+AplusBminusC Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 (edited) Hi, having a bit of trouble with the app and it's workings once a puzzle cache has been solved and it's co-ords updated - here's what normally happens... New cache gets published - I solve that on a PC using geocaching.com, get through the checker correctly - edit the co-ords - refresh map view - map now shows jigsaw piece icon in correct spot on map. Works as expected. Go mobile to physically find the cache - android app shows jigsaw piece in correct solved spot at newly updated co-ords as expected. Here's where things get sketchy - asking mobile app to either navigate or give driving directions to this newly solved cache will direct me to the original unsolved co-ords. Checking in the app shows the correctly updated co-ords are shown, the map shows the correct updated co-ords yet asking it to do anything useful with them directs me back to the original co-ords. Have seen this an hour after solving on PC. Looks to me like some kind of syncing issue (also have problems on some caches once logged as found with them still showing with an unfound icon and not updating for anything from a few minutes to hours). Have tried restarting app, switching from map view to messages and back to reload map, scrolling map to another area and back to reload caches but can't seem to hit on a working solution other than waiting and hoping or messing about manually pasting solved co-ords into google maps and using that to find which is far from ideal. Anyone got any solutions please? Edited July 6, 2023 by AplusBminusC Quote Link to comment
RuideAlmeida Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 57 minutes ago, AplusBminusC said: Anyone got any solutions please? Just create a new Waypoint with the solved coordinates, by instance. Then navigate to this new Waypoint. Quote Link to comment
+Max and 99 Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 (edited) 6 minutes ago, RuideAlmeida said: Just create a new Waypoint with the solved coordinates, by instance. Then navigate to this new Waypoint. A few years ago the app was having an issue with this and navigating to the posted coordinates instead of the solved coordinates. I now do what you suggested: add an additional waypoint, which only takes a couple seconds. Edited July 6, 2023 by Max and 99 Quote Link to comment
+AplusBminusC Posted July 6, 2023 Author Share Posted July 6, 2023 Good suggestions, thanks! Didn't check waypoints to see if the actual waypoint got updated - maybe it only updates on the cache front page and doesn't push out the original to solved waypoint update till later. Will solve a few puzzles and check just for the sake of curiosity. Quote Link to comment
+barefootjeff Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 Did you try forcing a refresh of the cache page in the app? On the cache's top-level page, swipe down with your finger. Quote Link to comment
+AplusBminusC Posted July 7, 2023 Author Share Posted July 7, 2023 Didn't try that, but the few I solved on PC last night instantly refreshed on the app, waypoints all updated and able to navigate to solved so couldn't replicate for now. Will try this next time I get a funky one that misbehaves, thanks for the idea. Quote Link to comment
+Max and 99 Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 It's possible, but since the puzzle icon was showing on the app map I didn't think a refresh would be the issue. Quote Link to comment
+RCH65 Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 Have this issue every now an then. "Just create a new waypoint" is a good workaround, but not a solution. Looks like a bug in the app... Quote Link to comment
+AplusBminusC Posted July 7, 2023 Author Share Posted July 7, 2023 There seems to be an issue with 2 different sets of data - "map data" and "cache data". Logged a find today, cache data showed as found, map didn't show a smiley. Went back into cache details, defo showing me in the list of logs, back to map, still showing not found icon. Went back into cache, swiped down to refresh as BFJ above suggested, back to map view and icon was updated. Not an exhaustive debugging but it worked that time. Haven't had a waypoint problem again yet but will be interesting to see if a refresh sorts this too. Quote Link to comment
+forpyllis Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 This appears to either still be a problem or to have returned, perhaps with a new twist? A few days ago I solved a puzzle, and the correct location of the final showed up in both the web and app views, with the solved location icon. Yesterday I did a driving-navigate-to on the app and soon realized it was sending me to the posted coordinates, even though the map was showing me the solved location. I wasn't smart enough to create a waypoint but copied the coordinates to Google Maps instead. This morning while logged in on my PC it occurred to me to see if this had been commented on and found my way here. I then opened the cache page and it shows the correct location on the little map, but when I "View Larger Map" it shows the posted coordinates with a found smiley. Although I would choose otherwise, it seems reasonable to me that upon solving but not yet logged it would show the final location, and then revert to the posted location upon being logged. In any case I think the little map and the larger map should always agree. That's no big deal, but having the app show me the solved location and then navigating to the posted coordinates is just plain wrong, and that is not any kind of refresh issue. The app clearly updated and I've refreshed on both PC and the app just to be sure. I have a couple more solved puzzles to navigate to, and will use the suggested method of adding a waypoint. Or using c:geo, which doesn't have this problem. Quote Link to comment
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