Luckless Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 So... I enter in the name of the city where I'm looking for caches. That's screwy -often taking me to an assumed cache and not the town/city I typed in or often just taking me to my hometown caches. Once I do find the listing for the caches where I'm going I used to click "MAP" to have the caches displayed on a map. Not anymore. I can't find the maps. "MAP" used to be right there on the page. Not anymore. So I tried pressing the three little dots to see if I could get the maps from there. That worked for a bit, if it didn't take me back to my hometown caches. Now when I try clicking those three little dots all I get is" placed on info" whatever the heck that means. Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 Hi Luckless. Just saw your post and tried a few things out. From the main page I entered "New York" in the "Search the millions of geocaches worldwide" filter and was given 7 alternatives - accepted New York City, New York and got 661 results. Clicking on "Map geocaches", I got a map with with the listed (661) geocaches. Where is the problem? Quote Link to comment
Luckless Posted April 10 Author Share Posted April 10 Well for one I don't see "Map geocaches" Typed Naples ny in Search the millions of geocaches worldwide Brought up list of caches in area but no map geocaches (no nothing other than listing) Quote Link to comment
+The_Jumping_Pig Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Map geocaches is a big button on the left. Do you not see it? Quote Link to comment
+TriciaG Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 It's probably a Premium Member feature. I am not certain, though. Quote Link to comment
+kunarion Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 (edited) On 4/10/2024 at 11:16 AM, TriciaG said: It's probably a Premium Member feature. I am not certain, though. Well, that explains it. Basic: Premium: Edited April 11 by kunarion 2 Quote Link to comment
MoleandToad Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 I have also found the normal 'map geocaches' as per the image above has disappeared. I am using a laptop not a smart phone so don't know if that makes a difference but it was always there before However I have just found that if I click 'play' on the home page rather than typing my search location into the search bar on the home page, it gives me the option to view by map. Quote Link to comment
Luckless Posted April 10 Author Share Posted April 10 Well heck they could have told me they were no longer allowing basic users to utilize that feature. Quote Link to comment
+Tungstène Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Maybe it's more a bug than a (lack of) feature. Quote Link to comment
+kunarion Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 (edited) 18 hours ago, Luckless said: Well heck they could have told me they were no longer allowing basic users to utilize that feature. If they told you that, they would have told you wrong. Basic users are still allowed to utilize Browse and Search maps, just not the convenience of List functionality. Edited April 11 by kunarion 1 Quote Link to comment
+kunarion Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 20 hours ago, MoleandToad said: I have just found that if I click 'play' on the home page rather than typing my search location into the search bar on the home page, it gives me the option to view by map. Great find! The Browse Map (and then the Search Map) are available in the Play menu. 1 Quote Link to comment
+kunarion Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 7 hours ago, Tungstène said: Maybe it's more a bug than a (lack of) feature. Perhaps the "Map Geocaches" button is attached to the "Add To List" button, so they are removed or appear together. I seem to remember certain conveniences that Premium Members pay to access being available after some site update a few years ago. Maybe this feature/bug is the result of streamlining the site. But I may be mis-remembering. But I'm pretty sure if TPTB wanted to have a "Map Geocaches" button in any particular place, it could be done. Quote Link to comment
+Jimbel Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 (edited) I have recently experienced a problem when browsing for caches in any location whether it’s my home location or looking elsewhere. For some reason the caches are now displayed as a list, as shown. I have lost the function to display as shown in rows as per above users MoleandToad and Kunarion. This has only happened recently, but is really annoying as I’ve always found it much easier to read when the data is shown in rows. It also enables you to sort on any of the rows, although I only tend to use the found date for sorting. Your help would be appreciated. Incidentally this happens if I’m using a laptop or my iPad. Edited April 13 by Jimbel Quote Link to comment
+barefootjeff Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 1 hour ago, Jimbel said: I have recently experienced a problem when browsing for caches in any location whether it’s my home location or looking elsewhere. For some reason the caches are now displayed as a list, as shown. I have lost the function to display as shown in rows as per above users MoleandToad and Kunarion. This has only happened recently, but is really annoying as I’ve always found it much easier to read when the data is shown in rows. It also enables you to sort on any of the rows, although I only tend to use the found date for sorting. Check your Prefernces in your Profile Settings and see if "Display search results directly on map" has been checked: 1 Quote Link to comment
+Jimbel Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 Thanks for your help barefootjeff, yes it was checked, I have just unchecked and it’s working again. Funnily enough I was looking in preferences this morning, but ignored that setting, I assumed it was correct. Very much appreciated 1 Quote Link to comment
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