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Mystery cache symbols in GPS

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Hello,

I recently discovered that when I create a GPX in Virtual GPS, transfer it to the GPS (Garmin H1), the symbols on mystery caches are changed from a standard question mark to a treasure chest in the GPS. All other symbols are the real standard symbols. I can't find them specifically in any list either, but they still work as a cache in some way in the map itself. Tried with and without choosing to correct the coordinates. Same result. Very strange.

However, if I download an individual mystery cache from GC.com, it becomes a real question mark symbol in the GPS.

This has not been a problem before and I have not updated the firmware in the GPS. Something seems to have happened in the GPX manufacturing here at PGC or what could it be? Anyone else having the same problem?

*Update*

I downloaded an older built GPX file to see how it worked and in it the symbols are now correctly displayed. This is strong evidence that something has gone wrong recently in the GPX file manufacturing process here.
in Bug reports by Titanium (800 points)
edited by Titanium
Thanks for the bug report, the issue is because we renamed types internally to align better with Geocaching HQ (e.g. Mystery Cache instead of Unknown Cache). However we missed that Garmin devices will still expect the old name. We have made the adjustment, and it will be made live on the website shortly.
by Hügh (11.2k points)
Great! Thanks for the response and good support!
by Titanium (800 points)
Update:

I see that the fix has not been added yet so I did a little experiment. Opened the GPX file in notepad and replaced all Mystery Cache with Unknown Cache. This helped and the symbols became correct again. So while you wait for the changes to take place here at PGC.com, this is a fix you can do yourself until then.
by Titanium (800 points)
Good to hear that the fix can be confirmed. Due to other development work we had to hold this one back but it should be online by the end of the week.
by Hügh (11.2k points)

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