All geocaches found on geocacher's pofile page is wrong

[+geoidhn]

On geocacher's profile page, Geocaches-tab there is the following link:

 

(All Geocache Finds). If I click it, it shows geocaches of probably some geocacher but the resulting page is always same for everybody. As a developer I am quite certain it somehow looses the given geocacher whose nick is in the link all right on the page, but on the result page there isn't the nick in any $_GET-parameters.

 

wbr

 

geoidhn

 

 

[+MartyBartfast]

That link works fine for me, always showing what looks like the correct finds for the cacher I've chosen, e.g. here's the result I get from your profile:

Edited March 30 by MartyBartfast

[+geoidhn]

Yes, I also got it working now *after a change in the settings*. The list format works fine, but the error happens when the search results are shown as a map. I think I haven't changed the search results default myself, but can't vouch for it. The bottom-most checkbox on my  Settings -> Preferences - a change that was suggested by another fellow geocacher.

Edited March 30 by geoidhn

[+frumiousb]

I've been having the same problem.  It's been happening for probably a week or two for me, maybe more.  That's when I started noticing it, anyway.

 

Already had that box checked in my settings.  Went in and re-saved it; still have the map problem. 

When I try to look at another cacher's "all" finds, the website briefly pops up a URL with their name in it and then switches to this or another that has finds all over other parts of the world >:(  Clearly not the map of a newbie with 300ish finds in the USA, which is what I was trying to pull up.

I tried to view:
https://www.geocaching.com/play/search?fb=SherwoodForrest&sa=1&sort=FoundDateOfFoundByUser&asc=False
but the website redirected that to:
https://www.geocaching.com/live/play/map?sort=founddate&asc=false&sa=1&mlat=20.924378553761127&mlng=27.066141666666454&zoom=3

but I saw one or two OTHER URLs pop up briefly during the redirect. Something weird is going on with the backend of the website.
 

[SnowstormMK]

Players can select in their privacy settings if they want to show their finds to everyone, just friends, or to no one except themselves. If it is set to private, you cannot search for their finds.

[+barefootjeff]

5 hours ago, frumiousb said:

I've been having the same problem.  It's been happening for probably a week or two for me, maybe more.  That's when I started noticing it, anyway.

 

Already had that box checked in my settings.  Went in and re-saved it; still have the map problem. 

When I try to look at another cacher's "all" finds, the website briefly pops up a URL with their name in it and then switches to this or another that has finds all over other parts of the world >:(  Clearly not the map of a newbie with 300ish finds in the USA, which is what I was trying to pull up.

 

You can't view another player's finds on the map, regardless of their privacy settings. The system doesn't allow it for claimed privacy reasons.

 

Untick that "Display search results on map" box in your Preferences, so that you get the search results in a list.

[+Dear Dora]

Thank you, geoidhn, for you most helpful solution to this issue.  I first became aware of it several months ago, and it's been driving me crazy!  Sanity matters!  After following your lead, I tested it out and now all is right with the world!  Again, thank you so very much.

[+frumiousb]

On 4/9/2025 at 4:57 PM, barefootjeff said:

You can't view another player's finds on the map, regardless of their privacy settings. The system doesn't allow it for claimed privacy reasons.

 

Untick that "Display search results on map" box in your Preferences, so that you get the search results in a list.

How weird.  Guess they think people would interpolate to figure out where they live, or extrapolate for future trips.  Good to know.

Tip worked.  Thanks; didn't know that.

[+barefootjeff]

25 minutes ago, frumiousb said:

How weird.  Guess they think people would interpolate to figure out where they live, or extrapolate for future trips.

 

Yes, I don't follow the logic behind it. I can at least still map my own finds, which shows most are along the 150km strip of coast between Sydney and Newcastle:

 

 

About all you could deduce from this is that I probably live somewhere between Sydney and Newcastle, but that's an awful lot of houses to go doorknocking to see which one I'm in. Nor could you deduce from that where I'm likely to go caching tomorrow, except it won't be to any of those caches I've already found.

 

A map of my hides on the other hand, which anyone can view, gives a much better clue of where I live, at least to within a few tens of kilometres.

Edited April 11 by barefootjeff