showing solved puzzles

[+popeye85]

Is there any way to show the location of solved puzzles on the map on the gc website? it would be handy n order to give me better idea of other caches in the area.

[+Touchstone]

I haven't played around with the options available on Puzzle Listings too much, but I know that you can edit the coordinates on the page when you've solved one. Judging from the Help Center article, is sounds like an icon will show on the map for your solved Puzzles. Link for reference:

 

https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=106&pgid=807

[+CAVinoGal]

Is there any way to show the location of solved puzzles on the map on the gc website? it would be handy n order to give me better idea of other caches in the area.

 

As Touchstone said, you can change the coordinates once you have solved the puzzle. Having the solved puzzle coordinates show on the map without you having solved it yourself would go against the challenge in a puzzle or mystery cache.

 

It is frustrating when you find a perfect hiding spot, develop the cache, then find out it's too close to the end coordinates of a nearby puzzle. We learned to send potential coordinates to our reviewer (do a rough draft of the cache and intended coordinates and ask for a coordinate check) before getting too involved in a detailed write up and build of the cache that may not go where we wanted it to.

 

Look at the map for nearby puzzles that may conflict, and solve them. That's how we've found two puzzle caches - we kind of worked backwards a bit, knowing the end coordinates were within the .1 mile radius of our chosen coordinates. One was about 490 feet away, just about 30 feet too close for comfort. The other was only 15 feet away from our potential!!

 

Our next few hides, we've done a check first so we can rethink if necesssary before we build the hide. But I don't think you are going to get a list of solved puzzles handed to you in oder to check before hiding - that's up to you to solve the puzzle. All you get from the reviewer is that the final coordinates are too close to your chosen ones.

[+noncentric]

Is there any way to show the location of solved puzzles on the map on the gc website? it would be handy n order to give me better idea of other caches in the area.

Yes - It is possible to see cache icons at corrected coords on a map.

 

SEARCH:

Play -> Find a Geocache -> Enter city/area/etc -> Search -> Map These Results -- Cache icons appear at the 'corrected' coords, otherwise they appear at the original 'listed' coords. Unfortunately, there isn't an indication of which icons are using corrected coords or original coords. You could add a filter to your Search to only show caches with corrected coords, but then your search results won't be showing you all caches.

 

BROWSE:

Play -> View Geocache Map -- Cache icons appear at the original 'listed' coords.

 

Also, if you have entered the corrected coordinates for a cache, then the cache icon will appear at the corrected location in the small map on the cache page. The map on the right side of the page, just above the log entries.

 

ETA: Nevermind, my info doesn't apply now that the website has been updated. See HERE.

Edited June 29, 2017 by noncentric

[+hzoi]

Today's update made this a lot simpler: showing solved puzzles at their corrected coordinates is now the rule on the site, as well as on the iOS map. (Coming soon to Android, too.)