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How can you make the filtering system useful?


edexter

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Today I attempted to "filter" caches.  I selected "caches I hadn't found", "caches I don't own" "caches with a d/t rating greater than 1/1" and "caches that were enabled" and finally "apply".  After numerous tries I got a map that had no smilies and seemed to meet the other criteria.  Then I moved the center a few miles away and hit "search" .  That apparently wiped all the filters clean.  Each time I moved the center, I had to reset all of the filters again.   Is there a way to "lock" the filters, you know to make it actually useful rather than an exercise in frustration.  Thanks,

edexter

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 Windows 10 Firefox 97.0

 

Starting where? from Search? or from a map?

If you're getting a map directly from Search, you may want to get into your profile and edit  Preferences:

https://www.geocaching.com/account/settings/preferences

 

Display search results directly on map

If that's checked, uncheck it.

 

I'm not having difficulty you describe.  I can start from Search, and map from there and do some map shifts. Or I can start with a map, hit "search" on the map, set filters, move the map around, and the filters still apply. If I go back to Browse, I lose filters.

 

Many changes to Search, see the Release Notes thread. A lot of fixes, some still pending. On the whole, the most damaging of the code errors seem to have been addressed. At least as viewed on a PC.

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HOW DO I FILTER FOR A PARTICULAR STATE????


So, until the site was "improved," I didn't have any trouble limiting a search by State.  Now, "region" seems to have limited functionality, filtering for "Query: New Jersey" is getting me hits as far from the so-called Garden State as New Hampshire, and, for the life of me, I can't figure out what I"m doing wrong.  I've tried MULTIPLE combinations of input in the field for geographic limitation (City, Zip, . . . why not STATE???)

 

Any help would be MUCH appreciated.

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20 minutes ago, Harry the furry squid said:

Which column do we click on for "placed by" date in a filtered search these days? For event caches, it's a very relevant piece of information!

 

The one on the far right called "Placed on", which for event caches is the date of the event.

 

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If your screen isn't wide enough to show all the columns, click on the three dots on the right to select which columns to view.

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