+W1zz Posted January 1 Posted January 1 I geocache exclusively using the Android app and I love it, although I always stumble on the same little annoyances that I think could be easily fixed. So I decided to gather them in a list as improvement suggestions (please note that I use the app in French so the actual menu items might be named a little differently): - In the profile menu, the Statistics page show only our D/T grid and refers to our online dashboard page for more stats: this should be a link to open our Dashboard page directly in the browser ! - I always save Wherigos and Letterboxes final coordinates as Corrected coordinates, so these get synched with the website, as all my friends do. The website offers this possibility but not the app. Please add this feature ! - Selecting new map type should bring directly back to the map: moving the checkmark before selecting the Back arrow doesn't add any value. - The Map type selection is either an icon on the map or a menu item in the ... menu. It is confusing and would be simpler if always selectable from an icon on the map. - A "Personnal Note indicator" would be nice. Personnal notes are very important in the field: if I placed one on a cache page, it should be readily visible, just like the Hint is: either green (if a note exist) or greyed out (no note avail.) - Add to Watchlist: caches can be added to our personnal lists but the feature to add to "the" watchlist is missing. - Filters: having the possibility to filter by "placed date", "Not found by" and "Caches with corrected coords" would be really great ! - Projection: being able to create a new waypoint by projecting an existing one would be really helpful. - The "Navigate to" button leads to a different view for a Traditional cache: the distance is shown in a small box in the lower pull up menu. It would be easier to read if the distance was always shown in larger characters on the top part of the map. It would also be more consistent with the view for the other cache types. - Navigate to pull up menu: the large "Details" button is useless. It should be replaced by a "Description" button leading to the cache description. The ability to pull the menu even further up revealing the cache attributes would also be really great ! - The last improvement item I have is to fix the offline caches lists and offline maps. I struggled a lot using these features when geocaching in remote area. And I consider myself to be an experienced user so I can only imagine how less familiar users might feel. Offline maps and caches take forever to refresh, which doesn't make sense since they should all be stored in my cellphone. And they always crash after some time, rendering their use for a whole trip useless. Sadly, I have to rely on other apps or take my old hiking GPS wherever cell signal is not guaranteed. But this would be more a fix than a new feature suggestion. Thank you for reading me. I hope this list helps improve the app. Keep up the ggod work and happy trail everyone ! 2 Quote
+The_Jumping_Pig Posted January 1 Posted January 1 Often these long posts are full of crazy suggestions that I do not agree with. This one is actual full of mostly very reasonable changes that I feel like Groundspeak should add and that I've wanted. 11 minutes ago, W1zz said: - I always save Wherigos and Letterboxes final coordinates as Corrected coordinates, so these get synched with the website, as all my friends do. The website offers this possibility but not the app. Please add this feature ! Yes, please... this shouldn't be a hard addition and it couldn't hurt... 13 minutes ago, W1zz said: - Selecting new map type should bring directly back to the map: moving the checkmark before selecting the Back arrow doesn't add any value. - The Map type selection is either an icon on the map or a menu item in the ... menu. It is confusing and would be simpler if always selectable from an icon on the map. I don't understand what you mean here... are these filters?? 13 minutes ago, W1zz said: - A "Personnal Note indicator" would be nice. Personnal notes are very important in the field: if I placed one on a cache page, it should be readily visible, just like the Hint is: either green (if a note exist) or greyed out (no note avail.) Never thought of this but this would be nice. 14 minutes ago, W1zz said: - Add to Watchlist: caches can be added to our personnal lists but the feature to add to "the" watchlist is missing. - Filters: having the possibility to filter by "placed date", "Not found by" and "Caches with corrected coords" would be really great ! Yep! More filters in general... 14 minutes ago, W1zz said: - Projection: being able to create a new waypoint by projecting an existing one would be really helpful. Feel like this isn't really necessary, it doesn't even exist in the website. Using other sites like geocachingtoolbox works for me. Of course, I wouldn't complain if it was added, though ; ) 16 minutes ago, W1zz said: - The "Navigate to" button leads to a different view for a Traditional cache: the distance is shown in a small box in the lower pull up menu. It would be easier to read if the distance was always shown in larger characters on the top part of the map. It would also be more consistent with the view for the other cache types. - Navigate to pull up menu: the large "Details" button is useless. It should be replaced by a "Description" button leading to the cache description. The ability to pull the menu even further up revealing the cache attributes would also be really great ! I never use navigate but those are good points. Description is already super hidden on the app, and they don't even have a link in the navigate page!! No wonder beginner cachers go to the posted coordinates of ? caches even with explicit "NO CACHE AT POSTED COORDS" notes 17 minutes ago, W1zz said: The last improvement item I have is to fix the offline caches lists and offline maps. I struggled a lot using these features when geocaching in remote area. And I consider myself to be an experienced user so I can only imagine how less familiar users might feel. Offline maps and caches take forever to refresh, which doesn't make sense since they should all be stored in my cellphone. And they always crash after some time, rendering their use for a whole trip useless. Sadly, I have to rely on other apps or take my old hiking GPS wherever cell signal is not guaranteed. But this would be more a fix than a new feature suggestion. These always 'work' for me, but I too often get 10 seconds long waits every time I open the map for downloaded caches to 'load'.... Quote
+Max and 99 Posted January 1 Posted January 1 58 minutes ago, W1zz said: I always save Wherigos and Letterboxes final coordinates as Corrected coordinates, so these get synched with the website, as all my friends do. The website offers this possibility but not the app. Please add this feature ! It does. If I use corrected coordinates on the app, it updates to the website as well. Quote
+The_Jumping_Pig Posted January 1 Posted January 1 2 minutes ago, Max and 99 said: It does. If I use corrected coordinates on the app, it updates to the website as well. I think what the OP was saying (which is my complaint too) is that you can't update/correct coordinates for letterboxes and wherigos on the app. Quote
+Max and 99 Posted January 1 Posted January 1 3 minutes ago, The_Jumping_Pig said: I think what the OP was saying (which is my complaint too) is that you can't update/correct coordinates for letterboxes and wherigos on the app. Oh yeah, thanks!! There's no reason to not allow that! Quote
+Freima Posted January 14 Posted January 14 Instead of 'correcting' coordinates, you can add a Waypoint and navigate to that. I agree that it would be nice to be able to see Personal Notes on the app. After all, that's what the notes are for! If they're not visible in the app, there's very little point in having them on the website. Quote
+Max and 99 Posted January 27 Posted January 27 On 1/14/2025 at 12:28 PM, Freima said: Instead of 'correcting' coordinates, you can add a Waypoint and navigate to that. I agree that it would be nice to be able to see Personal Notes on the app. After all, that's what the notes are for! If they're not visible in the app, there's very little point in having them on the website. That is usually what I do. It has its disadvantages though. What do you mean not being able to see personal notes on the app? Quote
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