Wikicamps or CMCA's Geowiki x

bgt · Guru

Wikicamps or CMCA's Geowiki x

Radar · Guru

bgt wrote:
Anyone figured out the new CMCA GeowikiX yet? Or do you think Wikicamps is the best. For the life of me I can't figure out Geowiki x. I've read their FAQ several time but to no avail. Can CMCA's Geowiki be used off line?

My IT Person, wife said leave the page alone until it really is sorted. We can get by for a while maybe a year or 2 before we really need CMCA camp sites.

bgt · Guru

I gave up in frustration. I turned the tablet right off. Got the sulks so went and kicked the cat. Some time later I came back for another try. Turned the tablet on. Opened GeoWikiX and hey presto everything was working. Seems that the tablet, or GeoWikiX needs a reboot to wake up.
Jury is out on Wikicamps v GeowikiX.

Dunmowin · Guru

Wiki, and that is all I have to say about that.

Cupie · Guru

I personally don't like the name Geowiki.

Seems like an un-necessary rip off of the wikicamps product name.

But then I might be biased.

I am unlikely to use either product, given my infrequent use of 'free' camps.

Peter_n_Margaret · Guru

wiki
[wki]

NOUN
a website or database developed collaboratively by a community of users, allowing any user to add and edit content.
Wikipedia is the first use I can recall. No connection to Wikicamps.

Cheers,
Peter

Dougwe · Chief one feather

Out of curiosity I checked my iPhone app store without success. I will check my Laptop later.

I do like WikiCamps though. Not only for free camps but CVP and low cost camps as well.

Cupie · Guru

Peter_n_Margaret wrote:
wiki
[wki]

NOUN
a website or database developed collaboratively by a community of users, allowing any user to add and edit content.
Wikipedia is the first use I can recall. No connection to Wikicamps.

Cheers,
Peter

No connection to WikiLeaks either I presume.

But still think that it is an un-necessary rip off.

A reasonable PR/Marketing company (or even ScoMo perhaps) could easily have come up with a suitable name rather that shirtailing on the similar but well established & popular WikiCamps. But that's the way of the world these days.

How does that old saying go ... Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Just for general interest & I bet you all wanted to know this .... LOL ...

Wiki is Hawaiian for fast; quick.

Wiki was introduced into the lexicon by a computer programmer named Ward Cunningham in 1995 when he created collaborative software that he called WikiWikiWeb

As a noun, wiki means a website that allows anyone to add, delete or revise content by using a web browser. The term wiki is also used as a verb; if you wiki, you are either researching a topic on a wiki or contributing to one. As reflected in the terms WikiLeaks and Wikipedia, wiki is sometimes used in creating blended words or portmanteaus: a wikiholic devotes a vast amount of time to wiki-based projects. Similarly, a Wikipedian is a person who enthusiastically contributes to Wikipedia.

The word has been translated into a number of languages. In Estonian it is viki; in Welsh it is wici.

Bobdown · Guru

Dunmowin wrote:
Wiki, and that is all I have to say about that.

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Peter_n_Margaret · Guru

Cupie wrote:
Peter_n_Margaret wrote:
wiki
[wki]

NOUN
a website or database developed collaboratively by a community of users, allowing any user to add and edit content.
Wikipedia is the first use I can recall. No connection to Wikicamps.

Cheers,
Peter
No connection to WikiLeaks either I presume.
But still think that it is an un-necessary rip off.

Rip off by whom?

I think you will find that the GeoWiki name was invented (by a friend of mine, as it happens) before the WikiCamps name.

Cheers,

Peter

Cupie · Guru

Peter_n_Margaret wrote:
Cupie wrote:
Peter_n_Margaret wrote:
wiki
[wki]

NOUN
a website or database developed collaboratively by a community of users, allowing any user to add and edit content.
Wikipedia is the first use I can recall. No connection to Wikicamps.

Cheers,
Peter
No connection to WikiLeaks either I presume.
But still think that it is an un-necessary rip off.

Rip off by whom?
I think you will find that the GeoWiki name was invented (by a friend of mine, as it happens) before the WikiCamps name.
Cheers,
Peter

Well, there you go. Who would have thunk that.

Pity that your mate didn't get the product to market first. Or did he/she. How would I have found out about that. This is the first that I have heard of GeoWiki.

Had that been the case then my position would be reversed I suppose.

Peter_n_Margaret · Guru

GeoWiki was released to CMCA members in March (or maybe February) of 2008. The original software was in development for quite some time prior to that.
I personally created the first 250 campsite entries for South Australia.
Its data was subsequently "given" to a commercial organisation. I have had no interest or contact with it since that time.
Cheers,
Peter

Cupie · Guru

Peter_n_Margaret wrote:
GeoWiki was released to CMCA members in March (or maybe February) of 2008. The original software was in development for quite some time prior to that.
I personally created the first 250 campsite entries for South Australia.
Its data was subsequently "given" to a commercial organisation. I have had no interest or contact with it since that time.
Cheers,
Peter

I stand corrected then.

It's a bit like the Ugg Boot situation but apparently not adversarial.

bgt · Guru

The CMCA had a large database of information that had been accumulated over many years. It was the foundation of much of what has become GeoWikiX. Much of the database goes way back well before any thought of any sort of Wiki. The data was used in the CMCA's The Wanderers Mate. (The handbook that CMCA published in the mid 2000's). It's a long and messy story of which there will be many interpretations.

I've been looking at both WikiCamps and GeoWikiX on my tablet. Early days so far. But first impressions are that GeoWikiX has a 'smarter' look about it. More polished. WikiCamps has more/better information. My criteria is for a usable app that can be used anywhere off line. WikiCamps also has their forum which is very helpful. (You have to be on line to use it). I've found feedback from WikiCamp very good.