+schindler.team Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 I've been geocaching 3 years now and been making my own pocket query. Some days ago one of my pocket query that get all my island caches start having problems. When I put it in the GPSr it doesn't load all the caches. It's not a filtering problem. I had too updated my GPSr with no sucess. I live in Azores, if I make a PQ of another island it works... Only a pocket query in a particular location don't work... It's strange. If I try to open the gpx on BaseCamp it gets an error too. Any help? Quote Link to comment
+HHL Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 (edited) Could you please provide your PQ settings link? So we could have a look into it. Hans Edited December 17, 2015 by HHL Quote Link to comment
+schindler.team Posted December 17, 2015 Author Share Posted December 17, 2015 (edited) Could you please provide your PQ settings link? So we could hav a look into it. Hans http://imgur.com/YSBgGUw here's a printscreen Edited December 17, 2015 by schindler.team Quote Link to comment
+HHL Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 (edited) Could you please provide your PQ settings link? So we could hav a look into it. Hans http://imgur.com/YSBgGUw here's a printscreen When I say link - I mean link. No harm. It will open as it was my own PQ. We will not be able to change your settings. ETA: after rereading your post I guess that I misunderstand you quite a bit. It seems to be a Garmin settings or gpx parsing issue. Hans Edited December 17, 2015 by HHL Quote Link to comment
+schindler.team Posted December 17, 2015 Author Share Posted December 17, 2015 Ahhhh ok!! Didn't know that was possible. Here: http://www.geocaching.com/pocket/gcquery.aspx?guid=2e1e0e73-c275-4ce1-8420-a0cc462c72ba Quote Link to comment
+schindler.team Posted December 17, 2015 Author Share Posted December 17, 2015 I have a GPSMAP 62S and I had made resets and updates but nothing works, that pocket query's doesn't work in others GPSr. "gpx parsing issue" what is that? Quote Link to comment
Keystone Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 It's possible that a cache in your pocket query has malformed HTML in its cache description, causing your GPS and/or transfer software to choke. I know that's happened to me. Also, that query's parameters return 962 caches, but you've set it to return only 500 caches. The PQ server then needs to decide which 500 caches it picks and chooses to include in the query results, and perhaps it left out the ones you were looking for. Try increasing to 1000 and then see if the "missing" caches load onto your GPS. Quote Link to comment
+schindler.team Posted December 17, 2015 Author Share Posted December 17, 2015 It returns 224 caches and that's correct. In my GPSr it only appears 137. What can I do to solve that html/gpx problem? Quote Link to comment
+HHL Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 (edited) It returns 224 caches and that's correct. In my GPSr it only appears 137. What can I do to solve that html/gpx problem? Here the PQ results in 233 caches. (simulated with the NewSearch tool) That seems to be OK so far. Edited December 17, 2015 by HHL Quote Link to comment
+schindler.team Posted December 17, 2015 Author Share Posted December 17, 2015 But is possible that a single cache is doing this problem? Quote Link to comment
+GeoTrekker26 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 It's possible that a cache in your pocket query has malformed HTML in its cache description, causing your GPS and/or transfer software to choke. I know that's happened to me. Also, that query's parameters return 962 caches, but you've set it to return only 500 caches. The PQ server then needs to decide which 500 caches it picks and chooses to include in the query results, and perhaps it left out the ones you were looking for. Try increasing to 1000 and then see if the "missing" caches load onto your GPS. But since he has found many of the caches, the 500 default setting is sufficient for his needs. Quote Link to comment
+HHL Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 (edited) But is possible that a single cache is doing this problem? Yes. Another question: How much Caches did you have on your Gpsr before the load? Maybe you'd just reached the unit's limits for geocaches. Hans Edited December 17, 2015 by HHL Quote Link to comment
+schindler.team Posted December 17, 2015 Author Share Posted December 17, 2015 But is possible that a single cache is doing this problem? Yes. Another question: How much Caches did you have on your Gpsr before the load? Maybe you'D just reached the units limits for geocaches. Hans Before? None. The limit its 5000 I guess. I'm not even remotely near that. It's a very strange problem. I will try to make some PQ in the next days to try to find out witch cache is making this. Is there another way to know witch one? Quote Link to comment
+GeoTrekker26 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 (edited) Since it is a recent problem, you might be able to narrow down the possible problem caches by using different ranges in the Date Placed filter. You can either set a large range that ends just before you first encountered the problem to get as many good caches as possible. Or you can use narrow ranges that span portions of the time period you have had the problem, which might allow you to find the problem cache. There is also the possibility that it is an older cache in which a recent edit introduced an error. This case would be harder to find. Edited December 17, 2015 by GeoTrekker26 Quote Link to comment
+schindler.team Posted December 17, 2015 Author Share Posted December 17, 2015 Since it is a recent problem, you might be able to narrow down the possible problem caches by using different ranges in the Date Placed filter. You can either set a large range that ends just before you first encountered the problem to get as many good caches as possible. Or you can use narrow ranges that span portions of the time period you have had the problem, which might allow you to find the problem cache. I will try that and get back to you! Thanks! Quote Link to comment
+HHL Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 I've exported the 233 geocaches to my Garmin and all of them appeared on the unit. That said: You've seem to have a problem with settings on your unit. Hans Quote Link to comment
+schindler.team Posted December 17, 2015 Author Share Posted December 17, 2015 I've exported the 233 geocaches to my Garmin and all of them appeared on the unit. That said: You've seem to have a problem with settings on your unit. Hans I have done master reset and updates, with no results. Have you been in the Azores? Quote Link to comment
+HHL Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 [...] Have you been in the Azores? Unfortunately not. This is what I got on my Garmin: Hans NB: What Garmin unit do you own? Quote Link to comment
+schindler.team Posted December 17, 2015 Author Share Posted December 17, 2015 NB: What Garmin unit do you own? Garmin GpsMap 62s Quote Link to comment
+HHL Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 [...] In my GPSr it only appears 137. [...] How do you checked that on your unit? Hans Quote Link to comment
+schindler.team Posted December 17, 2015 Author Share Posted December 17, 2015 [...] In my GPSr it only appears 137. [...] How do you checked that on your unit? Hans In the list of geocaches, i counted them one by one! Quote Link to comment
+HHL Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 [...] In the list of geocaches, i counted them one by one! Haha. Yes, I got you. It might be that you've accidentally (for what reason ever) counted the traditional caches only. There are exactly 128 available traditional caches in the PQ. Hans Quote Link to comment
+schindler.team Posted December 17, 2015 Author Share Posted December 17, 2015 Nope. It appears all the types of geocachers. A friend of mine tried to use the pocket query I made and doesn't work too. He will try now to create one pocket query similar to mine with the same criteria and coordinates of origin to see if the problems appears too. If not, I will assume that maybe it's a problem with my GC account. Quote Link to comment
+NYPaddleCacher Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 But is possible that a single cache is doing this problem? There was an issue (that I am pretty sure was fixed) with a event cache, which was later retracted, that was included in a GPX file that caused produced some invalid XML causing every cache after it appeared to be excluded. As Moun10bike suggested it's possible that a cache in the list has some malformed HTML in the description that is causing issues. I don't know how the 62S works but on an older Garmin model, if one looked at a list of geocaches it would only show traditional caches and treat others as "waypoints". I've never been to the Azores either but I had a great grandfather that came from the island to work in the sugarcane fields of Hawaii and eventually to northern California. Quote Link to comment
+schindler.team Posted December 17, 2015 Author Share Posted December 17, 2015 I don't know how the 62S works but on an older Garmin model, if one looked at a list of geocaches it would only show traditional caches and treat others as "waypoints". Here it appears all types of caches. I don't even understand the criteria to the missing caches. Quote Link to comment
+schindler.team Posted December 17, 2015 Author Share Posted December 17, 2015 My friend tried to make a new PQ with the same criteria and coordinates of origin an it works fine!!! So... or it a problem with a specific cache or with my GC account. Quote Link to comment
+The A-Team Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 The fact that identical PQs run by other users are fine makes me think the PQ file has somehow gotten corrupted on the Groundspeak server. Can you try making a new PQ with the same settings and see what happens? This would force the server to generate a fresh file that should hopefully work. Quote Link to comment
+schindler.team Posted December 17, 2015 Author Share Posted December 17, 2015 The fact that identical PQs run by other users are fine makes me think the PQ file has somehow gotten corrupted on the Groundspeak server. Can you try making a new PQ with the same settings and see what happens? This would force the server to generate a fresh file that should hopefully work. Happened the same problem. I made about 10 PQ today some of them with the same settings and the problem persists. I will try to delete all of the PQ from my account, wait a couple of days and try again. Quote Link to comment
+fizzymagic Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 But is possible that a single cache is doing this problem? Absolutely. I see malformed HTML in cache titles and descriptions all the time. That's actually a good reason to use GSAK, as it can help find and fix those problems. Quote Link to comment
+schindler.team Posted December 18, 2015 Author Share Posted December 18, 2015 But if it a cache that is doing this, shouldn't this happen to everyone? Quote Link to comment
+HHL Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 (edited) But if it a cache that is doing this, shouldn't this happen to everyone? Yes. Please set your Garmin into USB-mass-storage mode and open the gpx file with MapSource or Basecamp. How much caches do these apps count? Hans Edited December 18, 2015 by HHL Quote Link to comment
+schindler.team Posted December 18, 2015 Author Share Posted December 18, 2015 (edited) Yes. Please set your Garmin into USB-mass-storage mode and open the gpx file with MapSource or Basecamp. How much caches do these apps count? Hans The "corrupted" PQ don't open on BaseCamp too. http://imgur.com/ZqB1vhN Edited December 18, 2015 by schindler.team Quote Link to comment
+schindler.team Posted December 18, 2015 Author Share Posted December 18, 2015 I've sorted all the caches by year, creating diferent PQ to try to figure out witch one is doing this. When I did that, every PQ works.... That's very strange, isn't it? This is a link with the PQ that don't work. Try it out and let me know. A friend of mine tried and it didn't work. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0GVVAa-2uLVMnk1VjZtRzQtSms/view?usp=sharing Quote Link to comment
+schindler.team Posted December 18, 2015 Author Share Posted December 18, 2015 (edited) Another strange thing: http://imgur.com/a/rD0OV Edited December 18, 2015 by schindler.team Quote Link to comment
+HHL Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 [...] The "corrupted" PQ don't open on BaseCamp too. http://imgur.com/ZqB1vhN Then open it with a texteditor and count for: <name>GC Quote Link to comment
+schindler.team Posted December 18, 2015 Author Share Posted December 18, 2015 (edited) [...] The "corrupted" PQ don't open on BaseCamp too. http://imgur.com/ZqB1vhN Then open it with a texteditor and count for: <name>GC I counted and they are all there Try to open it: https://drive.google...iew?usp=sharing Edited December 18, 2015 by schindler.team Quote Link to comment
+HHL Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Another strange thing: http://imgur.com/a/rD0OV 225 caches is not strange. And no date chosen is default (it means: all cache taken whatever the date is) I will have a look at your PQ later. I have a date in 45 minutes. Hans Quote Link to comment
+schindler.team Posted December 18, 2015 Author Share Posted December 18, 2015 (edited) Another strange thing: http://imgur.com/a/rD0OV 225 caches is not strange. And no date chosen is default (it means: all cache taken whatever the date is) I will have a look at your PQ later. I have a date in 45 minutes. Hans Did you see the 2 pics? Have a great date! Edited December 18, 2015 by schindler.team Quote Link to comment
+HHL Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 (edited) Yes, I saw the pics. This is what I found: Hans Edited December 18, 2015 by HHL Quote Link to comment
+Isonzo Karst Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Hans, you are a rock star ;-) Quote Link to comment
+HHL Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Hans, you are a rock star ;-) Well, I'll do my very best! Quote Link to comment
+schindler.team Posted December 18, 2015 Author Share Posted December 18, 2015 Perfection!!!! It worked!!! The event cache in question was from my friend who was helping me.. LOL Thank you so much for the help guys and thank you so so so much Hans!!! You are the best!! Merry Christmas for all! Quote Link to comment
+HHL Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Glad you got it sorted. Frohes Jagen, Frohe Weihnachten und Guten Rutsch. Hans Quote Link to comment
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