The Adventure Guide website is shutting down

[RMOTO]

I agree with most of this and had a chat with a mate about it, mainly concerning things like people producing crap content (made up review) just to get the points to unlock a route and the lack of being able to post your own content.

Hi ya Tazz. Significant amounts of planning has gone into avoiding exactly what you mentioned. Here's how we avoid this. To join up as a RemoteMoto Rider a profile photo and garage photo needs to be supplied to ensure it is a legitimate RemoteMoto Rider account. When a Rider reviews products, tyres etc a photo has to be supplied to verify the review is legit. The final hurdle is the fact that everything published on RemoteMoto is manually viewed and approved. For genuine RemoteMoto Riders supplying legitimate and quality content there will be rewards in the form of RemoteMoto points. For those trying to cheat the system, it will take very little time to detect this and accounts will be unreservedly removed. The aim is to ensure all RemoteMoto Riders are legitimate and all the reviews are legitimate so the reviews and articles on RemoteoMoto can be read with confidence.

The own content I've wondered about, bit of a kettle of fish with land access and the like to some areas unless it is something you are personally up on the play with, however people being able to submit things for you to check over would have to be a good thing? Also when you are sorting out dudes overseas having it so others can submit as well might help if they get a bit slack or anything overtime on the whole thing? (Slightly less micromanaging for you?). I am not sure what is available worldwide but I certainly think the ambitions you have hinted at for it are not unacheivable at all.

The routes will only be managed by RemoteMoto area managers as I take land access very seriously and will not be promoting or publishing any routes on places where land owners do not want riders to go or places where it is not legal to ride. RemoteMoto Riders “own content” is limited to adding updates, photos, and reviews to routes. Riders can of course also contribute ride reports, workshop articles, product reviews etc all of which receive RemoteMoto points.

I did note though that the locked route I stumbled on was SH1 between Chch and Timaru or something, which isn't anything I felt like I was missing out on

Haha, yes, that section of road was the only one I contemplated to be free which would do a favour to anyone planning a ride that was unfamiliar with the, ummm, minimalistic appeal!

They are nitpick things and I'm very appreciative of all the effort (and I'd imagine recently $$$) you've put into this and the old version which has been incredibly helpful on a number of trips.

Thanks Tazz, as mentioned above I am appreciative of all feedback, just don’t go reminding me of the money involved in this project, the development costs to date are staggering! However, it is a project I am proud to be bringing to life and the positive feedback shows it is moving in the right direction

[RMOTO]

Everything you submit is put into a holding queue before it's available, basically to make sure it's decent quality.

Spot on my friend, a bulletproof way to detect the dreaded spammer and ensure quality is up to scratch.

[RMOTO]

I uh... broked your website (didn't take long). I've attached the error. I suspect it was something around creating an article, not selecting a category and then trying to upload pictures?

With it being so early into the release of such a large scale website it is normal for a few bugs to pop up and need addressing. It's not ideal, but an unavoidable part of software development. The good news is, for every bug that a RemoteMoto Rider reports you will get 50 RemoteMoto Points The process is to simply email the bug through to me and I’ll address the issue and grant the RemoteMoto Points.

Thanks for letting me know of that bug, I'll address that and add 50 points to your account

On that note, I want to add Danseys Pass Coach Inn (either food or accommodation) and can't see how to add an article?? like that? Categories I got was Bike Building, Gear Prep, Rider Prep. So I was going to see if I could leave the category out of it for you to fix later...

Ahaa, I appreciate your willingness to add a feature to the map however features that appear places on the map (such as Hotels, fuel stops etc) require the area manager to add them however you can of course add reviews/updates/photos to existing places on the map.

The reason that only area managers can add new features to the map is to ensure all information on the RemotoeMoto map have been personally visited and verified by a RemoteMoto area manager to ensure the information is valid and legit. That may seem a little over the top but the focus for RemoteMoto is to be the highest quality resource possible

[Gremlin]

Okey Dokey, no problems with all that.

Thanks for letting me know of that bug, I'll address that and add 50 points to your account

wooo, I'm off to break your website again

[Mo NZ]

Just a quick heads up, this is the last week we give away a free RemoteMoto sticker and 200 RemoteMoto points to new RemoteMoto Rider signups.

To those of you that have signed up this month many thanks! Your RemoteMoto sticker will be in the post on Friday

Thanks for the start up points, and the letter. They will come in handy.
Now where is that leave app and the overnight gear.