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 | https://www.opencaching.de https://www.opencaching.it https://www.opencaching.fr |
OC | ACTIVE | Covers: Germany, Austria, Swiss, Italy, Spain, France; same content on multiple domains.
|
OCDE stable | yes
.de only |
| 2 | Poland | https://opencaching.pl | OP | ACTIVE | OCPL | yes | |
| 3 | Czech Republic | https://(www.)opencaching.cz | OZ | ACTIVE | very old OCDE code, forked before OCPL | OCDE old | no |
| 4 | Local development only | ||||||
| 5 | OCDE test site | http://test.opencaching.de | OC | ACTIVE | OCDE next | yes | |
| 6 | United Kingdom | https://opencache.uk | OK | ACTIVE | OCDE code lists it as node_id=7
Main address is https://opencache.uk, the others redirect here. |
OCPL | yes |
| 7 | Sweden, Norway | http://www.opencaching.se | OS | REDIRECT to OC.de | shutdown 2014 OCDE code lists it as node_id=6 |
OCSE | no |
| 8 | Norway | http://www.opencaching.no | ON | CLOSED | was merged to Sweden before start | ||
| 9 | Latvia | http://www.opencaching.lv | OV | DOWN | was never started | ||
| 10 | North America | http://(www.)opencaching.us | OU | ACTIVE | Covers: U.S.A. |
older fork of OCPL, via UK | yes
old version |
| 11 | Japan | http://www.opencachng.jp | OJ | CLOSED | shutdown in 2011
(some content visible via the Wayback Machine) |
OCPL old | no |
| 12 | Russia | http://www.opencaching.ru | under construction | did not start | OCDE old | ||
| 13 | |||||||
| 14 | BeNeLux | https://www.opencaching.nl http://(www.)opencaching.be http://opencaching.lu |
OB | ACTIVE | same content on three domains | OCPL | yes
.nl only |
| 15 | ?? | ?? | |||||
| 16 | Romania | https://www.opencaching.ro | OR | ACTIVE | OCPL | yes | |
Other Opencaching domains
These URLs do not (directly) show Opencaching node contents.
| COUNTRY | WEBSITE | COMMENTS |
|---|---|---|
| Austria Swiss Liechtenstein |
http://(www.)opencaching.at http://(www.)opencaching.ch http://(www.)opencaching.li |
commercial page with link to www.opencaching.de |
| Denmark | http://(www.)opencaching.dk | redirect to www.opencaching.de |
| Spain | http://www.opencachingspain.es | Domain is expired (may 2019) |
| Canada Mexico |
http://(www.)opencaching.ca http://(www.)opencaching.mx |
redirect to www.opencaching.us |
| Luxembourgh | http://www.opencaching.lu | redirect to www.opencaching.nl |
| EU | https://wiki.opencaching.eu | this site |
| http://www.opencaching.net http://www.opencaching.org |
a new geocaching service which never started (2005, prior to Opencaching.de) |
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
- Some information on the .lv .se .no sites
- Compiled from recent information at http://blog.opencaching.ro/2016/03/11/opencaching-node_ids/