Problem With Gpx Country And State Tags

[+Teasel]

I've suddenly started receiving GPX files without populated Country and State tags. Here's an example from 106958.gpx:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<gpx xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="1.0" creator="Groundspeak Pocket Query" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/0 http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/0/gpx.xsd http://www.Groundspeak.com/cache/1/0 http://www.Groundspeak.com/cache/1/0/cache.xsd" xmlns="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/0">

  <desc>Geocache file generated by Groundspeak</desc>

  <author>Groundspeak</author>

  <email>contact@Groundspeak.com</email>

  <time>2004-09-03T22:58:30.7040624-07:00</time>

  <keywords>cache, geocache, Groundspeak</keywords>

  <bounds minlat="49.185367" minlon="-10.292167" maxlat="58.651333" maxlon="1.611983" />

  <wpt lat="50.7525" lon="-3.51485">

    <time>2004-04-02T00:00:00.0000000-08:00</time>

    <name>GCJ2QA</name>

    <desc>Exonhigh by Waaders, Traditional Cache (2/2.5)</desc>

    <url>http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=fc96feb9-91de-4f22-bc93-25a15590d929</url>

    <urlname>Exonhigh by Waaders</urlname>

    <sym>Geocache</sym>

    <type>Geocache|Traditional Cache</type>

    <Groundspeak:cache id="127763" available="True" archived="False" xmlns:Groundspeak="http://www.Groundspeak.com/cache/1/0">

      <Groundspeak:name>Exonhigh</Groundspeak:name>

      <Groundspeak:placed_by>Waaders</Groundspeak:placed_by>

      <Groundspeak:owner id="208450">waaders</Groundspeak:owner>

      <Groundspeak:type>Traditional Cache</Groundspeak:type>

      <Groundspeak:container>Micro</Groundspeak:container>

      <Groundspeak:difficulty>2</Groundspeak:difficulty>

      <Groundspeak:terrain>2.5</Groundspeak:terrain>

      <Groundspeak:country>

      </Groundspeak:country>

      <Groundspeak:state>

      </Groundspeak:state>

      <Groundspeak:short_description html="False">This is my first cache placed and it is to celebrate the finding of my first 30 caches. The cache is a small 5 inch tube, and at it's inception had within it a Silver Frog, some crayons, 4 x hexagonal 3 pences and some GPS batteries. (And the log) So small exchanges only please.<br>Be warned it can be muddy!! Wellington boots are recommended.</Groundspeak:short_description>

 

When I download the GPX file from the cache details page, both tags are correctly populated:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<gpx xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="1.0" creator="Groundspeak, Inc. All Rights Reserved. http://www.Groundspeak.com" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/0 http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/0/gpx.xsd http://www.Groundspeak.com/cache/1/0 http://www.Groundspeak.com/cache/1/0/cache.xsd" xmlns="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/0">

  <name>Cache Listing Generated from Geocaching.com</name>

  <desc>This is an individual cache generated from Geocaching.com</desc>

  <author>Account "Teasel" From Geocaching.com</author>

  <email>contact@geocaching.com</email>

  <url>http://www.geocaching.com</url>

  <urlname>Geocaching - High Tech Treasure Hunting</urlname>

  <time>2004-09-03T22:52:51.0317757-07:00</time>

  <keywords>cache, geocache</keywords>

  <bounds minlat="53.24955" minlon="-1.92558333333333" maxlat="53.24955" maxlon="-1.92558333333333" />

  <wpt lat="53.24955" lon="-1.92558333333333">

    <time>2002-09-07T00:00:00.0000000-07:00</time>

    <name>GC8B54</name>

    <desc>Grin-ning from 'ere to 'ere by Teasel, Multi-Cache (4/1.5)</desc>

    <url>http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=ad7227ec-fedf-42db-8699-20dcca44bf29</url>

    <urlname>Grin-ning from 'ere to 'ere</urlname>

    <sym>Geocache</sym>

    <type>Geocache|Multi-Cache</type>

    <Groundspeak:cache id="35668" available="True" archived="False" xmlns:Groundspeak="http://www.Groundspeak.com/cache/1/0">

      <Groundspeak:name>Grin-ning from 'ere to 'ere</Groundspeak:name>

      <Groundspeak:placed_by>Teasel</Groundspeak:placed_by>

      <Groundspeak:owner id="43129">Teasel</Groundspeak:owner>

      <Groundspeak:type>Multi-Cache</Groundspeak:type>

      <Groundspeak:container>Regular</Groundspeak:container>

      <Groundspeak:difficulty>4</Groundspeak:difficulty>

      <Groundspeak:terrain>1.5</Groundspeak:terrain>

      <Groundspeak:country>United Kingdom</Groundspeak:country>

      <Groundspeak:state>None</Groundspeak:state>

      <Groundspeak:short_description html="False">A short, two location multicache on the outskirts of Buxton.  The coordinates given are for the car park.</Groundspeak:short_description>

It's interesting that it only affects the emailed pocket queries, not those from the cache page, as a recent thread suggested that they both use the same code.

 

Does anyone know why this has suddenly started to happen? It's not just my queries - at least one other person is experiencing the same problem.

 

Cheers,

Ian

[+planetrobert]

probably has to do with this

[Jeremy]

Yeah, it was a similar issue. I corrected it this morning.

[+Teasel]

Yep, everything back to normal. Thanks Jeremy!