Dr.MORO

Hi GCHQ, This is a feedback I have recently received from a few geocachers who only use the official Geocaching app on iOS, to geocache. They most normally do not visit the geocaching.com website, and this trend seems to be growing together with the number of smart phone users. They would LOVE to be able to view at a glance within the app's Profile view screen, their remaining Favorite points left, and how many more geocaches (? out of 10) to find to receive the next point. I also think this information would be great to be shown within the Found log writing screen in the app, at the bottom of where the 🤍💚Favorite Point adding button is, such as ## remaining, #/10 to next point, etc. Thanks in advance! ~ Dr.MORO

I'm a Mac and use Safari all the time, and 'usually' the hover method works just fine like Moun10Bike says, to know the geocacher's account ID. NanCycle profile shows https://forums.geocaching.com/GC/index.php?/profile/286111-NanCycle/content/, where 286111 is the Account ID or 'mid'. Mine is 2826133 from "View forum posts" link on my profile https://forums.geocaching.com/GC/index.php?/profile/2826133-Dr.MORO/content/ HOWEVER, if I check Moun10Bike's own Profile page, the "View forum posts" link is https://forums.geocaching.com/GC/index.php?/profile/24-Moun10Bike/content/ , which surprisingly does NOT contain the Account ID number. Interesting, isn't it? In any case, nothing wrong with Mac Safari usage, and it should work just like any other web browser. One thing I can think of with Safari, is that in the "View" menu, one should turn on/check 'Show Status Bar', so that you can easily see in the lower-left corner of your Safari web page window, the link you mouse is hovering over in full text within a black banner. Copy the link to any text editor or email message, and paste it to extract the Account ID number, for whatever reason you would need it, like solving a puzzle cache. Good Luck & Cache On! ~Dr.MORO

Thanks for the fix! Confirming fixed. Even for My Found Geocache, the map shows only the geocaches I have Found. Just need to click "Search this area" to refresh the map after moving the map to another location in the world

Thanks for the fix! Confirming fixed.

Thanks for the fix! Confirming fixed.

So, Is there no method to change the date of any photos you've uploaded? Is the newly uploaded photos' date automatically set to the associated log's date, and not the date the log is posted?

I confirm something strange happens when clicking nearby caches option.

Domo!!! Oddly, and quite recently some new bug has been introduced to the "Your Geocaching Logs (Filtered by Log Type)" list, at least for the "Write Note" list I was using, and that the "Visit Log" link on the far right on each log, when clicked only jumps to the same "Write Note" list again (Looping?), and NOT open the log page it should be linked to. This "Visit Log" link was definitely working a few days ago as I used it, but reused it just now and found out its odd erroneous action and is not working properly. Update: It seem ALL "Visit Log" links in any "Your Geocaching Logs (Filtered by Log Type) list" are 'looping" back to the same list, and NOT to the proper Log page. HOT FIX PLEASE! Thanks in advance, GCHQ Hampsters!

Oh YES! Thank you!!! So, there WAS a Bug, which needed a fix. Happy to help squash it! I do confirm that every time I convert a Note log to a Found/Attended Smilie log now, the Find count is updated instantly across all Geocaching.

2024/02/26 update, #2. Hmmm, maybe something DID recently change at GCHQ, in a great way. Once again just now, I edited one more old 'Note' logs to a 'Found', and all visible Find counts changed to the same and proper number, just as it should be. Fixed? Really? More testing to continue.

2024/02/26 update. Something interesting just happened. I have deliberately created a Find Count discrepancy/mismatch between Geocaching.com website Stats and Find count by Geo-name, by editing a few more old 'Note' logs to a 'Found' up until yesterday, about 10 geocache count in difference. Then, I just now edited one more old 'Note' logs to a 'Found', and suddenly all visible Find counts changed to the same and proper number, which I think should normally be. Wha? Did something change under the hood at GCHQ recently? Did the Hampsters suddenly become a bit more intelligent somehow??? I will continue monitoring this situation, editing a few more old 'Note' logs to a 'Found', creating a Find Count discrepancy/mismatch between Geocaching.com website Stats and Find count by Geo-name, and see what happens.

2024/02/22 update. Ever since, edited a few more old 'Note' logs to a 'Found', and deliberately created a Find Count discrepancy/mismatch between Geocaching.com website Stats and Find count by Geo-name. Interestingly, Project-GC website stats will properly update my Found counts whenever a data update is implemented, usually daily for my subscription. Project-GC must be using the Geocaching API, so I wonder how/what Project-GC is using as the Find count parameter, or if it is calculating the total Finds independently from Geocaching API's Find count parameter. Also interesting, is that newly generated My Find Pocket Query does properly contain all the Found geocaches, including the new Note-to-Found converted geocaches.

2024/02/18 Update! Just found and logged two (2) geocaches online, and whattayaknow? My Find count displayed everywhere has been updated immediately to the correct 2167! Very interesting... This does show one way to correct the mismatch/discrepancy in the displayed Find count: Log a new Find of a geocache. I wonder if this is true or not when logging an Adventure lab location. For this, I should find out soon, as I will again 'create' a Find count mismatch/discrepancy within my Profile, by changing old 'Note' logs to 'Found', which I still think is a bug in the system. We'll see.

Thanks barefootjeff! Interesting that only after a new find is logged that the ALL Find counts get updated throughout the profile. Within geocacher's dataset, there should be only one parameter/variable which counts and hold the user's geocache Find count, correct? Or, is there at least two different methods the geocacher's Find count been calculated and stored? If so, why multiple methods is needed, when one parameter/variable should be sufficient, and redundancy would cause conflicts in stats calculations? Puzzling. But I am NOT a database specialist. Another weird observation I noticed just now that within the Profile's Geocaches Found panel list, the individual geocache type Found numbers do update immediately after changing Note log to Found log, and adding up all these numbers result in the correct updated Find count. However, in this list, only the bottom Total Found number is stuck and not updated. As of now, my real Find count is updated to 2164, while the Find count by my geo-name is still stuck at 2155, 9 Finds off. I will go out and find a geocache, log a find, and see if everything is updated at once.

Interestingly, Geocaching Stats websites, such as Project-GC, is up-to-date with all my Find counts, which is daily updated for my subscription. All third parties should be using the same Geocaching API, so geocaching dataset source is the same. However, Geocaching.com's own websites is showing two (2) different and contradicting Find counts at the same time. Really weird...

Have been waiting much longer than 24 hours, possibly a close to week now, but still no Find out number update next to my Geo-name stuck at 2155, although my Stats page's Find count does properly and instantly updates at 2162 now. So weird...

Similar issue. I am not alone! Added a "found it" but my total number of cache finds did not go up?

So, this Find count mismatch is not just me! Just posted here, although DNF-ed your tread: Find count by Geo-name not matching Stats page's true Find count, why? What's going on? Just a delay to update does not seem to be the case. Stats page's Found count updates immediately after your change, but the Found count by the geo-name does not and is stuck.

Hi all, (Posted elsewhere, but moderator did not like it being somewhat off-topic, so posting this as a new topic. ) My Find/Found count is not matching the true count which I or anyone can confirm in my Stats page of my Profile. My Stats page say 2160 Finds which seem true, but my Find count by my geo-name is off by 5 Finds saying it's 2155, has not been updated for more than a few days now, stuck at 2155. I have been changing a few old log-later 'Note' logs of mine into "Found' logs. Adding up all my 'Finds by Type' stats shows that the Stats page is updated quickly and properly at 2160, every time I change a Note to a Find. So my Stats page count is following these log changes nicely, yet my shown Find count number is not updated at all somehow. Why is this not matching? Changing Note logs to Found log is the cause of this delay? Is there supposed to be a delay in Find count updating? Is the Find count stored in more than one single parameter in a geocacher's profile? (<-- It does seem so, as I have two (2) differing Find counts at the same time.) Ahhh, just noticed that in my Profile page's Found Geocaches list, my Total Found count at the bottom is also NOT updated, showing 2155 wrongly and not the true 2160. Really weird... I have not checked if My Found Pocket Query is properly updated or not, yet hope so. Will check and post here later. It this a bug? Anyone having similar issues of Find count not matching?

My Find/Found count is not matching the true count which I can confirm in the Stats page of my profile. It is off by 4 Finds, and has not been updated for a few days, and have not been updated although I have added new finds. Adding up all my 'Finds by Type' stats shows it is updated quickly and properly. However, the Find count by name geo-name in all the geocaches pages is NOT updated. Well, actually I am changing a few old log-later 'Note' logs of mine into "Found' logs. My Stats page count is following these log changes nicely, yet the main shown count number is not. Really weird. I have not checked if My Found Pocket Query is properly updated or not, yet hope so. It this a bug?

More and more new Emojis are introduced and made official in Unicode. Geocaching HQ, why not introduce an official geocaching icon into Unicode, a Unfound (Closed) and Found (Opened) treasure chest, as you already have been shifting away from your geocaching original emojis within the logs to the Unicode Smilies emojis?

Hi all! Another Feature Request: One-tap Watchlist adding/removing, in the Geocaching app's individual geocache screen. On the Geocaching.com website, you can add/remove a geocache to/from your Watchlist just with one click. From the Geocaching app, to add/remove a geocache to/from your Watchlist, you needed to scroll all the way down to the bottom of the screen, and click 'Open in browser', wait until the geocache;s webpage loads, and then enlarge and tap the tiny screen to 'Watch/Stop Watching'. Easy to implement into the app? Thoughts?

Hi all, Feature Request: One-tap Leaderboard viewing, in the Geocaching app. I thought this was possible, but I could not figure out how to view the leaderboard which should show your earned points with an easy glance, especially during this month May's Wheel of Challenges ""Favorite Fan" campaign. Can you view the leaderboard in the Geocaching app now? Thanks!

Intended or not, there definitely was a change between yesterday and today post-hot fix.