Project-GC Q&A - Recent questions and answers

Answered: What's with SARCRZY?

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 12:37:54 +0000

User has opted out of third party sharing of data, there's nothing unusual about that.

Answered: Paid member stats not refreshed since 29 May

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 12:36:39 +0000

When I try to view your profile stats it says you're opted out of third party sharing so I believe the setting you want is on this page: https://www.geocaching.com/account/settings/userprivacy

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: 81 grid no longer complete?

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:16:06 +0000

The feature is available for paying members only

Please read the wiki page https://project-gc.com/w/DTHistory

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: Map of D/T grids per area

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:38:05 +0000

This is available for countries at https://project-gc.com/Statistics/Overview

This data is pre-calculated as it would not be possible to calculate on request.

The easiest way to get the data you're asking for is doing a map compare for each D/T in the area or use virtual-gpses with creative filtering. Yes it takes time but that doesn't mean it's impossible.

Answered: Can the Checkers tell me the date I qualified?

Sun, 31 May 2026 22:22:19 +0000

No. That's a much more extensive calculation that requires much more "power" and it would not be reasonable.

You can use the filter "Log date" on the mapcompare to narrow down the search.

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: Wrong challenge checker for GCB9PM3

Fri, 29 May 2026 08:49:11 +0000

Disabled the tag. I also noticed that the CO have used an incorrect link for their cache page (the checker image is for tag 102763 and not the linked 102897). If you're in contact with the CO I would suggest you ask them to fix this as it's risk of causing similar confusions as people will have the green tick mark on the cache page but still might not fulfill the challenge.

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.

Answered: Map Compare will only show map, when the amound of caches are below 1500 (Milan Area)

Thu, 21 May 2026 09:36:50 +0000

This seems fixed with our latest release. Feel free to comment on my answer if you do not agree.

Answered: Coordonate in personnal note became corrected coordonate

Wed, 20 May 2026 17:19:55 +0000

If I'm understanding you question correctly this is just working as intended. You can read more about how corrected coordinates are fetched here: https://project-gc.com/Home/FAQ#3173226005

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?

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

Tue, 19 May 2026 15:29:24 +0000

Answered: GCBQ5N4 - checker for HIDDEN geocaches in foreign countries

Mon, 18 May 2026 07:38:29 +0000

1) This challenge is absolutely not allowed according to the guidelines as you can't require hiding caches. One of the better guidelines IMO.

2) This is not the forum for challenge requests. They should be made here (after reading the linked post): https://project-gc.com/forum/read?8,8362

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: Basic member owners can't verify Challenge checkers with PolyChecker because of Premium caches

Mon, 18 May 2026 07:28:27 +0000

The rules for the API-agreement says that Project-GC is not allowed to show premium caches to basic members so how you're supposed to verify a log under these circumstances is something you would have to discuss with Geocaching HQ.

Answered: Tabs have moved around

Fri, 15 May 2026 21:08:57 +0000

No, this was an intentional decision. Essentially, we believe it provides a more coherent ordering:

First, an overview of your finds (Finds, Milestones)
This is followed by Maps, followed by specific tabs that go into detail (FTF, Events, Challenges)
This is followed by Lab Caches, another "specific tab".
Finally, we follow up with statistics on Hides.
Souvenirs is pushed to the end as we plan to re-do the entire tab sometime soon.
BadgeGen is pushed to the end as it is a "Project-GC"-specific tab. It's also in some sense another "summary"/conclusion.

Answered: How do I find caches that I found that are archived

Fri, 15 May 2026 21:08:05 +0000

You can use the Map Compare tool, at https://project-gc.com/Tools/MapCompare.

Set your username in the first box, set "Show" to "Found by exactly one player", and then tick the box to include archived caches.

This will show active caches as well, but it is not possible to filter them out.

Issues sharing virtual gps with other paid members

Fri, 15 May 2026 18:54:10 +0000

I shared my virtual gps with a friend, he got the "conversation" that it was shared with him, but when he goes to view it by clicking on the link it gives him a completely different virtual gps with a different name and I don't have any virtual gps' with that name. He sent me a video showing me this weird issue, I could try to share if that would be helpful. And now I just had another friend tell me the same exact thing happened to her - a mutual friend shared a virutal gps with both of us. I had no issues getting to it and seeing it, but she could not get to it.

A follow up, I just went to a recent "conversation" and clicked on the link, it took me to a completely different virtual gps than the one in the shared "conversation". Tried again with a different "conversation" and it took me to the previous conversation's link. Its like the links do not match up with the conversations? Went to another older "conversation" and it also took me to a completely different virtual gps than the one it should have been tied to.

Let me know how I can help solve this issue.

An additional side note but it may be related, when I'm in virtual gps and I switch to a different virtual gps, the virtual gps up on the bar across the top of the page does not update to the new virtual gps I'm sitting on unless I refresh the page. I'll try to attach a photo, but I think I had issues doing so last time.

Typo in image titles for 2 attributes

Mon, 11 May 2026 19:22:10 +0000

In user profile stats page, https://project-gc.com/Profile/ProfileStats , in the last attributes section, among the negative attributes in the first table row there are attributes for:

Not a long hike ... what is above and greater than 10km , but image HTML title writes <10km
Not a medium hike ... what is less than 10km , but image HTML title writes >10km

But title for the images in the ProfileStats page has angle brackets (signs < and > ) is the opposite logic.

Screen shot of the image titles with the opposite angle brackets sign in the code: https://ibb.co/r2rBW2S8

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: Think the checker for GC5BF5 is ignoring (at least)Virtuals and Earthcaches

Sun, 10 May 2026 07:08:06 +0000

As you say, the cache description says "physically". The checker is limited to count cache types that have a physical container.

Answered: Bug in extremes by area?

Sat, 09 May 2026 18:26:56 +0000

No, it's not a bug. That means that you haven't found any of the extremes for Bavaria.

Answered: minor bug "Finds to May 6th for each year"

Fri, 08 May 2026 10:38:59 +0000

I've corrected the issues with the numbers but this will not be updated until the translations are updated the next time. There's no set time for when this happens.

Translations are made by volunteers so if something is "half translate" that means the person/persons that have volunteered to translate have not yet done so. If it's a language you have good knowledge of you can volunteer to translate yourself. More info about that can be found here: https://project-gc.com/Home/FAQ#1352555043

Regarding the black number on "Finds by found date" that's an intended feature. The smallest number on the calendar is black while the others are white. This is to help you easily identify what days you need to work on to improve the calendar. The same feature is available on some of the other stats too, such as the D/T-matrix for example.

Answered: Not Found Cache not appearing on the Not Found map...

Fri, 08 May 2026 10:04:45 +0000

As it's now showing my guess would be that this was related to the data not having been fetched yet. Project-GC needs to know that the cache exists before it shows up so this will generally not be instant.

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: 81er Matrix in 2 verschiedenen Ländern voll

Thu, 07 May 2026 18:30:04 +0000

Hier ist der Checker. https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GCBPER5/114755

Nächstes Mal bitte das Checker-Forum nutzen. https://project-gc.com/forum/list?8

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.

Suggestion to new statistics

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:23:16 +0000

I have a suggestion to a new statistics:

An overview of active caches in a region, placed by year and number of you have found of those.

It is already possible to have an overview by caches in a region or city and you can filter by active caches and a period when they were placed.

For example: you have a choicebox with country and region, and then the result is a table by year:

Year	Active caches	Found by user
2000	8	6
2001	19	12
2002	35	16
2003	48	22
...	...	...
2025	1105	805

The idea for this statistics is when a logged the oldest caches for a specific region. When i found all of them from 2000, i logged those from 2001,... so at the moment i have found all the caches in my region places between 2000-2010 and i want to log those from 2011 this year.

Answered: Why is https://project-gc.com/Challenges/87689 recently producing an Error: Caught exception ?

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:11:52 +0000

You should reach out to bmuzzin as it's their script and they will be able to fix it.

Answered: Why is it that caches in Northern Ireland don't count as UK?

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:10:30 +0000

Project-GC mirrors the countries of Geocaching.com and since they've chosen to have the whole island of Ireland as one country Project-GC has to do the same. You can read about Geocaching.com's reasoning here: http://https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=92&pgid=98

Map of challenge caches

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:12:12 +0000

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: what happened to the "degrees from home" statistic?

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:35:51 +0000

It looks like there's a bug, where if you have your "Home Location-Based Module Privacy" setting set to "Friends only", that doesn't include yourself. This has been fixed in code, and will be released to the site shortly.

Answered: Bug? Event host count wrong

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:25:06 +0000

As far as I can see, four of your events lack Attended logs. Some because they haven't happend yet, others because they were cancelled. Either way, Project-GC only counts events that actually had participants.

Answered: County boundary processing rules per country – seeking documentation

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:07:27 +0000

This will not be possible as this data differs between different countries and is updated when needed.

1) Depends on the data available, different for different countries.

2) Depends on the data available, different for different countreis.

3) No. The regions were counstructed to match the regions available on geocaching.com, they are a montrosity and I hate them.

4) I don't understand this question. But my guess is: if they are countries on Geocaching.com then no, if they aren't then yes.

5) No. This was based on manual research over a period of ~three months and have since been updated multiple times. What you're asking for do not exist and is not possible to create or keep updated. Even if you manage to match it exactly today it might differ tomorrow or next week and it will be guaranteed to not match next year.

Answered: discrepancy in profile stats and needed found date tool

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:02:55 +0000

There's a subtle different between these two tables. On the profile, you find "events by event date". With Needed found dates, you find events by found date. This means that whenever you have logged an event on the wrong date (which used to be possible, but can't be done now), there will be differences between these two tables.

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: Ich brauche den GC-Code des ältesten Caches der Grösse Sonstige im Kanton Solothurn. Ist archiviert

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 02:24:52 +0000

That would likely be:

https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCRMR8_holzbrucke-3-oensingen-so

Answered: Profile does not exist

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 02:22:13 +0000

This happens if the user has entirely opted-out of third-party data-sharing. To us, their "profile does not exist".

This error message will be improved in the next release of Profile stats.

Answered: archived caches in an area

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 12:39:44 +0000

Playing around with the map compare function - as suggested by Optimist on the Run

Putting my ID in the first box and nothing in the second player box

Then

when I select the 'Found by one player' option in the 'show' box - it shows just caches (active and archived) I have found and no other

and when I select 'Found by both players' - nothing appears, anywhere !

when I select the 'geocaches found by no player' (which seems very specific ) in the show box - resulting in nothing that I didn't know about in the area in question (but does populate with caches further afield (and they are ones I haven't found) - so presumably that means there is nothing more to be listed in that small area I am looking at and I have therefore identified everything that has been placed in that location, ever.

Nice

Answered: Map counties shows counties as unfound while I do have founds in that county. How come?

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 20:23:49 +0000

never mind. Saw the error. PICNIC

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.)