Node IDs

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.

http://www.opencaching.de/articles.php?page=contact

ID	COUNTRY	WEBSITE	PREFIX	STATUS	COMMENTS	CODE	OKAPI
1	Germany	http://www.opencaching.de	OC	ACTIVE		OCDE	yes
2	Poland	http://opencaching.pl	OP	ACTIVE		OCPL	yes
3	Czech Republic	http://www.opencaching.cz	OZ	ACTIVE	very old OCDE code, forked before OCPL	OCDE old	no
4	Local development only
5	Entwicklung Deutschland	http://devel.opencaching.de	OC?	DEVEL	German development only	OCDE DEVEL	?
6	United Kingdom	http://www.opencaching.org.uk	OK	ACTIVE	older fork of OCPL OCDE code lists it as node_id=7	OCPL old	yes old version
7	Sweden	http://www.opencaching.se	OS	REDIRECT	Supposedly covering Scandinavia (?) OCDE code lists it as node_id=6	Redirects to OCDE
8	Norway	http://www.opencaching.no	ON	DOWN	server not found
9	Latvia	http://www.opencaching.lv	OV	DOWN	server not found
10	North America	http://www.opencaching.us	OU	ACTIVE	Covers: U.S.A. Canada Mexico (merged since 2011)	older fork of OCPL, via UK	yes old version
11	Japan	http://www.opencachng.jp	OJ	DOWN	server not found
12	Russia	http://www.opencaching.org.ru ? http://www.opencaching.su ?	O?	DOWN	Empty server Server not found
13	GARMIN	http://www.opencaching.com	OX	CLOSED	Service closed by Garmin sometime in August 2015	Garmin
14	BeNeLux	http://www.opencaching.nl	OB	ACTIVE		OCPL	yes
15	??	??
16	Romania	http://www.opencaching.ro	OR	ACTIVE		OCPL	yes
??	Spain	http://www.opencachingspain.es	OC	ACTIVE		OCDE	yes
??	Italy	http://www.opencaching.it	OC	ACTIVE		OCDE	yes
??	France	http://www.opencaching.fr	OC	ACTIVE		OCDE	yes
--	Austria	http://www.opencaching.at	--	REDIRECT	Only front page with link to OCDE
--	Switzerland	http://www.opencaching.ch	--	REDIRECT	Only front page with link to OCDE

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
• Compiled from recent information at http://blog.opencaching.ro/2016/03/11/opencaching-node_ids/

Last updated: May 29, 2016