+edexter Posted January 5, 2024 Posted January 5, 2024 Are there any plans to make the search function on the geocache site actually function properly? Entering the exact current location on the website returned a result more than 40 miles away while Cachly show one a quarter of a mile distant. This is not a new issue. edexter 5 Quote
+Mudfrog Posted January 5, 2024 Posted January 5, 2024 Just tried it myself and see that it's way off. Inputting the exact coordinates for a known cache should show that cache first on the list. However, the first cache in the results is 30 plus miles away. Needs checking for sure! 1 Quote
+Viajero Perdido Posted January 5, 2024 Posted January 5, 2024 (edited) I'm in luck. When I tried it just now, the first result was only ~15km / ~10mi away ... with a good number of other caches in between. Wow. Edited January 5, 2024 by Viajero Perdido Clarificationment Quote
+edexter Posted April 22, 2024 Author Posted April 22, 2024 To: Viajero Perdido: In other words it's not working for you either. It appears none of the search features are actually working. This link: nearby caches of this type, that I haven't found returned a random series of caches 30 miles away from where the cache was; and the second a list near my home These: "all nearby caches, that I haven't found" were ridiculous: the first gave me a list of my caches; the second a list of caches I hadn't found also linked to my home, not the cache I was at. Searching today for any cache in Boston, Massachusetts, the search gave random cache located in Quincy and Weymouth, a dozen miles and more away. Fixing this is not a priority, clearly. And probably an indication that the feature is seldom used. Quote
+funkymunkyzone Posted April 23, 2024 Posted April 23, 2024 6 hours ago, edexter said: This link: nearby caches of this type, that I haven't found returned a random series of caches 30 miles away from where the cache was; and the second a list near my home These: "all nearby caches, that I haven't found" were ridiculous: the first gave me a list of my caches; the second a list of caches I hadn't found also linked to my home, not the cache I was at. Super annoying for someone like me right now trying to plan a big US road trip, centering on certain caches and trying to get a list of caches nearby.... no I don't want a list of caches near my home, some 10000km away... lol 1 Quote
+Glambarbie Posted April 23, 2024 Posted April 23, 2024 I used to search by coordinates all the time. Sometimes I'd use the coordinates from photos to identify the cache we were at. Can't understand why it stopped working. Anyone know if there is a fix in sight? Quote
+Bergbauer Posted April 23, 2024 Posted April 23, 2024 Searching by city name doesn't work properly either. This problem exists since 2022 or so. After entering a city name, the default sorting is "from near to far", which is fine. But "near" is not seen from the city center, but from my home location, which makes the results useless. When choosing "Map geocaches", the map also shows those caches that are nearest to my home location. The picture shows the map result for Berlin. You can see that I live southwest of Berlin - no caches in the city itself show up. A workaround is setting the home location to the center of Berlin or your desired search center. But it's annoying to do that each time. Another workaround is to use the old search (https://www.geocaching.com/seek/). Will there be a fix for that one day? Quote
+Glambarbie Posted April 24, 2024 Posted April 24, 2024 Creek_Jumper helped me to figure out how to search by coordinates...and it WORKS! When you go on the website, you can't just use the regular search feature. There's a box that says "Search geocaches near you" and below is a graphic that says, "Go to map." When you use that link, most of the screen is a map and on the top left is a search bar. Here you can search coordinates and it will give you the closest! Quote
+Bridgeonwool Posted January 3 Posted January 3 I've jut had the same problem. We recently moved and when I tried to find caches in my new home area I either got results from the place I used to live or miles away. The Netherlands was the furthest away when I tried to use a postcode to search and the closest was a village 8 miles up the road when I put in the name of the town I now live in. I appreciate Glambargie's suggestion that coordinates might work so will try that next, but they are a bit of a faff when you just want to find geocaches in a nearby town, city or area. I have tried searching by county and that was quite successful with the first item on the list being an event pretty much in the centre. It's a bit frustrating though. Quote
Keystone Posted January 3 Posted January 3 44 minutes ago, Bridgeonwool said: We recently moved and when I tried to find caches in my new home area I either got results from the place I used to live or miles away. Did you update your home coordinates in your account settings? If not, follow the instructions in this Help Center article. 1 Quote
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