+Thot Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 I only occasionally take a look at the geocaching map (the one with all the caches showing). I do it because some caches aren't included in my pocket query. I have a PQ I run twice a week that reaches out 17 miles from my house, but it doesn't include some caches and I can only see these on the geocaching map. I found 3 when I checked Thursday. I haven't done this one yet and it's only about 2 1/2 miles from my house. I did these 2 Thursday when I discovered them #1 and #2.They're both about 2 miles from my house. Why aren't they included in my PQ? Quote Link to comment
+TriciaG Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 How many caches are in that area? PQs have a limit on number of caches in it (1000 I think), and will drop some if the limit is reached. Quote Link to comment
+Isonzo Karst Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 Hard to say without know how your PQ is set up. Do you have "placed date" field set? they're all from Feb 18 or newer? is your query returning fewer than 1000 (or 500) caches? If your query has more caches in it than the limit, some are just dropped 1 Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 Within 17 miles of the example you gave there are 1,548 caches, a PQ will only return a maximum of 1000 caches, so 548 are going to be missed off. If you want to retain the 17 mile radius I would suggest splitting the PQ into 2, either do one for Trads, and the other for non-trads (if you can get them both down below 1000 caches); or do one for caches placed before date ??-??-???? and the other for caches placed after ??-??-????, you will need to work out a suitable date to return 2 PQs with less than 1000 caches each. Quote Link to comment
+Thot Posted March 30, 2019 Author Share Posted March 30, 2019 38 minutes ago, Isonzo Karst said: Do you have "placed date" field set? they're all from Feb 18 or newer? Now why didn't I think of that? That was the problem. This PQ is only caches I haven't found so, with the new 1000 limit I probably haven't moved the date for a year or two. It was set to Jan 1. Thanks for helping an addled old man. 1 Quote Link to comment
+thebruce0 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 (edited) The 1000 limit has been around for a long time. It may be that perhaps a new powertrail or two got published recently and threw the search results over the 1000 limit and you didn't notice? Edited April 1, 2019 by thebruce0 1 Quote Link to comment
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