Project-GC Q&A - Recent questions and answers in Support and help

Is it possible to get a .csv of my geocache finds?

Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:31:37 +0000

I am working a lot with google sheets to track my geocaching. I know you can download .csv files from the Virtual GPS, but is it possible to get a .csv file of my geocache finds? I think the Virtual GPS has a limit to the number of lines in can export.

Answered: Checker for cache GCBX72P

Sat, 29 Aug 2026 08:58:53 +0000

Hi, You will have to ask here for your checker: https://project-gc.com/forum/list?8

Answered: Hi, I need some help with a challenge checker for my cache GCBTBZ6.

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 03:56:47 +0000

You need to update the link on your geocache listing to https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GCBTBZ6. You can generate some HTML for this using the "Link" button on the right side of the page.

In the future, please use the dedicated Challenge checker forum for questions related to Challenge checkers: https://project-gc.com/forum/index?3

Answered: Geachte wij willen een chalange maken en hebben begrepen dat we dat hier ergens moeten doen.

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:35:27 +0000

You can do so here, at the Challenge Checker request forum:

https://project-gc.com/forum/list?8

self-support refresh number of finds

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 19:56:44 +0000

Answered: Gps position

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 16:19:56 +0000

This is not a function that's available, so no

Answered: Checker issue

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 11:23:27 +0000

Checker requests should be posted in the challenge checker forum.

Anyway I ask @vogelbird, who created the tag, to fix it to only allow finds in the UK.

Answered: Help with a quick edit to a tag

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 22:37:41 +0000

I have updated the tag for you.

In the future, you can post in the challenge-checker-specific forum, here: https://project-gc.com/forum/index?3

Answered: Wie werden die Lab-Caches bei einer Fundzahl von über 1.000 an einem Tag in der Jahresübersicht angezeigt?

Sat, 08 Aug 2026 22:28:22 +0000

k stands for kilo, so 1k is 1000. Meaning 1k3 would be read as 1003.

Answered: Finding hidden date returns no results

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 21:36:56 +0000

The Hidden Date tool will only look for caches for hidden calendar dates you have no finds for.

I think that the best way to do what you want would probably be to use the map compare tool with hidden calendar day filter (though that one is for paying members of Project-GC only AFAIK).

Answered: Move caches in live map to a list

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 16:28:17 +0000

It turns out that one can draw a line around the caches of interest, and export those to a Virtual GPS. It would still be nice to have a list, but the drawn polygon gives at least a two step solution without opening another search query.

Answered: Lost cloned script

Sat, 25 Jul 2026 21:24:22 +0000

I think that if you would give us the GC-code of your challenge, we could be able to find your cloned tag and give the link for it to you.

EDIT: I think I found it. Is it this one: https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GCBV96T/117653 ?

Answered: Is there a way to search challenges by difficulty rating?

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 20:01:37 +0000

This feature does not exist.

While I understand that completing your challenge difficulty grid is an appealing goal, I would advise against it. For one, challenge difficulty ratings are recalculated regularly, and can lower if more people are qualifying/finding the cache and can rise if the opposite happens. Challenge caches also lose their difficulty score some time after they are archived.

You can read more about the formula used to calculate challenge difficulty at https://project-gc.com/w/Challenge_difficulty.

Answered: Why do Project-GC need access to the Gallery?

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:32:35 +0000

Because it's used in some PGC functions, and because it's a bit "all or nothing"

How to unhide statistics?

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:34:30 +0000

On my profile stats-page I get the warning "Your statistics are not visible to others!" If I expand the settings below and uncheck the checkbox "Completely hide my statistics from others" and click on "Save" nothing happens. When I refresh the page the warning is still shown and the checkbox checked again.

Answered: Could someone please update the checker for GCBNNAD? Germany has 401 "districts" (Landkreise). Many thanks.

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 22:12:36 +0000

For future you should make your requests regarding challenge checkers in the checker forum.

Anyway since it is very difficult if not impossible to modify cloned checker tags, I made a new one with proper values: https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GCBNNAD/117240

Please check if this new tag satisfies you, thanks!

Also I'm asking someone like Vogelbird to disable the old incorrect tag.

Answered: Twist and Shout Challenge GCABG9C checker doesn't work. Can someone fix it?

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 19:54:31 +0000

It works for me.

Either way the correct way to report an error would be to contact the person that tagged the checker directly.

Answered: When I create a route, can I show it on a map after? Can I export it

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 17:37:32 +0000

Unfortunately, not. Once created, the only thing that you can do with them is use them in filters

Answered: Find count not updating for specific cache

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 10:46:27 +0000

My guess would be that this is related to the most recent finder option out of third party data sharing.

Answered: nach welchen Kriterien wird "die höchste Fund-Prozentzahl"ausgewertet?

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 10:45:29 +0000

I might be misunderstanding something due to the language difference here, but when I check the mentioned profile stats I'm seeing:

Floh1967: 1809 finds in Braunschweig, 157%
GeoTschorny: 1735 finds in Braunschweig, 151%

So apart from the numbers looking correct we can determine that 1% will be around 11.5 caches in this area which means that a difference of 3 finds would likely just round to the same percentages anyway.

Answered: How many active geocaches in a country, at a past date

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 08:34:31 +0000

You can use filters to look for caches that were published before that date and archived afterwards.

Edit - looking at in more closely, it doesn't seem that you can directly filter by archived date. An alternative would be to put all caches published before that date into VGPS and sort by archived date, then delete all those archived before the date.

Answered: Landkreis Karte

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 09:14:36 +0000

Bei mir funktioniert es. Du musst auf den Landkreis klicken und dann musst du auswählen zwischen deinen gefundenen und den ungefundenen Caches im jeweiligen Landkreis ("Zeige ungefundene Caches in ...").

Answered: Challenges im VGPS sammeln

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 18:00:04 +0000

You're following instructions that was made by ai or somebody else with issues of hallucinations as there's no checkbox and that's not possible.

The easiest way to do this is to copy all the caches (make sure you get the GC-codes, it doesn't matter that you get allt he other stuff like names and dates etc). Then paste all that in the box you get when you click "Action" -> "Add geocaches" on a VGPS. Click "Add" and you're done.

Challenge Checkers no longer have green check mark when I qualify on geocaching webpage

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 04:10:35 +0000

I have the firefox browser extension added and in the menu I have "Add challenge checkers' option checked. I am no longer seeing the green check mark on the checker as I once did. Did something change or do I need to change another setting. Even after I run the checker manually and pass I still do not get the green check mark on the geocaching.com web page.

Answered: D/T matrix of a specific cache type

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 13:15:45 +0000

You can use the map D/T-tool and a custom filter for this, the easiest way is to use a name of somebody that haven't logged any caches in the area (for example a zero finds account or somebody that hasn't been to the area), the issue however is that there are over 1000 challenge caches in the area so you would have to make multiple searches and use a Vgps and some manual work to figure out the actual numbers.

Answered: i cloned a checker, now i can't get it to open

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 14:08:17 +0000

The link is https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GCBRM81/116385

Use this procedure to place the checker on the listing

1. Open the link as provided

2. Click on in the "link" button on the right

3. Copy the code for the third option and paste it into your cache description

(You might need to first click on the green button above the description to put it in the right mode.)

4. Save & preview and submit for publication once you're happy with it.

If you don't see the usual challenge check icon you might need to click the Source button above the cache description box before you paste the code.

Answered: Is there a tool that suggests local caches that I have not found for hidden months for jasmer

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 11:08:12 +0000

Use https://project-gc.com/Tools/MapHiddenMonth?pre_pr_profileName=SB_Dave&post_crc_country=United+States&post_crc_region=California&post_crc_county=Ventura+County+%28CA%29&submit=Filter

Answered: What counts as a longer log? I'm trying to up my stats for the author badge but I don't understand how this badge works.

Sat, 06 Jun 2026 18:59:50 +0000

You can read more information in the wiki page @ https://project-gc.com/w/The_Author

Answered: 366 year streak

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:43:28 +0000

1) Checker request should be made in the checker request forums after reading the linked post: https://project-gc.com/forum/read?8,8362

2) This checker is possible but it's not allowed. According to the guidelines a streak can be a maximum of 365 days and it's not allowed to exclude caches based on any criteria. So you're not allowed to make it "UK only" and you're not allowed to exclude ALs.

Answered: A checker 75 found on the Aland Islands please. All types excluding ALCs.

Sat, 30 May 2026 09:57:26 +0000

Please request your challenge checker in the checker forum https://project-gc.com/forum/list?8

Also read https://project-gc.com/forum/read?8,8362,8362#msg-8362

Answered: Lua Checker for distance from home coordinates

Fri, 29 May 2026 09:42:53 +0000

Distance from home coordinates is not an allowed challenge as that would be a privacy issue.

Also checker requests are done in this forum, after reading the linked post: https://project-gc.com/forum/read?8,8362

Answered: How do I find a filter for caches with specifik attributes?

Fri, 29 May 2026 08:40:07 +0000

This is easily done at Geocaching.com with their filtering. Or use a map compare (don't compare against anybody), select all in the Show-filter and add the attribute filter.

Answered: Map Not Found Caches does not show unfound caches

Fri, 29 May 2026 08:37:52 +0000

I checked two of the caches on your list. One had been found already, the other hadn't been found and it's showing up on the map. Since everything seems to be working correctly I don't see a reason to check the other caches as this just sounds like the data hadn't been fetched when you checked. The map can be several hours behind and sometimes even more when it comes to newly published caches.

paying member getting timed out

Tue, 19 May 2026 18:41:51 +0000

I am a paid member and have done a statistic request over 10 times and still get timed out. Why? What's the point?

Answered: An update has removed the project-GC link that adds county info to cache pages. how do I get it back?

Mon, 18 May 2026 07:35:57 +0000

This sounds like the userscript which is added with tampermonkey/greasemonkey/similar. It's working for me so you would need to supply more information if we're gonna help you find the issue.

I'm on Brave and have not seen any issues. Make sure you've allowed the addon to run scripts as that's something that changed recently.

Answered: Ältester Geocache im Kanton Solothurn

Mon, 18 May 2026 07:33:23 +0000

You're looking for the tool Oldest/MostFP/MostFound: https://project-gc.com/Tools/MapOldestMostFPMostFound

But the answer is: https://coord.info/GCHBGR

Answered: Ich habe keine Möglichkeit Checks durchzuführen, da irgend eine Einstellung gesetzt ist, welche dies unterbindet.

Mon, 11 May 2026 11:54:45 +0000

The message I get when trying to visit your profile stats is that you've opted out of 3rd party data sharing, this is done at Geocaching.com. Have you checked your settings there too?

Answered: 81er Matrix in 2 verschiedenen Ländern

Thu, 07 May 2026 18:31:39 +0000

Double request see https://project-gc.com/qa/?qa=31350/81er-matrix-in-2-verschiedenen-landern-voll

Answered: mindestens 10 st Caches, welche tiefer als 100 m unter Meeresspiegel

Wed, 06 May 2026 19:21:35 +0000

Is resolved by direct contact

Answered: My stats are not showing correctly.

Mon, 04 May 2026 15:42:47 +0000

Your friend have opted to include caches on the official ignore list and you have opted to exclude it and since GC2PPNP is on the list you're getting this result. This can be changed in the profile stats settings.

Answered: Project-gc via the macro "Geocaching.com + Project-GC" states that I have two logs registered on a cache.

Sun, 03 May 2026 20:48:22 +0000

You seem to be misunderstanding what "You have 2 logs according to Project-GC" means. An announcement is a log, a note is a log, a DNF is a log. Having multiple logs on caches is normal, expected and does not have any general effect on your total amount of caches.

If you've updated an attended log to a write note log there might be a delay in the system before that's caught, but the script has nothing to do with that. If you're still seeing the issue my advice would be to use the self support-button to refresh your cache finds or the specific cache.

Answered: Warum funktioniert der Project-GC-Checker nicht bei mir als Basismitglied?

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 03:04:55 +0000

You need to enable the override for Project-GC at https://www.geocaching.com/account/settings/userprivacy.

For more information, see https://forums.geocaching.com/GC/index.php?/topic/432914-release-notes-website-privacy-settings-project-gc-february-18-2026/.

Answered: Fehlendes AddOn bei BadgeGen

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:32:00 +0000

As far as I can see, you have found 58 caches that are T5 and have the Boat attribute. Diamond level for the Rugged badge is 150 caches, so that means that you need 150 T5 caches with the Boat attribute to get the Boad addon.

Answered: Ich suche den GC-Code des ältesten Cache in der Grösse sonstige weltweit.

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:37:06 +0000

The oldest active "Other" size cache worldwide is GC12 hidden 2000-05-12

The second oldest "Other" size cache worldwide is GC39 hidden 2000-05-26

Answered: missing D/T only for separate matrices of different types, sizes, etc.

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:33:09 +0000

No need to answer a separate topic for a follow-up question. I've added a forgotten link to my answer to your original question, which should clear up any misunderstandings. (The problem is that you use the postfilter where you should use the prefilter.)

Answered: Missing D/T combinations for individual geocache types

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:26:27 +0000

Sure. You can use the Map D/T Matrix page for that. Here is an example that shows which combos you don't have and give suggestions within Sweden for them. Just change to another area in the post-filter if you want suggestions elsewhere.

Why doesn't the virtual GPS button show up on the 360 tool map?

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 17:20:46 +0000

I am an active member and have used the 360 tool to identify sectors where I need to find caches. When I select a sector on the map, I can see the available caches within that sector, but I do not see the virtual GPS icon on the map to be able to select the lasso tool. I can add caches to my active virtual GPS one at a time by clicking on the cache icon and then selecting the add to GPS icon, though that is terribly inefficient.

Answered: Has loops disappeared in the Map - D/T Matrix tool?

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:27:14 +0000

It's called "Loop number" now, but it's still there. Note that you need to look in the Add filter box for prefilters, not postfilters.

Answered: how do I get log change notifications?

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:13:40 +0000

You can go to the forum (i.e. here) by clicking the yellow Support button on any page and then selecting Comunity support.

Answered: I can not get in to Olefant, and I am paying member. It comes with my whife FruFant.

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 21:03:51 +0000

Have you checked your privacy settings at Geocaching.com so that they allow to share data with Project-GC? That would be my guess about what's wrong here.