Release Notes (Website: Tech migrations) - February 26, 2024

[+ardila.nl]

On 4/5/2024 at 10:59 AM, ardila.nl said:

But when I click show on map I get shown roughly 150km
https://www.geocaching.com/play/map?lat=50.4934&lng=3.0537&zoom=8&asc=true&sort=distance&st=Lens%2C+Frankrijk&ot=query&r=30&hf=1&nfb=ardila.nl&fp=100

It seems to be fixed?

[+barefootjeff]

This is probably a small thing in the great scheme of things, but previously, when viewing my own finds from my profile, the third-last column said "Found on" to correspond with the dates being those on which I made the find, but now, even though the dates are still my find date, the column heading is "Last found".

 

[+2Abendsegler]

All pages that moved to the more modern tech stack will no longer display the message indicator. Can you please fix it, thanks.

 

For example the My Lists page (moved) without the message indicator:

 

And for example the dashboard page (not moved) with the message indicator:

[+Viajero Perdido]

3 hours ago, 2Abendsegler said:

All pages that moved to the more modern tech stack will no longer display the message indicator.

 

Possibly related, and the timing is roughly the same...  On my high-res big tablet with Brave in desktop mode, and oddly portrait only, the big green band at the top stops well short of my user icon; there's just white space in between.  The Message clickable belongs in there, but it's missing too.  But if there's a new message, there's a telltale yellow dot in that white space, and I've learned to know what it means.

 

And if I want the message center, a blind click on the missing icon's likely location usually works.  So does typing "mess" in the address bar, and accepting the first suggestion.

 

No biggie; I know you've got some bigger fish to fry...

 

Edited April 13, 2024 by Viajero Perdido

[+Die Batzen]

On 3/24/2024 at 11:55 AM, Die Batzen said:

In lists (bookmark and ignore) the displayed distance value less than 1km/mi is wrong.

For distances greater or equal to 1km/mi it is correct.

 

Appended are two screenshots that show the issue when comparing the same results in bookmark list and search:

the first three caches are less than 1 km away from the home coordinates (in this case HQ), but show distances in the bookmark list that are too high by a factor of 1000.

 

On 3/25/2024 at 9:36 PM, ari54321 said:

 

Thank you for reporting this issue. We are currently looking into a fix.

The issue is fixed, thanks!

[+Die Batzen]

With the latest release 20240417.1.281 there are additional issues on the new search page:

1. in found by and hidden by results the archived caches are missing completely;
   this is especially visible if you search for your own finds - then the find count is pretty off:
   https://www.geocaching.com/play/results?hf=0&asc=false&sort=foundDate
   
   see also these forum posts:
   https://forums.geocaching.com/GC/index.php?/topic/400247-archived-geocaches-not-showing/
   and
   https://forums.geocaching.com/GC/index.php?/topic/400264-list-of-caches-hidden-by-a-user-doesnt-show-archived-ones/
2. it's no more possible to change the page size:
   
   even if you can select a different size nothing happens
3. title of the Last found / Found on column header is mixed up (also reported here: https://forums.geocaching.com/GC/index.php?/topic/397274-release-notes-website-tech-migrations-february-26-2024/&do=findComment&comment=6141199):
   • found by searches show Last found -> should show Found on (https://www.geocaching.com/play/results?sort=foundDate&asc=false&hf=0)
   • other searches show Found on -> should show Last found (https://www.geocaching.com/play/results?sort=foundDate&asc=false)
      

[SnowstormMK]

Thank you for the report. We are already aware of the first issue you raised, and will be looking into the other ones.

[+TheGeoDocs]

Bei meinen gefundenen Geocaches und versteckten Geocaches werden keine archivierten Caches mehr angezeigt. 

[+ardila.nl]

On 4/6/2024 at 3:52 PM, ardila.nl said:

It seems to be fixed?

Nope, it's back again.

Search result 2 caches in France (30km from Atrecht, France)

Map: zooms out to show the Alaska, Russia border and the caches are
https://www.geocaching.com/play/map?lat=50.6781&lng=-179.8844&zoom=4&asc=true&sort=distance&st=Atrecht&ot=query&r=30&hf=1&nfb=ardila.nl&fp=300

 

Somehow I end u getting up to London in my results

[+barefootjeff]

I'm not sure if this has been reported already, as so many search-related things are now broken it's hard to keep track of them, but when searching by, say, Placed Date:

 

 

when selecting anything other than the first page, it reverts to sorting by distance from home:

 

 

If I then try to reselect sorting by placed date, it goes back to page 1.

 

The same thing happens when ordering by any column other than Distance, it's impossible to get beyond page 1.

 

[+Die Batzen]

16 hours ago, barefootjeff said:

I'm not sure if this has been reported already, as so many search-related things are now broken it's hard to keep track of them, but when searching by, say, Placed Date:

 

 

when selecting anything other than the first page, it reverts to sorting by distance from home:

 

 

If I then try to reselect sorting by placed date, it goes back to page 1.

 

The same thing happens when ordering by any column other than Distance, it's impossible to get beyond page 1.

 

It's even "better":

If you change the sorting in a search result, say from "Placed on" to "Distance", then step through the pages one by one, the sorting alternates page by page:

- 1st page: "Distance"

- 2nd page: "Placed on"

- 3rd page: "Distance"

- 4th page: "Placed on"

- ...

 

Same happens if you change the actual sorting from ascending to descending or vice versa.

 

The only way to get proper results is to change the sorting, then reload the page.

Now the sorting is kept when stepping through the pages.

[SnowstormMK]

We released an update that fixes the following issues:

 

• Users getting taken back to the top of page 1 after editing de description of a List item. The focus now stays on the page the edited item was on.
• List name descriptions now respect line breaks and wrap properly.
• Searching for nearby caches on a cache listing now correctly uses the coordinates of the cache, not the home coordinates of the user.
• The menu to select how many caches from the search result should be displayed per page is now working correctly.

[+InQbuS]

On 4/30/2024 at 11:10 PM, SnowstormMK said:

• Users getting taken back to the top of page 1 after editing de description of a List item. The focus now stays on the page the edited item was on.

Thanks for your updates. Appreciated!

I noticed that despite the fact that the user is not taken to the top of the FIRST page anymore, the user is still taken to the top of the same page everytime the description of a list item is updated rather than the page staying in that same (scrolled down) position. Is that intended?

 

* EDIT *

That seems to be resolved now, many thanks for your fix :-)

Edited May 11, 2024 by InQbuS
Issue does no longer exist

[+barefootjeff]

On 4/19/2024 at 5:05 AM, Die Batzen said:

title of the Last found / Found on column header is mixed up (also reported here: https://forums.geocaching.com/GC/index.php?/topic/397274-release-notes-website-tech-migrations-february-26-2024/&do=findComment&comment=6141199):

• found by searches show Last found -> should show Found on (https://www.geocaching.com/play/results?sort=foundDate&asc=false&hf=0)
• other searches show Found on -> should show Last found (https://www.geocaching.com/play/results?sort=foundDate&asc=false)

 

 

This issue, which I also reported on the 10th April, remains outstanding and it's becoming quite a while since any updates were posted here.

[Oceansazul]

On 5/24/2024 at 6:59 PM, barefootjeff said:

title of the Last found / Found on column header is mixed up

We are still aware of this issue and looking into a fix. 

[giacaches]

As part of this technical migration, we have made a small update to Geocaching search functionality so that results for user finds and hides show archived caches consistently, based on membership level. This update aligns the search behavior from https://www.geocaching.com/play/search and https://www.geocaching.com/play/results with the existing behavior on Profile-page geocache searches.

Search Behavior Updates:

• Search filters: ‘Found by me’, ‘Caches I own’, ‘Hidden by me’
  • In addition to active caches, applying any of these filters now also returns archived caches
• ‘Found by’ another player
  • This is a Premium-member-only filter. In addition to active caches, applying this filter now returns archived caches.
• ‘Hidden by’ another player
  • Basic members will continue to see results with active caches only.
  • Premium members: In addition to active caches, applying this filter now returns archived caches.
• Search filter chips:
  • When the search results contain active and archived caches, an ‘Active or archived’ filter chip now appears.
  • You can dismiss this filter chip to see active geocaches only.
• Players' privacy settings that determine if others may view their finds (public, friends, private) remain unaffected by this update. The visibility of other players' finds will depend on their chosen privacy settings.

[AngryBeesy]

As part of our ongoing technical migration, we've streamlined the display of Geocaching search results. The Difficulty and Terrain columns are now combined into a single "D/T" column. This change, which aligns with the updated List details pages, helps to reduce the space these columns take up on the page.
 

[+HHL]

Could this also be added to the bookmarks lists please?

The feature request was posted here:

 

Edited June 28, 2024 by HHL

[+thebruce0]

How then might one sort the DT values, if only by D or T is desired?

[+barefootjeff]

3 hours ago, thebruce0 said:

How then might one sort the DT values, if only by D or T is desired?

 

 That still works, you can click on D or T separately and it sorts by that.

[+thebruce0]

Figures, I jumped the gun replying before actually playing