+shunra Posted April 3, 2004 Share Posted April 3, 2004 I posted this on the TB forum some days ago, but it probably should be here, as it's a site problem, and not a TB problem. I am logging my personal TB bug in and out of the caches I have visited, but while the logs and the distance calculations show up perfectly well, I don't see the arrows showing up on the maps, neither on the old, nor on the new ones. The caches themselves *do* show up on the maps. What's the cause of this *bug*, and what can I do against it? It beats much of the purpose pf my personal TB :-( The bug I'm talking about is Shunra's Personal TB I know that RWW's Personal TB does not have a similar problem, and behaves like every other TB should! Link to comment
+Right Wing Wacko Posted April 4, 2004 Share Posted April 4, 2004 I posted this on the TB forum some days ago, but it probably should be here, as it's a site problem, and not a TB problem. I am logging my personal TB bug in and out of the caches I have visited, but while the logs and the distance calculations show up perfectly well, I don't see the arrows showing up on the maps, neither on the old, nor on the new ones. The caches themselves *do* show up on the maps. What's the cause of this *bug*, and what can I do against it? It beats much of the purpose pf my personal TB :-( The bug I'm talking about is Shunra's Personal TB I know that RWW's Personal TB does not have a similar problem, and behaves like every other TB should! I seem to recall having seen this behaviour before. I just kept logging and eventually it fixed itself. Link to comment
+shunra Posted April 4, 2004 Author Share Posted April 4, 2004 Can you tell me how you exactly did it? I look at your page, and I see that you have arrows even for your first caches. This removes one thought that I was considering: that no arrows are inserted for logs dated on days before the actual activation of the TB. I activated the TB less than two weeks ago or so, but I stated June 27th 2003 as release day, because that was the day I started caching. The logs on your TB page look different than on mine. I see no references to bug retrievals in yours, just placements. You must have deleted the retrievals... The way I have been logging the personal TB is like this: 1 - On the cache page, I write a note saying 'please ignore'. The note is dated the same date I actually had a find there. Along with that note I deposit the TB. 2 - I delete the note I just made. This does not affect the TB, which stays registered as being in the cache 3 - I copy the text of my original find log to the clipboard 4 - I toggle to another browser window, which is open on the TB page. I log the retrieval of the TB for the same date in which I deposited it (which is the date on which I had found the cache). By way of text, I paste whatever I had on the clipboard, This way, the text on the TB page is identical to the text in my cache logs. Is there anything in this that differs from the way you did it, that could lead to the disappearance of the arrows? Link to comment
+Right Wing Wacko Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 Can you tell me how you exactly did it? I look at your page, and I see that you have arrows even for your first caches. This removes one thought that I was considering: that no arrows are inserted for logs dated on days before the actual activation of the TB. I activated the TB less than two weeks ago or so, but I stated June 27th 2003 as release day, because that was the day I started caching. The logs on your TB page look different than on mine. I see no references to bug retrievals in yours, just placements. You must have deleted the retrievals... The way I have been logging the personal TB is like this: 1 - On the cache page, I write a note saying 'please ignore'. The note is dated the same date I actually had a find there. Along with that note I deposit the TB. 2 - I delete the note I just made. This does not affect the TB, which stays registered as being in the cache 3 - I copy the text of my original find log to the clipboard 4 - I toggle to another browser window, which is open on the TB page. I log the retrieval of the TB for the same date in which I deposited it (which is the date on which I had found the cache). By way of text, I paste whatever I had on the clipboard, This way, the text on the TB page is identical to the text in my cache logs. Is there anything in this that differs from the way you did it, that could lead to the disappearance of the arrows? When logging caches I have two windows open, one to log caches, and one with my Travel Bug. 1. Window 1: Log the cache and drop the TB 2. Window 2: Retreive TB and immediatly delete the retreive entry 3. Window 2: Edit the drop to paste in the Log Entry from the cache page. If I had it to do again, I would do it a bit differently, but I don't want to change now. If I was to do it all over, I would delete the drop instead of the retreive, as it would be a bit cleaner. When I was in Catch Up mode, I added all the old entries with Notes to the cache page. The note explained to the owner what I was doing, because they would end up getting it in email. I would then delete the note since it is not needed and did nothing but clutter the cache pages. Link to comment
+shunra Posted April 5, 2004 Author Share Posted April 5, 2004 (edited) So... what you're doing in catch-up mode is exactly what I'm doing - I'm still in catch-up mode. The text I paste into the retrieve log should make no difference. Therefore: why am I not seeing arrows, wheras you are? Edited April 5, 2004 by Shunra Link to comment
+Right Wing Wacko Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 So... what you're doing in catch-up mode is exactly what I'm doing - I'm still in catch-up mode. The text I paste into the retrieve log should make no difference. Therefore: why am I not seeing arrows, wheras you are? My guess would some kind of glitch in the tracking software. I assume you have tried the "Recaclulate Milage" option. Jeremy? Link to comment
Jeremy Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 I'm scheduling the map builder to run again at 1:00pm. Wait until 2 and see if they have updated. Link to comment
+shunra Posted April 5, 2004 Author Share Posted April 5, 2004 So... what you're doing in catch-up mode is exactly what I'm doing - I'm still in catch-up mode. The text I paste into the retrieve log should make no difference. Therefore: why am I not seeing arrows, wheras you are? My guess would some kind of glitch in the tracking software. I assume you have tried the "Recaclulate Milage" option. Jeremy? Yep - made no difference in terms of arrows. It only reduced the total mileage so far by 0.2 miles. (What is that option for, anyway?) Jeremy, thanks for giving it your attention! FWIW, I have had no such problems with other TBs I have logged. Link to comment
+shunra Posted April 6, 2004 Author Share Posted April 6, 2004 I'm scheduling the map builder to run again at 1:00pm. Wait until 2 and see if they have updated. OK... I have waited until 11 pm, and they're still not there. Jeremy, could you take a look at http://www.geocaching.com/track/map.aspx?ID=63042? Thanks! Link to comment
Jeremy Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 It won't since there has been no new activity since november last year. I artificially modified the date so it will run at 1:00pm PST today. Link to comment
+shunra Posted April 7, 2004 Author Share Posted April 7, 2004 It won't since there has been no new activity since november last year. I artificially modified the date so it will run at 1:00pm PST today. But Jeremy, that's only because I am back-logging old finds - and November is the point where I stopped, as the lack of arrows was getting too frustrating. All the updates - from June to November 2003 - were made about a week ago. Link to comment
+shunra Posted April 13, 2004 Author Share Posted April 13, 2004 It won't since there has been no new activity since november last year. I artificially modified the date so it will run at 1:00pm PST today. But Jeremy, that's only because I am back-logging old finds - and November is the point where I stopped, as the lack of arrows was getting too frustrating. All the updates - from June to November 2003 - were made about a week ago. I apologize for bumping this up, but my TB still does not show up properly. While Jeremy is busy with the site overload problems, maybe someone can report similar problems with other TBs? Maybe they have somethign in common, so we could figure out what the problem is. I can't believe that just my TB needs debugging. Link to comment
+shunra Posted April 21, 2004 Author Share Posted April 21, 2004 bump... Jeremy, I trust that eventually you'll get to this... Link to comment
+shunra Posted April 27, 2004 Author Share Posted April 27, 2004 No fair. Everybody's TBs show up properly, except mine doesn't, and Jeremy has been ignoring me for weeks. Boohoohoohoo Link to comment
+shunra Posted May 8, 2004 Author Share Posted May 8, 2004 It won't since there has been no new activity since november last year. I artificially modified the date so it will run at 1:00pm PST today. But Jeremy, that's only because I am back-logging old finds - and November is the point where I stopped, as the lack of arrows was getting too frustrating. All the updates - from June to November 2003 - were made about a week ago. I apologize for bumping this up, but my TB still does not show up properly. While Jeremy is busy with the site overload problems, maybe someone can report similar problems with other TBs? Maybe they have somethign in common, so we could figure out what the problem is. I can't believe that just my TB needs debugging. Bump. Jeremy, could you find a moment to dealwith this? Link to comment
+shunra Posted May 15, 2004 Author Share Posted May 15, 2004 It won't since there has been no new activity since november last year. I artificially modified the date so it will run at 1:00pm PST today. But Jeremy, that's only because I am back-logging old finds - and November is the point where I stopped, as the lack of arrows was getting too frustrating. All the updates - from June to November 2003 - were made about a week ago. I apologize for bumping this up, but my TB still does not show up properly. While Jeremy is busy with the site overload problems, maybe someone can report similar problems with other TBs? Maybe they have somethign in common, so we could figure out what the problem is. I can't believe that just my TB needs debugging. Bump Jeremy, could you please debug my bug? I just want it to behave like other bugs... Link to comment
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