Lab cache
What is it?
A Lab cache or Adventure Lab is an experimental cachetype. The general idea is that you visit a location and find a code, entering the correct code give you one found geocache.[1] The new name is "Adventure Lab" and an "Adventure" can have up to 5 or 10 "Locations" depending on the type of Adventure, each Location equals one Lab cache in your statistics.
Lab caches vs statistics
Lab caches are in some ways separated from other geocaches. Project-GC have much less information about your Lab cache-finds, for example the location of a Lab cache is not known to Project-GC so Lab caches are not included in how many finds you have per country or other location based statistics. If you want Lab caches to be included in your Profile stats you need to opt in by checking the "Include lab cache finds where applicable" checkbox in the Profile Stats settings.
In BadgeGen v4 the badge The Lab Cacher was introduced.
Known issues
- Project-GC uses the UTC timestamp of when the Lab cache was found in its data. Geocaching.com uses a localized timestamp. Project-GC plans to fix this before year 2021.
- At least the newer Lab caches have coordinates, if not all. Project-GC does not have access to this data today.
References
- ↑ Geocaching Adventure Lab from geocaching.com
