdc5"
|2
|Poland
|https://opencaching.pl
|OP
|ACTIVE
|
|OCPL
|yes
|- style="background-color:#fcc8ca"
|<s>3</s>
|<s>Czech Republic</s>
|[https://www.opencaching.cz <s>https://(www.)opencaching.cz</s>]
|<s>OZ</s>
|<s>CLOSED</s>
| <s>Domain expired (2024 or earlier)</s>
<s>very old OCDE code, forked before OCPL</s>
| <s>OCDE old</s>
| <s>no</s>
|- style="background-color:#DDDDDD"
|4
| colspan="7" |Local development only
|- style="background-color:#c8fdc5"
|5
|OCDE test site
|http://test.opencaching.de
|OC
|ACTIVE
|
|[https://github.com/OpencachingDeutschland/oc-server3/tree/next OCDE next]
|yes
|- style="background-color:#c8fdc5"
|6
|United Kingdom
|https://opencache.uk
|OK
|ACTIVE
| | ''OCDE code lists it as node_id=7''
| | OCPL
| | yes
|- style="background-color:#fcc8ca"
|<s>7</s>
|<s>Sweden, Norway</s>
|[http://web.archive.org/web/20140724162909/http://www.opencaching.se/ <s>http://www.opencaching.se</s>]
|<s>OS</s>
|<s>REDIRECT to OC.de</s>
|<s>shutdown 2014 OCDE code lists it as node_id=6</s>
|<s>OCSE</s>
|<s>no</s>
|- style="background-color:#fcc8ca"
|<s>8</s>
|<s>Norway</s>
|[http://web.archive.org/web/20100323083502/http://www.opencaching.no/ <s>http://www.opencaching.no</s>]
|<s>ON</s>
|<s>CLOSED</s>
|<s>was merged to Sweden before start</s>
|
|
|- style="background-color:#fcc8ca"
|<s>9</s>
|<s>Latvia</s>
|[http://web.archive.org/web/20130622232537/http://opencaching.lv/ <s>http://www.opencaching.lv</s>]
|<s>OV</s>
|<s>DOWN</s>
|<s>was never started</s>
|
|
|- style="background-color:#c8fdc5"
|10
|North America
|https://www.opencaching.us
|OU
|ACTIVE
|'''Covers:''' U.S.A., Canada, Mexico 
''(merged since 2011)''

migrated to opencaching-pl code in 2018
| OCPL
| yes
|- style="background-color:#fcc8ca"
|<s>11</s>
|<s>Japan</s>
|[http://web.archive.org/web/20110805130525/http://www.opencaching.jp/ <s>http://www.opencachng.jp</s>]
|<s>OJ</s>
|<s>CLOSED</s>
|<s>shutdown in 2011</s>
''<s>(some content visible via the Wayback Machine)</s>''
|<s>OCPL old</s>
|<s>no</s>
|- style="background-color:#fcc8ca"
|<s>12</s>
|<s>Russia</s>
|<s>http://www.opencaching.ru</s>
|<s>OR</s>
|<s>under construction</s>
|<s>did not start</s>
|<s>OCDE old</s>
|
|- style="background-color:#fcc8ca"
|<s>13</s>
|''<s>GARMIN</s>''
|<s><nowiki>http://www.opencaching.com</nowiki></s>
|<s>OX</s>
|<s>CLOSED</s>
|<s>Service closed by Garmin sometime in August 2015</s>
|<s>proprietary</s><s>by Garmin</s>
|
|- style="background-color:#c8fdc5"
|14
|BeNeLux
|https://www.opencaching.nl http://opencaching.lu
|OB
|ACTIVE
|'''Covers:''' Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg.
Main address is https://www.opencaching.nl, the others redirect here.
|OCPL
|yes
|- style="background-color:#fcc8ca"
|<s>15</s>
|<s>??</s>
|<s>??</s>
|
|
|
|
|
|- style="background-color:#c8fdc5"
|16
|Romania
|https://www.opencaching.ro
|OR
|ACTIVE
|
|OCPL
|yes
|-
|
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|}

=== Other Opencaching domains ===
These URLs do not (directly) show Opencaching node contents.

{| class="wikitable"
!COUNTRY
!WEBSITE
!COMMENTS
|-
|Austria Swiss Liechtenstein
|[http://www.opencaching.at http://(www.)opencaching.at] [http://www.opencaching.ch http://(www.)opencaching.ch] [http://www.opencaching.li http://(www.)opencaching.li]
|Redirects to this webshop https://geocaching.shop/
|-
|<s>Belgium</s>
|<s>http://www.opencaching.be</s>
|<s>Domain expired (2025 or earlier)</s>
|-
|<s>Denmark</s>
|[http://www.opencaching.dk <s>http://(www.)opencaching.dk</s>]
|<s>Domain expired (2025 or earlier)</s>
|-
|<s>Czech Republic</s>
|<s>http://www.opencaching.cz</s>
|<s>Domain expired (2024 or earlier)</s>
|-
|<s>Spain</s>
|<s>http://www.opencachingspain.es</s>
|<s>Domain expired (since may 2019)</s>
|-
|Canada
|[http://www.opencaching.ca http://(www.)opencaching.ca]
|redirect to www.opencaching.us
|-
|<s>Mexico</s>
|[http://www.opencaching.mx <s>http://(www.)opencaching.mx</s>]
|<s>Domain expired (2024 or earlier)</s>
|-
|Luxembourgh
|http://www.opencaching.lu
|redirect to www.opencaching.nl
|-
|EU
|https://wiki.opencaching.eu
https://opencaching.eu
|this site
|-
|
|http://www.opencaching.net http://www.opencaching.org
|a new geocaching service which never started (2005, prior to Opencaching.de), yet the domains are retained by the owner.
|}

=== Sources ===
This information was compiled from the following sources:

* [[Opencaching-PL]] project – website application on which several OC nodes are running
* [[Opencaching-DE]] / oc-server3 project – website application on which OCDE (Germany) and several other OC nodes are running
* [[OKAPI]] project – plugin to allow easy access to public Opencaching data
* Information published on each active Opencaching node
* [http://forum.opencaching.de/index.php?topic=2899.0 Some information] on the .lv .se .no sites
* Compiled from recent information at http://blog.opencaching.ro/2016/03/11/opencaching-node_ids/

Third party apps

2025-06-06T21:41:16Z

Andrixnet: /* Websites */

[[index.php?title=Category:Opencaching]]
This page lists known third party applications and websites known to work with Opencaching.

== Mobile apps ==
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" |App
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="3" |Platform
! rowspan="2" |Description
! rowspan="2" |URL
|-
!Android
!iOS
!Other
|-
|c:geo
|[[File:Cgeo-logo.png|22x22px|link=https://wiki.opencaching.eu/File:Cgeo-logo.png]]
|[[File:Android robot.png|32x32px]]
|
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|Geocaching for Android
|https://www.cgeo.org/
|-
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|}

== Websites ==
{| class="wikitable"
!App
!
!Description
!URL
|-
|Geokrety
|[[File:Geokrety-logo.png|151x151px|link=https://wiki.opencaching.eu/File:Geokrety-logo.png]]
|free trackables service
|https://www.geokrety.org
|-
|Flopp's Map
|[[File:Flopp.png|22x22px|link=https://wiki.opencaching.eu/File:Flopp.png]]
|online map manager of waypoints, lines and more (mostly for geocachers)
|https://www.flopp.net/
|}

== Desktop apps ==
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" |App
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="4" |Platform
! rowspan="2" |Description
! rowspan="2" |URL
|-
!Windows
!Linux
!Mac
!Other
|-
|GSAK
|[[File:GSAK128.png|32x32px]]
|YES
|''Maybe''

(via WINE)
|
|
|'''Geocaching Swiss Army Knife'''

Opencaching support via macros:

https://gsak.net/board/index.php?showtopic=25242

https://gsak.net/board/index.php?showtopic=25247
|https://gsak.net/index.php
|-
|geo-*
|
|
|YES
|
|
|'''Rick Richardson's Linux tools for geocaching'''
|http://geo.rkkda.com/
|-
|
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|}

Main Page

2025-06-06T21:37:18Z

Andrixnet:

[[File:Logo OC.jpeg|250px|right]]

'''Opencaching.eu is a geocaching site providing information about all national [[What is Opencaching?|Opencaching]] services.'''

== Opencaching national sites ==
Each Opencaching site is called a "node".

*[[File:Oc-de.png]] Opencaching Germany - https://www.opencaching.de; offers multiple countries on the same site; formerly France and Italy having separate views.
*[[File:Oc-nl.png]] Opencaching BeNeLux (Belgium / Netherlands / Luxembourg) - https://www.opencaching.nl
*[[File:Oc-pl.png]] Opencaching Poland - https://opencaching.pl
*[[File:Oc-ro.png]] Opencaching Romania - https://www.opencaching.ro
*[[File:Oc-org-uk.png]] Opencaching United Kingdom - https://opencache.uk
*[[File:Oc-us.png]] Opencaching North America (U.S.A. / Canada / Mexico) https://www.opencaching.us

== Opencaching development projects ==
* [[Opencaching-DE]]
* [[Opencaching-PL]]
* [[OKAPI]]
* [[coord.eu]]

== Status Opencaching sites ==
* [https://stats.uptimerobot.com/z6BQRFOgD Here] you can check if one of the Opencaching sites are off line.

== Related projects ==
Applications and websites related to Opencaching:
* [[File:Cgeo-logo.png|22x22px]] c:geo - Geocaching for Android - http://www.cgeo.org/
* [[File:Geokrety-logo.png|151x151px]] free trackables service - http://www.geokrety.org
* [[File:Flopp.png|22x22px]] Flopp's Map - http://www.flopp.net/

'''A comprehensive list of third party applications and websites that support Opencaching is listed [[Third party apps|HERE]].'''

== Developer resources ==
'''Opencaching assigned numbers - technical information'''

Opencaching sites use some predefined data structures to provide their service.

''These resources are a reference for use by developers and administrators.''

====== Assigned numbers for developers ======
* [[Cache types]] - available geocache types
* [[Cache sizes]] - available geocache container sizes
*[[Cache status]] - available geocache statuses
* [[Cache attributes|Attributes]] - available geocache attributes
* [[Log types]] - available geocache log types
* [[Waypoint types]] - available waypoints

====== Assigned numbers for system administrators ======
* [[Node IDs]] - each opencaching website must have a unique ID

====== Opencaching GPX Extension ======
* [[Opencaching GPX Extension|OC GPX]] allows to add Opencaching-specific information to GPX files.

Main Page

2025-06-06T21:36:14Z

Andrixnet: /* Opencaching national sites */

[[File:Logo OC.jpeg|250px|right]]

'''Opencaching.eu is a geocaching site providing information about all national [[What is Opencaching?|Opencaching]] services.'''

== Opencaching national sites ==
Each Opencaching site is called a "node".

*[[File:Oc-de.png]] Opencaching Germany - https://www.opencaching.de; single instance with the following alternative domains:
**<s>[[File:Oc-es.png]] Opencaching Spain - https://www.opencachingspain.es</s>
**<s>[[File:Oc-it.png]] Opencaching Italy - https://www.opencaching.it</s>
*[[File:Oc-nl.png]] Opencaching BeNeLux (Belgium / Netherlands / Luxembourg) - https://www.opencaching.nl
*[[File:Oc-pl.png]] Opencaching Poland - https://opencaching.pl
*[[File:Oc-ro.png]] Opencaching Romania - https://www.opencaching.ro
*[[File:Oc-org-uk.png]] Opencaching United Kingdom - https://opencache.uk
*[[File:Oc-us.png]] Opencaching North America (U.S.A. / Canada / Mexico) https://www.opencaching.us

== Opencaching development projects ==
* [[Opencaching-DE]]
* [[Opencaching-PL]]
* [[OKAPI]]
* [[coord.eu]]

== Status Opencaching sites ==
* [https://stats.uptimerobot.com/z6BQRFOgD Here] you can check if one of the Opencaching sites are off line.

== Related projects ==
Applications and websites related to Opencaching:
* [[File:Cgeo-logo.png|22x22px]] c:geo - Geocaching for Android - http://www.cgeo.org/
* [[File:Geokrety-logo.png|151x151px]] free trackables service - http://www.geokrety.org
* [[File:Flopp.png|22x22px]] Flopp's Map - http://www.flopp.net/

'''A comprehensive list of third party applications and websites that support Opencaching is listed [[Third party apps|HERE]].'''

== Developer resources ==
'''Opencaching assigned numbers - technical information'''

Opencaching sites use some predefined data structures to provide their service.

''These resources are a reference for use by developers and administrators.''

====== Assigned numbers for developers ======
* [[Cache types]] - available geocache types
* [[Cache sizes]] - available geocache container sizes
*[[Cache status]] - available geocache statuses
* [[Cache attributes|Attributes]] - available geocache attributes
* [[Log types]] - available geocache log types
* [[Waypoint types]] - available waypoints

====== Assigned numbers for system administrators ======
* [[Node IDs]] - each opencaching website must have a unique ID

====== Opencaching GPX Extension ======
* [[Opencaching GPX Extension|OC GPX]] allows to add Opencaching-specific information to GPX files.

Coord.eu

2025-06-06T21:26:10Z

Andrixnet:

[[Category:Opencaching]]
[[Category:Projects]]

== Open-source waypoint redirection service ==
It is a redirection service for waypoints and other geocaching related resources.
* Offers waypoint redirection for geocaches, logs and user profiles.
* Offers trackable redirection for geokrety, travelbugs, geocoins, logs and logging page directly (where supported).
* Designed to be simple and scalable using DNS round-robin distribution.
* Designed to automatically update from GitHub master repository.
'''coord.eu''' source code: https://github.com/opencaching/oc_coord

== Hosting ==
Hosting requirements are absolutely minimal. More technical information can be found [https://github.com/opencaching/oc_coord/blob/master/docs/system/1.readme here].

'''If you whish to volunteer hosting an instance of this service, please contact the project owner by posting an [https://github.com/opencaching/oc_coord/issues issue on GitHub].'''

''Currently hosted by OCRO, OCUS and OCNL.''

== Usage ==

=== Waypoint redirection ===

==== Supported Opencaching sites ====
* '''OP''' - Poland: [https://opencaching.pl opencaching.pl]
* '''OB''' - BeNeLux: [http://www.opencaching.nl www.opencaching.nl]
* '''OR''' - Romania: [http://www.opencaching.ro www.opencaching.ro]
* '''OC''' - Germany: [http://www.opencaching.de www.opencaching.de] ''also France, Italy''
* '''OK''' - United Kingdom: [http://www.opencache.uk www.opencache.uk]
* '''OU''' - North America: [http://www.opencaching.us www.opencaching.us] ''U.S.A.,'' ''Canada''

===== Usage =====
; <nowiki>Waypoint:</nowiki>
: <nowiki>http://coord.eu/OX1234</nowiki> - OX1234 is the waypoint code. (''OX is the cache prefix of the opencaching site, see above'')
; <nowiki>Users:</nowiki>
: <nowiki>http://coord.eu/OX/U/123</nowiki> - 123 is the user ID. (''OX is the cache prefix of the opencaching site, see above'')

==== Supported Geocaching sites ====
* '''GC''' - Geocaching: [http://www.geocaching.com www.geocaching.com] by Groundspeak

===== Usage: =====
; <nowiki>Waypoint:</nowiki>
: <nowiki>http://coord.eu/GC12345</nowiki> - GC12345 is the waypoint code.
; <nowiki>View log:</nowiki>
: <nowiki>http://coord.eu/GC/GL123456</nowiki> - GL123456 is the log code.
; <nowiki>Users:</nowiki>
:''<nowiki>http://coord.eu/GC/U/username</nowiki> - username.''
:''<nowiki>http://coord.eu/GC/PR12345</nowiki> - PR12345 is the profile code.''

=== Trackables redirection ===

==== Supported trackables ====
* '''GK''' - GeoKrety trackables; see : [http://geokrety.org geokrety.org]
* '''GC''' - TravelBugs and Geocoins; see : [http://www.geocaching.com geocaching.com]

===== Usage: =====
; <nowiki>GeoKret:</nowiki>
: <nowiki>http://coord.eu/GK12345</nowiki> - GK12345 is the GeoKret ID.
; <nowiki>Log a GeoKret:</nowiki>
: <nowiki>http://coord.eu/GK/CODE12</nowiki> - CODE12 is the 6 character tracking code.
; <nowiki>TravelBug / Geocoin:</nowiki>
: <nowiki>http://coord.eu/TB12345</nowiki> - TB12345 is the trackable ID.
; <nowiki>Track a TravelBug / Geocoin:</nowiki>
: <nowiki>http://coord.eu/TB/ABC123</nowiki> - ABC123 is the 6 character tracking code.
; <nowiki>View trackable log:</nowiki>
: <nowiki>http://coord.eu/TB/L/TL123456</nowiki> - TL123456 is the log ID.

Coord.eu

2025-06-06T21:25:59Z

Andrixnet: Updated coord.eu specs (after may 2025 updates)

[[index.php?title=Category:Opencaching]]
[[index.php?title=Category:Projects]]

== Open-source waypoint redirection service ==
It is a redirection service for waypoints and other geocaching related resources.
* Offers waypoint redirection for geocaches, logs and user profiles.
* Offers trackable redirection for geokrety, travelbugs, geocoins, logs and logging page directly (where supported).
* Designed to be simple and scalable using DNS round-robin distribution.
* Designed to automatically update from GitHub master repository.
'''coord.eu''' source code: https://github.com/opencaching/oc_coord

== Hosting ==
Hosting requirements are absolutely minimal. More technical information can be found [https://github.com/opencaching/oc_coord/blob/master/docs/system/1.readme here].

'''If you whish to volunteer hosting an instance of this service, please contact the project owner by posting an [https://github.com/opencaching/oc_coord/issues issue on GitHub].'''

''Currently hosted by OCRO, OCUS and OCNL.''

== Usage ==

=== Waypoint redirection ===

==== Supported Opencaching sites ====
* '''OP''' - Poland: [https://opencaching.pl opencaching.pl]
* '''OB''' - BeNeLux: [http://www.opencaching.nl www.opencaching.nl]
* '''OR''' - Romania: [http://www.opencaching.ro www.opencaching.ro]
* '''OC''' - Germany: [http://www.opencaching.de www.opencaching.de] ''also France, Italy''
* '''OK''' - United Kingdom: [http://www.opencache.uk www.opencache.uk]
* '''OU''' - North America: [http://www.opencaching.us www.opencaching.us] ''U.S.A.,'' ''Canada''

===== Usage =====
; <nowiki>Waypoint:</nowiki>
: <nowiki>http://coord.eu/OX1234</nowiki> - OX1234 is the waypoint code. (''OX is the cache prefix of the opencaching site, see above'')
; <nowiki>Users:</nowiki>
: <nowiki>http://coord.eu/OX/U/123</nowiki> - 123 is the user ID. (''OX is the cache prefix of the opencaching site, see above'')

==== Supported Geocaching sites ====
* '''GC''' - Geocaching: [http://www.geocaching.com www.geocaching.com] by Groundspeak

===== Usage: =====
; <nowiki>Waypoint:</nowiki>
: <nowiki>http://coord.eu/GC12345</nowiki> - GC12345 is the waypoint code.
; <nowiki>View log:</nowiki>
: <nowiki>http://coord.eu/GC/GL123456</nowiki> - GL123456 is the log code.
; <nowiki>Users:</nowiki>
:''<nowiki>http://coord.eu/GC/U/username</nowiki> - username.''
:''<nowiki>http://coord.eu/GC/PR12345</nowiki> - PR12345 is the profile code.''

=== Trackables redirection ===

==== Supported trackables ====
* '''GK''' - GeoKrety trackables; see : [http://geokrety.org geokrety.org]
* '''GC''' - TravelBugs and Geocoins; see : [http://www.geocaching.com geocaching.com]

===== Usage: =====
; <nowiki>GeoKret:</nowiki>
: <nowiki>http://coord.eu/GK12345</nowiki> - GK12345 is the GeoKret ID.
; <nowiki>Log a GeoKret:</nowiki>
: <nowiki>http://coord.eu/GK/CODE12</nowiki> - CODE12 is the 6 character tracking code.
; <nowiki>TravelBug / Geocoin:</nowiki>
: <nowiki>http://coord.eu/TB12345</nowiki> - TB12345 is the trackable ID.
; <nowiki>Track a TravelBug / Geocoin:</nowiki>
: <nowiki>http://coord.eu/TB/ABC123</nowiki> - ABC123 is the 6 character tracking code.
; <nowiki>View trackable log:</nowiki>
: <nowiki>http://coord.eu/TB/L/TL123456</nowiki> - TL123456 is the log ID.

Main Page

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Andrixnet: /* Opencaching national sites */

[[File:Logo OC.jpeg|250px|right]]

'''Opencaching.eu is a geocaching site providing information about all national [[What is Opencaching?|Opencaching]] services.'''

== Opencaching national sites ==
Each Opencaching site is called a "node".

*[[File:Oc-de.png]] Opencaching Germany - https://www.opencaching.de; single instance with the following alternative domains:
**<s>[[File:Oc-es.png]] Opencaching Spain - https://www.opencachingspain.es</s>
**[[File:Oc-fr.png]] Opencaching France - https://www.opencaching.fr
**[[File:Oc-it.png]] Opencaching Italy - https://www.opencaching.it
*[[File:Oc-nl.png]] Opencaching BeNeLux (Belgium / Netherlands / Luxembourg) - https://www.opencaching.nl
*[[File:Oc-pl.png]] Opencaching Poland - https://opencaching.pl
*[[File:Oc-ro.png]] Opencaching Romania - https://www.opencaching.ro
*[[File:Oc-org-uk.png]] Opencaching United Kingdom - https://opencache.uk
*[[File:Oc-us.png]] Opencaching North America (U.S.A. / Canada / Mexico) https://www.opencaching.us

== Opencaching development projects ==
* [[Opencaching-DE]]
* [[Opencaching-PL]]
* [[OKAPI]]
* [[coord.eu]]

== Status Opencaching sites ==
* [https://stats.uptimerobot.com/z6BQRFOgD Here] you can check if one of the Opencaching sites are off line.

== Related projects ==
Applications and websites related to Opencaching:
* [[File:Cgeo-logo.png|22x22px]] c:geo - Geocaching for Android - http://www.cgeo.org/
* [[File:Geokrety-logo.png|151x151px]] free trackables service - http://www.geokrety.org
* [[File:Flopp.png|22x22px]] Flopp's Map - http://www.flopp.net/

'''A comprehensive list of third party applications and websites that support Opencaching is listed [[Third party apps|HERE]].'''

== Developer resources ==
'''Opencaching assigned numbers - technical information'''

Opencaching sites use some predefined data structures to provide their service.

''These resources are a reference for use by developers and administrators.''

====== Assigned numbers for developers ======
* [[Cache types]] - available geocache types
* [[Cache sizes]] - available geocache container sizes
*[[Cache status]] - available geocache statuses
* [[Cache attributes|Attributes]] - available geocache attributes
* [[Log types]] - available geocache log types
* [[Waypoint types]] - available waypoints

====== Assigned numbers for system administrators ======
* [[Node IDs]] - each opencaching website must have a unique ID

====== Opencaching GPX Extension ======
* [[Opencaching GPX Extension|OC GPX]] allows to add Opencaching-specific information to GPX files.

Cache types

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Andrixnet:

[[Category:Assigned numbers]]
[[Category:Cache]]
[[Category:Cache type]]
[[Category:Opencaching-DE]]
[[Category:Opencaching-PL]]

=== NOTE: WORK IN PROGRESS. ===

 '''IMPORTANT!!! As of 2025-06-06 the matrix below describes the current known state of cache type mappings and foreseeable changes to come.'''
 ---

A geocache may be of several types. Each type incurrs specific characteristics and/or rules that may apply to searching, finding and logging that type of cache.

This document describes the existing cache types across Opencaching sites.

== Cache types matrix ==

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! rowspan="2" |ID
! rowspan="2" | Type
! rowspan="2" |Usage
! colspan="2" |Image
! rowspan="2" |equivalent<ref>Geocaching.com or other game equivalent type</ref>
! rowspan="2" | Notes
|-
!OCPL
!OCDE
|- style="background-color:#CCFFCC"
|1
|'''Other/Unknown'''
|All
|[[File:OCPL 1-unknown.png]]
|[[File:OCDE 1-unknown.png]]
|mystery
| Caches that do not fit any explicitely declared type
|- style="background-color:#CCFFCC"
|2
| '''Traditional'''
|All
|[[File:OCPL 2-traditional.png]]
|[[File:OCDE 2-traditional.png]]
|traditional
| Physical container at the coordinates
|- style="background-color:#CCFFCC"
|3
| '''Multi-cache'''
|All
|[[File:OCPL 3-multi.png]]
|[[File:OCDE 3-multi.png]]
|multi
| Sequence of physical containers or objects, each with clues leading to the next
|- style="background-color:#CCFFCC"
|4
| '''Virtual cache'''
|All
|[[File:OCPL 4-virtual.png]]
|[[File:OCDE 4-virtual.png]]
|virtual
| No physical container. Must visit the place and answer questions and provide proof you visited.
|- style="background-color:#CCFFCC"
|5
| '''Webcam cache'''
|All
|[[File:OCPL 5-webcam.png]]
|[[File:OCDE 5-webcam.png]]
|webcam
| No physical container. Must visit the place and take picture using the webcam and provide proof.
|- style="background-color:#CCFFCC"
|6
| '''Event'''
|All
|[[File:OCPL 6-event.png]]
|[[File:OCDE 6-event.png]]
|event
| Social gathering of geocachers. No physical container. Not counted as "found".
|- style="background-color:#CCFFCC"
|7
| '''Quiz'''
|All
|[[File:OCPL 7-quiz.png]]
|[[File:OCDE 7-mystery.png]]
|mystery
| Physical container not at coordinates. Must solve puzzle/mystery to find it.
|- style="background-color:#CCEEFF"
|8
| '''Math/Physics cache'''
|OCDE
|
|[[File:OCDE 8-mathe.png]]
|mystery
| Physical container not at coordinates. Requires to solve math or physics type problem.
|- style="background-color:#CCFFCC"
|9
| '''Moving cache'''
|OCDE
|
|[[File:OCDE 9-moving.png]]
|
| Physical container changes location after each find.
|- style="background-color:#CCEEFF"
|10
| '''Drive-in cache'''
|OCDE
|
|[[File:OCDE 10-drivein.png]]
|
| Physical container near parking. A.k.a. park&grab
|- style="background-color:#CCFFEE"
|8
|'''Moving cache'''
|OCPL
|[[File:OCPL 8-moving.png]]
|
|
|'''ID overlap; must be renumbered'''Physical container changes location after each find.
|- style="background-color:#CCFFEE"
|9
|Podcache / GeoPath Final
|OCPL
|[[File:OCPL 9-podcache.png]]
|
|
|'''ID overlap; must be clarified, possibly renumbered'''Legacy "podcast cache", attempted reuse as GeoPath Final / bonus
|- style="background-color:#CCFFEE"
| 10
| '''Owncache'''
|OCPL
|[[File:OCPL 10-owncache.png]]
|
|
| '''ID overlap; must be renumbered'''Travels with owner. Must meet owner to find.
|- style="background-color:#CCFFEE"
| <s>12</s>
| '''<s>BIT cache</s>'''
|<s>OCPL</s>
|<s>[[File:OCNA Bitcache.png]]</s>
|
|<s>Munzee<ref>See service and game provided by https://www.munzee.com/</ref></s>
| '''<s>OBSOLETE; replaced by attribute</s>'''<s>Playing card with serial number. See http://wiki.opencaching.us/index.php/BIT_Caches</s>
|- style="background-color:#CCFFEE"
| <s>13</s>
| '''<s>Guestbook</s>'''
|<s>OCPL</s>
|<s>[[File:OCNA Guestbook.png]]</s>
|
|
| '''<s>OBSOLETE; replaced by attribute</s>'''<s>Physical container is a guestbook, available to sign</s>
|- style="background-color:#CCFFEE"
| <s>14</s>
|'''<s>Benchmark</s>'''
|<s>OCPL</s>
|<s>[[File:OCNA Benchmark.png]]</s>
|
|
|'''<s>OBSOLETE; replaced by attribute</s>'''<s>Geographical survey benchmark.</s>
|- style="background-color:#CCFFEE"
|<s>15</s>
|'''<s>Challenge</s>'''
|<s>OCPL</s>
|<s>[[File:OCNA Challenge.png]]</s>
|
|<s>mystery<ref>User practice at geocaching.com of publishing mystery cache with challenge to be met to allow logging, also physical container as bonus.</ref></s>
|<s>'''OBSOLETE; replaced by attribute'''Geocacher must meet the challenge requirements.</s>
|}
'''Legend:'''
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background-color:#CCFFCC"
|Basic/common cache types
|- style="background-color:#CCFFEE"
|OCPL specific types
|- style="background-color:#CCEEFF"
|OCDE specific types
|}

Node IDs

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Andrixnet:

[[Category:Assigned numbers]]

[[File:Codegenerationen.svg|thumb|History of OC sites 2005-2016]]
== Opencaching Node ID ==
Node IDs are numbers used internally to uniquely identify each Opencaching node (website).

The purpose of these is to potentially allow information exchange between Opencaching nodes (like caches, users, logs, etc.). Another use is testing for developers in a virtual environment, without affecting the production website(s).

=== Node ID assignments ===
Each new website (node) must choose a unique, unassigned, NODE_ID.

Traditionally, NODE_IDs have been assigned by OCDE (Germany) management team.

[[File:Contact_team-icon-150x150.png|24x24px]] http://www.opencaching.de/articles.php?page=contact

{| class="wikitable"
!ID
!COUNTRY
!WEBSITE
!PREFIX
!STATUS
!COMMENTS
!CODE
!OKAPI
|- style="background-color:#c8fdc5"
|1
|Germany
|https://www.opencaching.de https://www.opencaching.it <s>http://www.opencachingspain.es</s> [http://www.opencaching.fr https://www.opencaching.fr]
|OC
|ACTIVE
|'''Covers:''' Germany, Austria, Swiss, Italy, Spain, France; same content on multiple domains.
<s>http://www.opencachingspain.es</s> is expired (may 2019)
|[https://github.com/OpencachingDeutschland/oc-server3/tree/stable OCDE stable]
|yes
.de only
|- style="background-color:#c8fdc5"
|2
|Poland
|https://opencaching.pl
|OP
|ACTIVE
|
|OCPL
|yes
|- style="background-color:#fcc8ca"
|<s>3</s>
|<s>Czech Republic</s>
|[https://www.opencaching.cz <s>https://(www.)opencaching.cz</s>]
|<s>OZ</s>
|<s>CLOSED</s>
| <s>Domain expired (2024 or earlier)</s>
<s>very old OCDE code, forked before OCPL</s>
| <s>OCDE old</s>
| <s>no</s>
|- style="background-color:#DDDDDD"
|4
| colspan="7" |Local development only
|- style="background-color:#c8fdc5"
|5
|OCDE test site
|http://test.opencaching.de
|OC
|ACTIVE
|
|[https://github.com/OpencachingDeutschland/oc-server3/tree/next OCDE next]
|yes
|- style="background-color:#c8fdc5"
|6
|United Kingdom
|https://opencache.uk
|OK
|ACTIVE
| | ''OCDE code lists it as node_id=7''
| | OCPL
| | yes
|- style="background-color:#fcc8ca"
|<s>7</s>
|<s>Sweden, Norway</s>
|[http://web.archive.org/web/20140724162909/http://www.opencaching.se/ <s>http://www.opencaching.se</s>]
|<s>OS</s>
|<s>REDIRECT to OC.de</s>
|<s>shutdown 2014 OCDE code lists it as node_id=6</s>
|<s>OCSE</s>
|<s>no</s>
|- style="background-color:#fcc8ca"
|<s>8</s>
|<s>Norway</s>
|[http://web.archive.org/web/20100323083502/http://www.opencaching.no/ <s>http://www.opencaching.no</s>]
|<s>ON</s>
|<s>CLOSED</s>
|<s>was merged to Sweden before start</s>
|
|
|- style="background-color:#fcc8ca"
|<s>9</s>
|<s>Latvia</s>
|[http://web.archive.org/web/20130622232537/http://opencaching.lv/ <s>http://www.opencaching.lv</s>]
|<s>OV</s>
|<s>DOWN</s>
|<s>was never started</s>
|
|
|- style="background-color:#c8fdc5"
|10
|North America
|[http://www.opencaching.us http://(www.)opencaching.us]
|OU
|ACTIVE
|'''Covers:''' 
U.S.A. 
Canada 
Mexico 
''(merged since 2011)''
| OCPL
since 2019
| yes
|- style="background-color:#fcc8ca"
|<s>11</s>
|<s>Japan</s>
|[http://web.archive.org/web/20110805130525/http://www.opencaching.jp/ <s>http://www.opencachng.jp</s>]
|<s>OJ</s>
|<s>CLOSED</s>
|<s>shutdown in 2011</s>
''<s>(some content visible via the Wayback Machine)</s>''
|<s>OCPL old</s>
|<s>no</s>
|- style="background-color:#fcc8ca"
|<s>12</s>
|<s>Russia</s>
|<s>http://www.opencaching.ru</s>
|<s>OR</s>
|<s>under construction</s>
|<s>did not start</s>
|<s>OCDE old</s>
|
|- style="background-color:#fcc8ca"
|<s>13</s>
|''<s>GARMIN</s>''
|<s><nowiki>http://www.opencaching.com</nowiki></s>
|<s>OX</s>
|<s>CLOSED</s>
|<s>Service closed by Garmin sometime in August 2015</s>
|<s>proprietary</s><s>by Garmin</s>
|
|- style="background-color:#c8fdc5"
|14
|BeNeLux
|https://www.opencaching.nl http://opencaching.lu
|OB
|ACTIVE
|'''Covers:''' Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg.
Main address is https://www.opencaching.nl, the others redirect here.
|OCPL
|yes
|- style="background-color:#fcc8ca"
|<s>15</s>
|<s>??</s>
|<s>??</s>
|
|
|
|
|
|- style="background-color:#c8fdc5"
|16
|Romania
|https://www.opencaching.ro
|OR
|ACTIVE
|
|OCPL
|yes
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|}

=== Other Opencaching domains ===
These URLs do not (directly) show Opencaching node contents.

{| class="wikitable"
!COUNTRY
!WEBSITE
!COMMENTS
|-
|Austria Swiss Liechtenstein
|[http://www.opencaching.at http://(www.)opencaching.at] [http://www.opencaching.ch http://(www.)opencaching.ch] [http://www.opencaching.li http://(www.)opencaching.li]
|Redirects to this webshop https://geocaching.shop/
|-
|<s>Belgium</s>
|<s>http://www.opencaching.be</s>
|<s>Domain expired (2025 or earlier)</s>
|-
|<s>Denmark</s>
|[http://www.opencaching.dk <s>http://(www.)opencaching.dk</s>]
|<s>Domain expired (2025 or earlier)</s>
|-
|<s>Czech Republic</s>
|<s>http://www.opencaching.cz</s>
|<s>Domain expired (2024 or earlier)</s>
|-
|<s>Spain</s>
|<s>http://www.opencachingspain.es</s>
|<s>Domain expired (since may 2019)</s>
|-
|Canada
|[http://www.opencaching.ca http://(www.)opencaching.ca]
|redirect to www.opencaching.us
|-
|<s>Mexico</s>
|[http://www.opencaching.mx <s>http://(www.)opencaching.mx</s>]
|<s>Domain expired (2024 or earlier)</s>
|-
|Luxembourgh
|http://www.opencaching.lu
|redirect to www.opencaching.nl
|-
|EU
|https://wiki.opencaching.eu
https://opencaching.eu
|this site
|-
|
|http://www.opencaching.net http://www.opencaching.org
|a new geocaching service which never started (2005, prior to Opencaching.de), yet the domains are retained by the owner.
|}

=== Sources ===
This information was compiled from the following sources:

* [[Opencaching-PL]] project – website application on which several OC nodes are running
* [[Opencaching-DE]] / oc-server3 project – website application on which OCDE (Germany) and several other OC nodes are running
* [[OKAPI]] project – plugin to allow easy access to public Opencaching data
* Information published on each active Opencaching node
* [http://forum.opencaching.de/index.php?topic=2899.0 Some information] on the .lv .se .no sites
* Compiled from recent information at http://blog.opencaching.ro/2016/03/11/opencaching-node_ids/

Waypoint types

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Andrixnet:

[[Category:Assigned numbers]]
[[Category:Opencaching-DE]]
[[Category:Opencaching-PL]]

=== DRAFT, WORK IN PROGRESS, TO BE REDEFINED. ===
A cache may have additional waypoints assisting in finding it or better access to it.

This document describes the existing waypoint types across Opencaching sites.

== Waypoint types matrix ==

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! colspan="2" |ID
! colspan="2" |Type
! rowspan="2" |Usage
! colspan="2" |Image
! rowspan="2" | Notes
|-
!OCPL
!OCDE
!OCPL
!OCDE
!{{OCSchema|PL}}
!{{OCSchema|DE}}
|-
|1
|
|[[#Physical point|Physical point]]
|
|OCPL
|[[File:Wp physical.png]]
|
|
|-
|2
|
|[[#Virtual Point|Virtual point]]
|
|OCPL
|[[File:Wp virtual.png]]
|
|
|-
|
|2
|
|[[Node IDs|Stage or reference point]]
|OCDE
|
|[[File:Wp reference.png]]
|Equivalent to Virtual / Physical point from OCPL
|-
|3
|4
|[[#Final location|Final location]]
|[[Cache attributes|Final]]
|All
|[[File:OCPL Wp final.png]]
|
|
|-
|4
|5
|[[#Interesting place / POI|Interesting place]]
|[[#Interesting place / POI|POI (Point Of Interest)]]
|All
|[[File:OCPL Wp reference.png]]
|[[File:Wp poi.png]]
|
|-
|5
|1
|[[Cache attributes|Parking area]]
|[[#Parking area|Parking]]
|All
|[[File:OCPL Wp parking.png]]
|[[File:Wp parking.png]]
|
|-
|
|3
|
|[[Log types|Path]]
|OCDE
|
|[[File:Wp path.png]]
|First point on path may be equivalent to Trailhead
|-
|6
|
|[[#Trailhead|Trailhead]]
|
|OCPL
|[[File:OCPL Wp trailhead.png]]
|
|new OCPL feature (2017)
|}
ID's based on current implementations.

'''''Should be merged in the future to a common set.'''''

==== Physical point ====
A physical container or object placed by the owner of the cache. It usually containes either coordinates to the next stage or clues on how to calculate them.

''It represents a stage for a cache that is not hidden at the published coordinates (like Multi-cache, Puzzle cache, Unknown cache).''

==== Virtual Point ====
A place where the geocacher must gather information in the field. Such information is to be used to calculate coordinates for the next stage. There is no physical object placed by the owner here.

''It represents a stage for a cache that is not hidden at the published coordinates (like Multi-cache, Puzzle cache, Unknown cache).''

==== Stage or reference point ====
A place where the geocacher must gather information in the field. Such information is to be used to calculate coordinates for the next stage. Such information may be from the surrounding environment or a physical object placed by the cache owner.

Equivalent to both "Physical point" and "Virtual point".

''It represents a stage for a cache that is not hidden at the published coordinates (like Multi-cache, Puzzle cache, Unknown cache).''

==== Final location ====
The actual place where the geocache container is hidden. The geocacher must solve intermediate stages or a puzzle or do some other type of research in order to obtain these coordinates.

Geocache owner may provide the possibility to check the solution for the final coordinates using the OpenChecker (OCPL feature)

==== Interesting place / POI ====
A place highlighted by the cache owner to enhance the experience of the geocaching searching for that particular cache.

==== Parking area ====
Parking place, recommended by the cache owner, where one can safely and legally leave the car, while geocaching for that particular cache.

==== Trailhead ====
Starting point of a path/trail/route towards the cache location. Useful for caches hidden in nature. This is the owner recommended way to the cache.

==== Path ====
One or more points along a path/trail/route towards the cache location. This is the owner recommended way to the cache.

First point on the path may be equivalent to "Trailhead".

Log types

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Andrixnet: /* Log types matrix */

[[Category:Assigned numbers]]
[[Category:Cache]]
[[Category:Log]]
[[Category:Opencaching-DE]]
[[Category:Opencaching-PL]]
User interractions with a geocache are recorded in the cache log as a log entries.

Each log entry has a type, indicating an action or a status, in addition to the user supplied log entry text.

All log entries generate a notification email to the cache owner. Notification may be individual (per log) or digest.

''This document describes the existing log types across Opencaching sites.''

== Log types matrix ==

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|- style="background-color:#CCCCCC"
| rowspan="2" |'''ID'''
| rowspan="2" |'''Type'''
| rowspan="2" |'''Usage'''
| colspan="2" |'''Icons'''
| rowspan="2" |'''Notes'''
| rowspan="2" |'''GC equivalent'''<ref group="GC compatibility">Information provided for third party application compatibility.</ref>
|- style="background-color:#CCCCCC"
|'''OCPL'''
|'''OCDE'''
|-

|-
| 1
|[[Log:Found it|Found it]]
|All
|[[File:Found.svg]]
|
|
|Found it
|-
| 2
|[[Log:Didn't find it|Didn't find it]]
|All
|[[File:Dnf.svg]]
|
|
|Didn't find it
|-
| 3
|[[Log:Comment|Comment]]
|All
|[[File:Note.svg]]
|
|i.e. WRITE NOTE
|Write Note
|-
| 4
|[[Log:Moved|Moved]]
|OCPL
|[[File:Moved.svg]]
|
|''Specific to "moving cache"''
|
|-
| 5
|[[Log:Needs maintenance|Needs maintenance]]
|OCPL
|[[File:Need-maintenance.svg]]
|
|OCDE and OKAPI logs have a "needs maintenance" flag
|Needs maintenance
|-
| 6
|[[Log:Maintenance performed|Maintenance performed]]
|OCPL
|[[File:Made-maintenance.svg]]
|
|OCDE and OKAPI logs have a "cache is ok" flag.
''(All users may perform maintenance.)''
|Owner maintenance
''(GC allows only maintenance by cache owner)''
|-
| 7
|[[Log:Attended|Attended]]
|All
|[[File:Attend.svg]]
|
|
|Attended
|-
| 8
|[[Log:Will attend|Will attend]]
|All
|[[File:Will_attend.svg]]
|
|
|Will attend
|-
|9
|[[Log:Archived|Archived]]
|All
|[[File:Trash.svg]]
|
|
|Archived
|-
|10
|[[Log:Ready to be found|Ready to be found]]
|All
|[[File:Published.svg]]
|
|i.e. ENABLED
OCDE=Available
|Published / Enabled
''(depending on context)''
|-
|11
|[[Log:Temporarily unavailable|Temporarily unavailable]]
|All
|[[File:Temporary.svg]]
|
|i.e. DISABLED
|Disabled
|-
|12
|[[Log:OC Team comment|OC Team comment]]
|OCPL
|[[File:Octeam.svg]]
|
|OCDE and OKAPI logs have an "OC team entry" flag
|Reviewer note
|-
|13
|[[Log:Locked|Locked]]
|OCDE
|
|
|
|
|-
|14
|[[Log:Locked, invisible|Locked, invisible]]
|OCDE
|
|
|
|
|}
<references group="GC compatibility" />

Node IDs

2025-06-06T21:13:00Z

Andrixnet: Updated with known services as of 2025 and no longer working services.

[[index.php?title=Category:Assigned numbers]]
[[File:Codegenerationen.svg|thumb|History of OC sites 2005-2016]]
== Opencaching Node ID ==
Node IDs are numbers used internally to uniquely identify each Opencaching node (website).

The purpose of these is to potentially allow information exchange between Opencaching nodes (like caches, users, logs, etc.). Another use is testing for developers in a virtual environment, without affecting the production website(s).

=== Node ID assignments ===
Each new website (node) must choose a unique, unassigned, NODE_ID.

Traditionally, NODE_IDs have been assigned by OCDE (Germany) management team.

[[File:Contact_team-icon-150x150.png|24x24px]] http://www.opencaching.de/articles.php?page=contact

{| class="wikitable"
!ID
!COUNTRY
!WEBSITE
!PREFIX
!STATUS
!COMMENTS
!CODE
!OKAPI
|- style="background-color:#c8fdc5"
|1
|Germany
|https://www.opencaching.de https://www.opencaching.it <s>http://www.opencachingspain.es</s> [http://www.opencaching.fr https://www.opencaching.fr]
|OC
|ACTIVE
|'''Covers:''' Germany, Austria, Swiss, Italy, Spain, France; same content on multiple domains.
<s>http://www.opencachingspain.es</s> is expired (may 2019)
|[https://github.com/OpencachingDeutschland/oc-server3/tree/stable OCDE stable]
|yes
.de only
|- style="background-color:#c8fdc5"
|2
|Poland
|https://opencaching.pl
|OP
|ACTIVE
|
|OCPL
|yes
|- style="background-color:#fcc8ca"
|<s>3</s>
|<s>Czech Republic</s>
|[https://www.opencaching.cz <s>https://(www.)opencaching.cz</s>]
|<s>OZ</s>
|<s>CLOSED</s>
| <s>Domain expired (2024 or earlier)</s>
<s>very old OCDE code, forked before OCPL</s>
| <s>OCDE old</s>
| <s>no</s>
|- style="background-color:#DDDDDD"
|4
| colspan="7" |Local development only
|- style="background-color:#c8fdc5"
|5
|OCDE test site
|http://test.opencaching.de
|OC
|ACTIVE
|
|[https://github.com/OpencachingDeutschland/oc-server3/tree/next OCDE next]
|yes
|- style="background-color:#c8fdc5"
|6
|United Kingdom
|https://opencache.uk
|OK
|ACTIVE
| | ''OCDE code lists it as node_id=7''
| | OCPL
| | yes
|- style="background-color:#fcc8ca"
|<s>7</s>
|<s>Sweden, Norway</s>
|[http://web.archive.org/web/20140724162909/http://www.opencaching.se/ <s>http://www.opencaching.se</s>]
|<s>OS</s>
|<s>REDIRECT to OC.de</s>
|<s>shutdown 2014 OCDE code lists it as node_id=6</s>
|<s>OCSE</s>
|<s>no</s>
|- style="background-color:#fcc8ca"
|<s>8</s>
|<s>Norway</s>
|[http://web.archive.org/web/20100323083502/http://www.opencaching.no/ <s>http://www.opencaching.no</s>]
|<s>ON</s>
|<s>CLOSED</s>
|<s>was merged to Sweden before start</s>
|
|
|- style="background-color:#fcc8ca"
|<s>9</s>
|<s>Latvia</s>
|[http://web.archive.org/web/20130622232537/http://opencaching.lv/ <s>http://www.opencaching.lv</s>]
|<s>OV</s>
|<s>DOWN</s>
|<s>was never started</s>
|
|
|- style="background-color:#c8fdc5"
|10
|North America
|[http://www.opencaching.us http://(www.)opencaching.us]
|OU
|ACTIVE
|'''Covers:''' 
U.S.A. 
Canada 
Mexico 
''(merged since 2011)''
| OCPL
since 2019
| yes
|- style="background-color:#fcc8ca"
|<s>11</s>
|<s>Japan</s>
|[http://web.archive.org/web/20110805130525/http://www.opencaching.jp/ <s>http://www.opencachng.jp</s>]
|<s>OJ</s>
|<s>CLOSED</s>
|<s>shutdown in 2011</s>
''<s>(some content visible via the Wayback Machine)</s>''
|<s>OCPL old</s>
|<s>no</s>
|- style="background-color:#fcc8ca"
|<s>12</s>
|<s>Russia</s>
|<s>http://www.opencaching.ru</s>
|<s>OR</s>
|<s>under construction</s>
|<s>did not start</s>
|<s>OCDE old</s>
|
|- style="background-color:#fcc8ca"
|<s>13</s>
|''<s>GARMIN</s>''
|<s><nowiki>http://www.opencaching.com</nowiki></s>
|<s>OX</s>
|<s>CLOSED</s>
|<s>Service closed by Garmin sometime in August 2015</s>
|<s>proprietary</s><s>by Garmin</s>
|
|- style="background-color:#c8fdc5"
|14
|BeNeLux
|https://www.opencaching.nl http://opencaching.lu
|OB
|ACTIVE
|'''Covers:''' Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg.
Main address is https://www.opencaching.nl, the others redirect here.
|OCPL
|yes
|- style="background-color:#fcc8ca"
|<s>15</s>
|<s>??</s>
|<s>??</s>
|
|
|
|
|
|- style="background-color:#c8fdc5"
|16
|Romania
|https://www.opencaching.ro
|OR
|ACTIVE
|
|OCPL
|yes
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|}

=== Other Opencaching domains ===
These URLs do not (directly) show Opencaching node contents.

{| class="wikitable"
!COUNTRY
!WEBSITE
!COMMENTS
|-
|Austria Swiss Liechtenstein
|[http://www.opencaching.at http://(www.)opencaching.at] [http://www.opencaching.ch http://(www.)opencaching.ch] [http://www.opencaching.li http://(www.)opencaching.li]
|Redirects to this webshop https://geocaching.shop/
|-
|<s>Belgium</s>
|<s>http://www.opencaching.be</s>
|<s>Domain expired (2025 or earlier)</s>
|-
|<s>Denmark</s>
|[http://www.opencaching.dk <s>http://(www.)opencaching.dk</s>]
|<s>Domain expired (2025 or earlier)</s>
|-
|<s>Czech Republic</s>
|<s>http://www.opencaching.cz</s>
|<s>Domain expired (2024 or earlier)</s>
|-
|<s>Spain</s>
|<s>http://www.opencachingspain.es</s>
|<s>Domain expired (since may 2019)</s>
|-
|Canada
|[http://www.opencaching.ca http://(www.)opencaching.ca]
|redirect to www.opencaching.us
|-
|<s>Mexico</s>
|[http://www.opencaching.mx <s>http://(www.)opencaching.mx</s>]
|<s>Domain expired (2024 or earlier)</s>
|-
|Luxembourgh
|http://www.opencaching.lu
|redirect to www.opencaching.nl
|-
|EU
|https://wiki.opencaching.eu
https://opencaching.eu
|this site
|-
|
|http://www.opencaching.net http://www.opencaching.org
|a new geocaching service which never started (2005, prior to Opencaching.de), yet the domains are retained by the owner.
|}

=== Sources ===
This information was compiled from the following sources:

* [[Opencaching-PL]] project – website application on which several OC nodes are running
* [[Opencaching-DE]] / oc-server3 project – website application on which OCDE (Germany) and several other OC nodes are running
* [[OKAPI]] project – plugin to allow easy access to public Opencaching data
* Information published on each active Opencaching node
* [http://forum.opencaching.de/index.php?topic=2899.0 Some information] on the .lv .se .no sites
* Compiled from recent information at http://blog.opencaching.ro/2016/03/11/opencaching-node_ids/

Cache types

2025-06-06T20:47:25Z

Andrixnet: Updated cache type matrix. Added cache type icons.

[[index.php?title=Category:Assigned numbers]]
[[index.php?title=Category:Cache]]
[[index.php?title=Category:Cache type]]
[[index.php?title=Category:Opencaching-DE]]
[[index.php?title=Category:Opencaching-PL]]

=== NOTE: WORK IN PROGRESS. ===

 '''IMPORTANT!!! As of 2025-06-06 the matrix below describes the current known state of cache type mappings and foreseeable changes to come.'''
 ---

A geocache may be of several types. Each type incurrs specific characteristics and/or rules that may apply to searching, finding and logging that type of cache.

This document describes the existing cache types across Opencaching sites.

== Cache types matrix ==

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! rowspan="2" |ID
! rowspan="2" | Type
! rowspan="2" |Usage
! colspan="2" |Image
! rowspan="2" |equivalent<ref>Geocaching.com or other game equivalent type</ref>
! rowspan="2" | Notes
|-
!OCPL
!OCDE
|- style="background-color:#CCFFCC"
|1
|'''Other/Unknown'''
|All
|[[File:OCPL 1-unknown.png]]
|[[File:OCDE 1-unknown.png]]
|mystery
| Caches that do not fit any explicitely declared type
|- style="background-color:#CCFFCC"
|2
| '''Traditional'''
|All
|[[File:OCPL 2-traditional.png]]
|[[File:OCDE 2-traditional.png]]
|traditional
| Physical container at the coordinates
|- style="background-color:#CCFFCC"
|3
| '''Multi-cache'''
|All
|[[File:OCPL 3-multi.png]]
|[[File:OCDE 3-multi.png]]
|multi
| Sequence of physical containers or objects, each with clues leading to the next
|- style="background-color:#CCFFCC"
|4
| '''Virtual cache'''
|All
|[[File:OCPL 4-virtual.png]]
|[[File:OCDE 4-virtual.png]]
|virtual
| No physical container. Must visit the place and answer questions and provide proof you visited.
|- style="background-color:#CCFFCC"
|5
| '''Webcam cache'''
|All
|[[File:OCPL 5-webcam.png]]
|[[File:OCDE 5-webcam.png]]
|webcam
| No physical container. Must visit the place and take picture using the webcam and provide proof.
|- style="background-color:#CCFFCC"
|6
| '''Event'''
|All
|[[File:OCPL 6-event.png]]
|[[File:OCDE 6-event.png]]
|event
| Social gathering of geocachers. No physical container. Not counted as "found".
|- style="background-color:#CCFFCC"
|7
| '''Quiz'''
|All
|[[File:OCPL 7-quiz.png]]
|[[File:OCDE 7-mystery.png]]
|mystery
| Physical container not at coordinates. Must solve puzzle/mystery to find it.
|- style="background-color:#CCEEFF"
|8
| '''Math/Physics cache'''
|OCDE
|
|[[File:OCDE 8-mathe.png]]
|mystery
| Physical container not at coordinates. Requires to solve math or physics type problem.
|- style="background-color:#CCFFCC"
|9
| '''Moving cache'''
|OCDE
|
|[[File:OCDE 9-moving.png]]
|
| Physical container changes location after each find.
|- style="background-color:#CCEEFF"
|10
| '''Drive-in cache'''
|OCDE
|
|[[File:OCDE 10-drivein.png]]
|
| Physical container near parking. A.k.a. park&grab
|- style="background-color:#CCFFEE"
|8
|'''Moving cache'''
|OCPL
|[[File:OCPL 8-moving.png]]
|
|
|'''ID overlap; must be renumbered'''Physical container changes location after each find.
|- style="background-color:#CCFFEE"
|9
|Podcache / GeoPath Final
|OCPL
|[[File:OCPL 9-podcache.png]]
|
|
|'''ID overlap; must be clarified, possibly renumbered'''Legacy "podcast cache", attempted reuse as GeoPath Final / bonus
|- style="background-color:#CCFFEE"
| 10
| '''Owncache'''
|OCPL
|[[File:OCPL 10-owncache.png]]
|
|
| '''ID overlap; must be renumbered'''Travels with owner. Must meet owner to find.
|- style="background-color:#CCFFEE"
| <s>12</s>
| '''<s>BIT cache</s>'''
|<s>OCPL</s>
|<s>[[File:OCNA Bitcache.png]]</s>
|
|<s>Munzee<ref>See service and game provided by https://www.munzee.com/</ref></s>
| '''<s>OBSOLETE; replaced by attribute</s>'''<s>Playing card with serial number. See http://wiki.opencaching.us/index.php/BIT_Caches</s>
|- style="background-color:#CCFFEE"
| <s>13</s>
| '''<s>Guestbook</s>'''
|<s>OCPL</s>
|<s>[[File:OCNA Guestbook.png]]</s>
|
|
| '''<s>OBSOLETE; replaced by attribute</s>'''<s>Physical container is a guestbook, available to sign</s>
|- style="background-color:#CCFFEE"
| <s>14</s>
|'''<s>Benchmark</s>'''
|<s>OCPL</s>
|<s>[[File:OCNA Benchmark.png]]</s>
|
|
|'''<s>OBSOLETE; replaced by attribute</s>'''<s>Geographical survey benchmark.</s>
|- style="background-color:#CCFFEE"
|<s>15</s>
|'''<s>Challenge</s>'''
|<s>OCPL</s>
|<s>[[File:OCNA Challenge.png]]</s>
|
|<s>mystery<ref>User practice at geocaching.com of publishing mystery cache with challenge to be met to allow logging, also physical container as bonus.</ref></s>
|<s>'''OBSOLETE; replaced by attribute'''Geocacher must meet the challenge requirements.</s>
|}
'''Legend:'''
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background-color:#CCFFCC"
|Basic/common cache types
|- style="background-color:#CCFFEE"
|OCPL specific types
|- style="background-color:#CCEEFF"
|OCDE specific types
|}

File:OCNA Guestbook.png

2025-06-06T20:28:06Z

Andrixnet: Legacy OCNA cache type Type=Guestbook

== Summary ==
Legacy OCNA cache type
Type=Guestbook
== Licensing ==
{{OCPL}}

File:OCNA Challenge.png

2025-06-06T20:27:42Z

Andrixnet: Legacy OCNA cache type Type=Challenge

== Summary ==
Legacy OCNA cache type
Type=Challenge
== Licensing ==
{{OCPL}}

File:OCNA Bitcache.png

2025-06-06T20:27:18Z

Andrixnet: Legacy OCNA cache type Type=Bitcache

== Summary ==
Legacy OCNA cache type
Type=Bitcache
== Licensing ==
{{OCPL}}

File:OCNA Benchmark.png

2025-06-06T20:26:53Z

Andrixnet: Legacy OCNA cache type Type=Benchmark

== Summary ==
Legacy OCNA cache type
Type=Benchmark
== Licensing ==
{{OCPL}}

File:OCPL 10-owncache.png

2025-06-06T20:23:00Z

Andrixnet: OCPL cache type icons ID=10 Type=OWNCACHE

== Summary ==
OCPL cache type icons
ID=10
Type=OWNCACHE
== Licensing ==
{{OCPL}}

File:OCPL 9-podcache.png

2025-06-06T20:22:29Z

Andrixnet: OCPL cache type icons ID=9 Type=GEOPATHFINAL (was PODCAST CACHE)

== Summary ==
OCPL cache type icons
ID=9
Type=GEOPATHFINAL (was PODCAST CACHE)
== Licensing ==
{{OCPL}}

File:OCPL 8-moving.png

2025-06-06T20:21:19Z

Andrixnet: OCPL cache type icons ID=8 Type=MOVING

== Summary ==
OCPL cache type icons
ID=8
Type=MOVING
== Licensing ==
{{OCPL}}

File:OCPL 7-quiz.png

2025-06-06T20:20:47Z

Andrixnet: OCPL cache type icons ID=7 Type=QUIZ

== Summary ==
OCPL cache type icons
ID=7
Type=QUIZ
== Licensing ==
{{OCPL}}

File:OCPL 6-event.png

2025-06-06T20:20:17Z

Andrixnet: OCPL cache type icons ID=6 Type=EVENT

== Summary ==
OCPL cache type icons
ID=6
Type=EVENT
== Licensing ==
{{OCPL}}

File:OCPL 5-webcam.png

2025-06-06T20:19:36Z

Andrixnet: OCPL cache type icons ID=5 Type=WEBCAM

== Summary ==
OCPL cache type icons
ID=5
Type=WEBCAM
== Licensing ==
{{OCPL}}

File:OCPL 4-virtual.png

2025-06-06T20:18:56Z

Andrixnet: OCPL cache type icons ID=4 Type=VIRTUAL

== Summary ==
OCPL cache type icons
ID=4
Type=VIRTUAL
== Licensing ==
{{OCPL}}

File:OCPL 3-multi.png

2025-06-06T20:17:42Z

Andrixnet: OCPL cache type icons ID=3 Type=MULTICACHE

== Summary ==
OCPL cache type icons
ID=3
Type=MULTICACHE
== Licensing ==
{{OCPL}}

File:OCPL 2-traditional.png

2025-06-06T20:16:56Z

Andrixnet: OCPL cache type icons ID=2 Type=TRADITIONAL

== Summary ==
OCPL cache type icons
ID=2 Type=TRADITIONAL
== Licensing ==
{{OCPL}}

Template:OCPL

2025-06-06T20:15:16Z

Andrixnet: Created page with "== opencaching-pl project license == Project published under GPLv3. Full license text and conditions available at [https://github.com/opencaching/opencaching-pl/blob/master/LICENSE GitHub]"

== opencaching-pl project license ==

Project published under GPLv3.

Full license text and conditions available at [https://github.com/opencaching/opencaching-pl/blob/master/LICENSE GitHub]

File:OCPL 1-unknown.png

2025-06-06T20:11:55Z

Andrixnet: OCPL cache type icons ID=1 Type=OTHERTYPE

== Summary ==
OCPL cache type icons
ID=1
Type=OTHERTYPE
== Licensing ==
{{OCPL}}

MediaWiki:Licenses

2025-06-06T20:08:47Z

Andrixnet:

* Unknown_copyright|I don't know exactly
* Free licenses:
** OC-screenshot|Opencaching screenshot
** OCPL|OCPL = opencaching-pl
** OCDE|OCDE - Opencaching Implementation Version 3
** PD|PD: public domain
** CC-BY-SA-4.0|Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 4.0 Int
** CC-BY-3.0|Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported
** CC0-1.0| Creative Commons 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication
** GFDL|GFDL: GNU Free Documentation License
** GPL|GPL: GNU General Public License
** LGPL|LGPL: GNU Lesser General Public License
* Non-free license (exception):
** CopyrightByWikimedia|Wikimedia images
* Non-free licenses:
** Reserved|All rights reserved by owner

Cache types

2025-06-06T17:26:22Z

Andrixnet:

Cache types

2025-06-06T17:24:35Z

Andrixnet: Added OCDE cache icons.

File:OCDE 10-drivein.png

2025-06-06T17:22:03Z

Andrixnet: OCDE cache type icons ID=10 Type=Drive-in Cache|Driv

== Summary ==
OCDE cache type icons
ID=10
Type=Drive-in Cache|Driv
== Licensing ==
{{OCDE}}

File:OCDE 9-moving.png

2025-06-06T17:21:27Z

Andrixnet: OCDE cache type icons ID=9 Type=Moving Cache|Moving

== Summary ==
OCDE cache type icons
ID=9
Type=Moving Cache|Moving
== Licensing ==
{{OCDE}}

File:OCDE 8-mathe.png

2025-06-06T17:20:50Z

Andrixnet: OCDE cache type icons ID=8 Type=Math/Physics Cache|Math

== Summary ==
OCDE cache type icons
ID=8
Type=Math/Physics Cache|Math
== Licensing ==
{{OCDE}}

File:OCDE 7-mystery.png

2025-06-06T17:20:15Z

Andrixnet: OCDE cache type icons ID=7 Type=Quiz Cache|Quiz

== Summary ==
OCDE cache type icons
ID=7
Type=Quiz Cache|Quiz

== Licensing ==
{{OCDE}}

File:OCDE 6-event.png

2025-06-06T17:19:42Z

Andrixnet: OCDE cache type icons ID=6 Type=Event Cach|Event

== Summary ==
OCDE cache type icons
ID=6
Type=Event Cach|Event
== Licensing ==
{{OCDE}}

File:OCDE 5-webcam.png

2025-06-06T17:19:04Z

Andrixnet: OCDE cache type icons ID=5 Type=Webcam Cache|ICam

== Summary ==
OCDE cache type icons
ID=5
Type=Webcam Cache|ICam
== Licensing ==
{{OCDE}}

File:OCDE 4-virtual.png

2025-06-06T17:18:12Z

Andrixnet: OCDE cache type icons ID=4 Type=Virtual Cache|Virt

== Summary ==
OCDE cache type icons
ID=4
Type=Virtual Cache|Virt
== Licensing ==
{{OCDE}}

MediaWiki:Licenses

2025-06-06T17:18:02Z

Andrixnet:

* Unknown_copyright|I don't know exactly
* Free licenses:
** OC-screenshot|Opencaching screenshot
** OCDE|OCDE - Opencaching Implementation Version 3
** PD|PD: public domain
** CC-BY-SA-4.0|Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 4.0 Int
** CC-BY-3.0|Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported
** CC0-1.0| Creative Commons 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication
** GFDL|GFDL: GNU Free Documentation License
** GPL|GPL: GNU General Public License
** LGPL|LGPL: GNU Lesser General Public License
* Non-free license (exception):
** CopyrightByWikimedia|Wikimedia images
* Non-free licenses:
** Reserved|All rights reserved by owner

File:OCDE 3-multi.png

2025-06-06T17:17:07Z

Andrixnet: OCDE cache type icons ID=3 Type=Multicache|Multi

== Summary ==
OCDE cache type icons
ID=3
Type=Multicache|Multi
== Licensing ==
{{OCDE}}

Template:OCDE

2025-06-06T17:16:08Z

Andrixnet: added OCDE license description

== Opencaching Implementation Version 3 ==

''July 18, 2015''

License Information Copyright (C) 2006-2015 Opencaching Deutschland and Contributors

Full license text and conditions available at [https://github.com/OpencachingDeutschland/oc-server3/blob/development/LICENSE.md GitHub]

File:OCDE 2-traditional.png

2025-06-06T17:12:48Z

Andrixnet: OCDE cache type icons ID=2 Type=Traditional Cache|Trad

== Summary ==
OCDE cache type icons
ID=2 Type=Traditional Cache|Trad
== Licensing ==
{{OCDE}}

Cache types

2025-06-06T17:11:52Z

Andrixnet:

Cache types

2025-06-06T17:11:14Z

Andrixnet:

Cache types

2025-06-06T17:10:38Z

Andrixnet:

MediaWiki:Licenses

2025-06-06T17:09:47Z

Andrixnet:

* Unknown_copyright|I don't know exactly
* Free licenses:
** OC-screenshot|Opencaching screenshot
** OCDE|Opencaching Implementation Version 3
** PD|PD: public domain
** CC-BY-SA-4.0|Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 4.0 Int
** CC-BY-3.0|Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported
** CC0-1.0| Creative Commons 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication
** GFDL|GFDL: GNU Free Documentation License
** GPL|GPL: GNU General Public License
** LGPL|LGPL: GNU Lesser General Public License
* Non-free license (exception):
** CopyrightByWikimedia|Wikimedia images
* Non-free licenses:
** Reserved|All rights reserved by owner

File:OCDE 1-unknown.png

2025-06-06T17:09:12Z

Andrixnet: OCDE cache type icons ID=1 Type=Unknown cache type|Other

== Summary ==
OCDE cache type icons
ID=1
Type=Unknown cache type|Other
== Licensing ==
{{OCDE}}

MediaWiki:Licenses

2025-06-06T17:06:59Z

Andrixnet: added OCDE license

* Unknown_copyright|I don't know exactly
* Free licenses:
** OC-screenshot|Opencaching screenshot
** OCDE|[https://github.com/OpencachingDeutschland/oc-server3/blob/development/LICENSE.md Opencaching Implementation Version 3]
** PD|PD: public domain
** CC-BY-SA-4.0|Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 4.0 Int
** CC-BY-3.0|Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported
** CC0-1.0| Creative Commons 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication
** GFDL|GFDL: GNU Free Documentation License
** GPL|GPL: GNU General Public License
** LGPL|LGPL: GNU Lesser General Public License
* Non-free license (exception):
** CopyrightByWikimedia|Wikimedia images
* Non-free licenses:
** Reserved|All rights reserved by owner