Found Caches In Pocket Queries.

[+TheAprilFools]

I was just looking at my all finds query in ExpertGPS and noticed something odd. Of the two webcam caches I have found, one that was found on 5/7/2003 has a type of "Geocache|Webcam Cache|Found" and uses the "Geocache Found" symbol, and one that I found on 10/30/2005 has type "Geocache|Webcam Cache" as the type and uses the "Geocache" symbol.

 

I also noticed the same thing with the events where one of the six event caches I attended were marked "found" and the other five were not.

 

Now I can see some arguing that you don't really find a webcam or an event but IMO, "Found" is the universal synonym for "Cache completed" and they should all act the same way.

[+The Leprechauns]

Webcams converted from "found" to "webcam photo taken."

Events converted from "found" to "attended."

 

You are looking at examples from before and after this change in log types.

[+TheAprilFools]

But "Found" is a universal value. If you create a PQ for Webcam caches that "you have found", it shows all the webcams you have recently found. They show up in your "My Finds" query. Why would anybody want to see a list of all the caches they have found and not see the webcams and events.

 

I feel strongly that when they show up in a gpx file they should use the "Geocache Found" symbol and should have "|Found" in the type. Now if we want to add "|Attended" or "|Photo Taken" to the type that may be ok but under no circumstances should the symbol and type be the same as those that were not found.

[+TheAprilFools]

This is still a problem. I really think it should be fixed.

[+Tharagleb]

This is still a problem. I really think it should be fixed.

I think you can fix the events yourself. I was having discrepencies in my "found" counts and traced it to events being logged as found/attended. I changed all my events to attended and my counts were good after that. I assume you can do the same with the webcams. I realize you still think this is a bug that needs to be fixed, I am suggesting a manual fix for the time being.

[+TheAprilFools]

I don't have as much of a problem with events, as they are usually archived not long after they occur. But webcams are another matter. In the GPX file the values for <sym> tag and <type> tag do not change when a webcam is found while they do change for traditional caches. The only way to tell that a webcam is found from a GPX file is to interrogate the log files which most programs don't do. At a minimum the value of the <sym> tag should be <sym>Geocache Found</sym> and <type> tag should have "|photo taken" or "|Attended" added to it, but adding "|Found" to it would be much more useful as that's what the current software understands.

 

I usually combine GPX files of all caches in my area (found and unfound) into ExpertGPS to produce a map where I can see where I have and have not found caches, these caches show up incorrectly as unfound .

Edited January 5, 2006 by Blanston12

[+FawverFamily]

I just noticed this as well. When I generate the "My Finds" P.Q. it shows all the events and web cams I have attended/done as the "closed treasure chest" icon instead of the "open treasure chest" icon. Is this being looked at by anyone to fix this minor error?