Project-GC Q&A - Recent questions tagged country

Where can I find a list of the oldest geocache for each country - list used by PGC for checkers

Fri, 13 Feb 2026 14:56:20 +0000

When traveling, some countries have multiple caches hidden the same day (Bahamas has 4 caches hidden Jan 13, 2003) Where is the list PGC uses to determine you have the lodest in a country

Mise à jour d'un checker

Sat, 29 Nov 2025 15:27:18 +0000

Bonjour

Le checker pour mon challenge n'est plus à jour car les communes du canton ont évoluées.

https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC8FMQD

Je cherche qqun pour le modifier.

Merci de votre soutien.

Guillaume

Is it possible to automatically check challenges in a region or country?

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 17:36:50 +0000

I have read the procedure Project-GC uses to auto check the challenges nearby your home address in this topic: Auto-challenge-checkers

Now am I planning a trip to Sweden and I was wondering if it possible to let project-GC check if you fulfill challenges in a particular region? It is mentioned as a future topic, but I understand it is hard to complete all wishes at the same time to this site.

Thank you for your help,

Greetings GonzAlex

country badges banner

Tue, 07 May 2024 18:14:16 +0000

Hi!

I found the badges banner for my profile. Is it possible to get a "country badge banner" also? this would be nice.

greetz

Enhancement request - Virtual GPS - show superunit(s) in group header

Wed, 17 Apr 2024 19:26:11 +0000

I very often group the VGPS list by country, region or county. The group headers will contain the grouping element, all groups are sorted alphabetically by this element.

Example: the list contains caches from several countries and is grouped by county.

The groups of the different counties are sorted alphabetically across the individual countries and are not grouped together in supergroups (which would be the optimal improvement :-)

Since the latter is certainly not so easy to realize, my wish would be to place the names of the region and the country to which the respective county belongs in the group header after the name of the county. When grouping by region, this only applies to the name of the country.

This would allow you to quickly recognize which countries and regions many unknown counties belong to.

Thanks Ulf

view FTF in map?

Sun, 13 Aug 2023 11:44:00 +0000

With BadgeGen you can see in which countries you've found an FTF. But is there a way to see this on a map as well, on country, region and/or county scale?

Crimea - where it belongs

Tue, 02 May 2023 08:12:06 +0000

Hi, I was going through some old stats and noticed that on your maps, Crimea is not marked as part of Ukraine; why? Sure, it has been occupied since 2014, yet even geocaching.com mark it as part of Ukraine (click any geocaches in the area, and it shows Ukraine).

switching tabs in stats and maps removal

Sun, 23 Apr 2023 11:00:43 +0000

Hi, I would like to modify the stats profile just as I had it in GSAK (current profile)

First tab is to be maps, and in the following order
- map of the world
- map of the Europe
- link to external map
- and finally first cache by country list

as for the rest, it can stay - and I also want to remove (not showing) all the country maps, including regions, etc .. I don't want to see that in my stats :-D

you say that you are inspired by "FindStatGen" from GSAK .. but the original is quite simple to be modified, unlike the one here .. can you help, pls? (and yes, I am paying member

How to create a BadgeBar with the flags of my visited countries ?

Sun, 15 May 2022 19:47:47 +0000

Hello,

My question is in the title : how can I create a banner with the flags of my visited countries for my GC-profile ? I have already the BadgeBar but I want more...

Thank you for your help. Best regards.

Youk

Map for Fiji displays whole world

Thu, 07 Apr 2022 12:02:09 +0000

In ProfileStats, the map generated for Fiji looks a bit useless... I guess they straddle the 180° line, can the map boundaries be wrapped around that line so that only relevant territory is shown?

See https://project-gc.com/dimages/ps_map2.php?mapHash=2c874238475b07802260203fcdc88142d8fc2921

Profile Stats "Maps": Click on country name to go directly to the map of the country

Sun, 20 Mar 2022 08:07:31 +0000

Feature Request:

The country list in profile stats --> maps under the world map could be links to the specific map. If you click for example on "United States", you will go directly to the US map and don't have to scroll down manually.

WA logs on Mega by country

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 12:37:19 +0000

I'm solving a mystery cache and need to know country of each cacher who logged Will Attend on one specified Megaevent, already realized and archived. Does exist any possibility how to gain this list via PGC?

Thanks

New Filter in Map D/T tool for country

Fri, 12 Nov 2021 07:46:29 +0000

I would like to have the possibility to filter my D/T matrix by country, so I can see which combinations I miss receiving the 81 AddOn on the specific country badge.

The Location filter does not help as it only limits the search for the next loop to the specific county but does not filter my already found caches

Or maybe easier: How does my matrix look like only counting caches from one specific country?

Thanks in Advance

Non-consistent map statistics in Crimea

Thu, 11 Nov 2021 10:36:05 +0000

I logged this cache in Crimea: https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC50FM6_sudak

According to the statistics in my Profile stats - Maps - World map, I have 1 find in Ukraine: https://yadi.sk/i/5Ht0gg0S5dNMtQ

But in the bottom of the page it shows me Ukraine with 0 regions and 0 counties logged. And according to that map Crimea is not included in Ukraine: https://yadi.sk/i/ye59fmGnKPRBNQ

Crimea exists as a county in Russia, but it also shows 0 finds there: https://yadi.sk/i/7ULbt-HMACVv3Q

Moreover, if you click on Crimea, you can see only 6 caches there, even though there are more in the region: https://yadi.sk/i/bXoJGqFBRPgtuw (and 0 caches in Sevastopol)

I don't want any political discussion here please :) I just want caches in Crimea to be shown in one country, region and county, so the statistics can be consistent.

Country Badges - Missing Country

Mon, 02 Aug 2021 11:07:50 +0000

Hello, today is Monday and on Saturday I was in Salzburg (Austria). For Example: GC920H0, GC7B9WZ

But I miss Austria in the Profile Stats for the Country Badges.

Why is that?

Many greetings!

how can I find my founds in different countrys

Tue, 27 Jul 2021 09:14:31 +0000

UPDATE: Country Badges

Sun, 07 Mar 2021 11:59:55 +0000

Hi everyone,
the country badges have been updated slightly.
They now feature larger and simpler flags, which reduces file size and traffic. The font size on the ribbon has been enlarged on most countries as well (there are a few countries with very long names that still have a smaller font, but most have been upped by 15-25%).

The flags are now larger, more uniform and in many parts more abstract. The idea is to not necessariliy have the perfect, official flag (can't be done anyway, as the medals are round), but a set of icons that is easily identifiable and provides all info at first glance.

I have also updated the "all counties"-AddOn, it is now a little different checkmark.

As always: if you spot some errors or if you have any ideas feel free to comment, give constructive feedback.

What's next?
We are currently in the process of reworking the Maps section, both visually and the underlying OSM data. No updates on current issues will be made until the rework is done.

The Belt system will be reworked, too. First ideas have been collected, but this will be targeted somewhat later this year. We do not want to downgrade current levels, but rather expand and streamline the current system.

What country am I assigned to?

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 17:25:15 +0000

Hi,

When I look at my profile stats (pantadeusz), the first country that shows up is Ireland. I have previously lived in Ireland and it used to be the country where I have the most finds, but that has not been the case for a while. I am wondering by which metric is the first country displayed in a person's stats decided?

Thanks

Option in hidden month tool to filter finds by country or region to - or custom query to accomplish same

Sun, 19 Jul 2020 07:06:34 +0000

Can you add an option to the Hidden Month tool to only consider months 'found' if the caches are from a certain country or region? Or is there a custom filter that can be used to accomplish the same?

I'd like to use this option or custom query to create a list of caches to fulfill a challenge like https://coord.info/GC3T5TN (checker: https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC3T5TN/2542), without having to go through each missing month one by one.

Profile stats/Hides, title 'Finders by country' report more the 'Founds by country of finders'

Fri, 17 Jul 2020 07:53:46 +0000

In Statistics/Profile Stat tab 'Hides' chapter 'Finders by country'

As the count is on 'founds' and not on 'finders' This title would be better 'Founds by country of finders'

It would be nice to have the same tailored to report effectively the country of finders for finders, not for founds

Can the output of this "type by country" checker be made suitable to display on a profile please?

Wed, 15 Apr 2020 22:39:22 +0000

I love this capability as I have been trying to increase my number of cache types found by country. It would be really cool if the output could be made suitable to display on a profile, is this possible please?

Note that this question relates to this checker https://project-gc.com/Challenges//26427

Help needed: Country Badges - flag issues

Mon, 23 Mar 2020 19:56:48 +0000

I have started working on the Country Badges for BadgeGen and the new version will feature all territories currently counted by GC HQ. However, I am running into the situation that there are territories listed as unique "states or countries" that are actually part of another country. Or that there are territories listed that don't have flag at all.

Before I am listing all the issues, I'd like to state my concern: We need help in deciding how to handle these cases. There will be no "universal" solution for all cases and you will see why. I'd like to use a regional flag where possible to distinguish the badges as best as I can (because having e.g. several French flags would look strange). But then there might be the question of which to use. What we want to avoid is any too political situation (like a revolutionary flag, or so) or any cultural offense. That's why we are asking for help.

I will post an overview of all issues and one seperate answer for each territory, so you can comment directly.

FRANCE

All French Overseas Territories are parts of France and offically use the French flag.

Réunion: has several unofficial state and proposed flags, and an unoffical regional flag, which BadgeGen currently uses
French Guiana: has an old flag, which is still used in sports
Guadeloupe: has several unoffical flags, one regional flag (currently in use for BG)
Martinique: there is a new flag used for sporting events, BG currently uses the old Coat of Arms
Mayotte: has an unofficial flag, but used as state flag (current BG)
Saint-Martin: has no flag at all
Saint-Barthélemy: has an unofficial flag and is used
Saint Pierre and Miquelon: has an unofficial flag, but none used
Wallis and Futuna: has an unofficial flag and is used
French Southern and Antarctic Territories (this one actually has a flag!)

AUSTRALIA

Heard Island and McDonald Islands: has no flag, uninhabitated

UNITED STATES

United States Minor Outlying Islands: some islands have their own flags, but none as a group

NETHERLANDS

Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba: Carribbean Netherlands, all three have their own flags, but none as a group, but they are grouped as a territory on GC.com

NORWAY

Bouvet Island: has no flag, uninhabitated
Svalbard and Jan Mayen: has no flag

ADDENDUM: I'm getting alerted to several countries that currently have a BadgeGen Badge, but showing no flag. It is most likely they are on the current list from HQ, which I am using. So these territories will get a proper badge. The reason they don't have one right now is that the territory has been added to the list after Kyle had provided the icons, which were never updated by PGC.

Thanks in advance for any input! :)

clappy

PS: Here is a Sneak Peek of the new Country Badges:

Ideas for Country Badges

Tue, 03 Mar 2020 16:32:36 +0000

I like the new style of the Badges very much!

Do you think about redesigning the Country Badges in the same style?

What's with AddOns for Country Badges (e.g. 81, 366, 29, FTF, ...)?

How can I list every cache that I’ve found in a specific country?

Sun, 29 Dec 2019 21:29:10 +0000

Is there a way to list every cache that I have found in another specific country? I know that there is a list of total numbers found under the maps but can’t find a way to list all the caches that I’ve found.

I’m particularly interested in finding out how many different cache types that I’ve found. I know there is a challenge cache checker for multiple countries x 8 types but I can’t find a way to list all types or caches in every country once you achieve the challenge.

Thanks in advance

Filter in found caches - cache types by country

Sun, 27 Oct 2019 12:58:16 +0000

I wanted to set filter on my found caches to see count (or list) of cache types found in each country (ev. filter country/region to see found cache types there) - is there any filter? thx.

list of cache types in all countrys I found

Fri, 19 Jul 2019 20:54:20 +0000

Hello, can I create a list oft cache-types in all countrys I found?

Thanks in advance

Olaf from Schwerin / Germany

Sark country is not assigned to Europe

Tue, 25 Jun 2019 19:30:08 +0000

Hi,

as it happens we found a "new" European country - Sark - on geocaching.com web site. At Project-GC it is included as country in the list for Top Finders. In the Profile stats it is included in the World map (btw w/o flag), but it is missing in Europe map and possibly also in the list of 54 Europe countries. Findings in Sark are not included in the Guernsey ones (what is correct). I tested it on the "spuzva" profile.

Could it be possible to add Sark as 55th European country?

Thanks

Ivan

Suggestion: New Map Country Report

Tue, 30 Apr 2019 20:45:49 +0000

The Map tools - Map Regions & Map Counties are very useful. However having mapped various countries I am thinking it would be useful to have one level above the Map Regions. That of Map Countries.

The idea would be to have each country shaded green or red as per the previous maps but on a COUNTRY by country basis. The selector could be continents so North America/South America/Europe/Asia/Africa/Oceania/Antartica then the map would show say all of Europe and shade in red or green according to whether the country had been cached in.

The beauty of this sort of report is that the data already exists in the database and the outline polygons for the maps already exist. Particularly for Europe with its little pockets of countries and territories this would be a useful report. So it wouldn't take much to add this feature,

It could even be used as a teaser report for showing what paying members get in more detail with map regions and map counties encouraging further subscriptions.

BadgeGen - flag-badge for Gibraltar

Tue, 16 Apr 2019 06:45:06 +0000

It apears as there is missing some data for the flag-badge for Gibraltar - Gibraltar only has one region, so it looks like a quick-fix ;-)

Feature request: Statistics->Maps: Country Matrix

Fri, 13 Jul 2018 12:44:05 +0000

A "country/cache-type" Matrix style statistics (Perhaps it could used instead of the current country/sum, below world-map)

Country	Trad	Myst	Multi	Ape	Virt	CITO	Mega	Giga	Sum per country
Denmark	12312	4321	7		12	32	4
Sweden	321	123	5		22	12	2
Germany	123	99	3		41	8	2	2
Brazil	12	43	1	1
Sum per type

Feature request: Statistics->Maps: Border crossing patchwork

Fri, 13 Jul 2018 12:25:15 +0000

Feature request: Statistics->Maps
This is not my original idear, but a plugin for GSAK: FSGPlugin_CountryPatchwork
Each time you cross a boarder, you get a new flag

Country borders crossed

2008

2009

Caches born in international waters error?

Fri, 20 Apr 2018 19:24:18 +0000

When looking at Map NESW/Oldest for country = New Zealand we see the most northern cache is a ground speak test cache about 10,000km away, off the coast of the USA. That cache does not have a country specified. Is New Zealand the home of caches born in international waters? Else could whatever is allowing that cache to be included be repaired please.

Bug in country name

Mon, 12 Feb 2018 00:06:20 +0000

I was just having a look at https://project-gc.com/Profile/ProfileStats?profile_name=KateBum&getprofile=Get+profile#Maps and noticed that Morocco is listed twice, once with their flag and once with the Belarus flag. I then checked the translations and found that Belarus was translated as Morocco in Australian English (no idea why). I've submitted a new translation, but the old one seems to still be used.

Lab caches and first cache by country: one lingering bug

Tue, 21 Nov 2017 12:49:16 +0000

I see three of the bugs that resulted from adding lab caches to stats are gone: my header has the correct count, my milestones are accurate, and I no longer have a blank country showing up in First cache by country for lab caches.

One bug still remains: by removing lab caches from the calculus for First cache by country, it creates a discrepancy between that list and the regular milestones. GC5PN1W shows correctly in my milestones list as our 8000th find, but in First cache by country, it shows incorrectly as our 7990th.

Perhaps giving users a way to manually add location data for lab caches would help fix this?

Which countries and requirements for badges are there?

Sat, 07 Oct 2017 15:57:38 +0000

I cached all regions of Hong Kobg, but still didn't get the Diamond Badge. Is there a list over
1. All countries
2. A list ofer all the regions in a country and
3. The requirement for each country to get the different badges??

Tampermonkey Extension - Found logs per country according to Project-GC.com

Sun, 10 Sep 2017 09:16:04 +0000

Hello, Project-gc.com Tampermonkey extension is very useful on cache page. Especially Found logs per country according to Project-GC.com - the country flags with number of cache loggers per country, shown above cache page logbook.

It would be great and useful, if the flag would be clickable - filtering logs from particular country.

Bug report: Europe, North America showing "countries found in Asia"

Sun, 23 Jul 2017 15:14:19 +0000

Looks like a little error in the text for continental maps. Both Europe and North America are purporting to show me the countries I have found in Asia.

BadgeGen shows St. Kitts Country badge. But the flag picture is missing.

Thu, 29 Jun 2017 11:21:44 +0000

How do I find out what Country Batches there are in Europe

Thu, 18 May 2017 06:56:28 +0000

I was trying to figure out what Country Batches there are in Europe, I know of Isle of Man, Jersey, San Marino etc. Recently I found that Aland Islands (between Sweden and Finland) has it's own regions, does it have a Country Batch as well. Also are there more specific country batches, I could not find a list.

Country map USA shows almost whole world

Sun, 07 May 2017 21:32:29 +0000

When looking in my profile stats, register card "Maps" the USA map is displayed very tiny, because all other countries of Europe and Asia are displayed too.

When switching to view the COUNTIES everything is fine - only USA is displayed. Switching back to REGIONS I see all other countries.

Problem with counties in Poland

Tue, 28 Feb 2017 09:06:23 +0000

There are two counties in Poland called "Tomaszowski" on project GC map.

They are in two different regions.

Please fix it. They need to be differentiated.

One is called: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomasz%C3%B3w_Lubelski_County

And the other is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomasz%C3%B3w_Mazowiecki_County

The same goes with regions

Dolnoslaskie and counties sredzki and swidnicki http://project-gc.com/Tools/MapCounties?profile_name=Ainka-in-love&country=Poland&region=Dolno%C5%9Bl%C4%85skie&submit=Filter
Mazowieckie and conunty grodziski http://project-gc.com/Tools/MapCounties?profile_name=Ainka-in-love&country=Poland&region=Mazowieckie&submit=Filter
Małopolskie and country brzeski http://project-gc.com/Tools/MapCounties?profile_name=Ainka-in-love&country=Poland&region=Ma%C5%82opolskie&submit=Filter
Opolskie and opolski http://project-gc.com/Tools/MapCounties?profile_name=Ainka-in-love&country=Poland&region=Opolskie&submit=Filter
Podkarpackie and Krośnieński http://project-gc.com/Tools/MapCounties?profile_name=Ainka-in-love&country=Poland&region=Podkarpackie&submit=Filter
Pomorskie and Nowodworski http://project-gc.com/Tools/MapCounties?profile_name=Ainka-in-love&country=Poland&region=Pomorskie&submit=Filter
Wielkopolskie and Ostrowski http://project-gc.com/Tools/MapCounties?profile_name=Ainka-in-love&country=Poland&region=Wielkopolskie&submit=Filter
Śląskie and Bielski http://project-gc.com/Tools/MapCounties?profile_name=Ainka-in-love&country=Poland&region=%C5%9Al%C4%85skie&submit=Filter

Country Map Poland Wrong

Mon, 27 Feb 2017 18:05:08 +0000

I found a Cache at Poland ( GC4H399 ) in 2014. Now the cache is archived.

The statistic map schows the wrong region. Can I change it manually ?

User apears in wrong country

Mon, 03 Oct 2016 08:11:57 +0000

In the statistic "FTF streak month", It looks like the user: *Danne*
is located in Denmark - On the user profile, it states it's Halmstad (Sweden)

Probarbly some auto discovery that went wrong - A bit wird because there are a lot more finds in sweden, than any other country.

Settings page does not support regions in override home location

Fri, 23 Sep 2016 13:57:21 +0000

I see that an option has been added to let you add an override setting to let you yourself determine your home location, rather than have an algorithm determine it on the basis of your finds. Admirable.

http://project-gc.com/User/Settings

It seems, however, that there is a discrepancy between what this system knows about which regions are available, and which regions the map filters do. If I go to one of the map tools and choose Denmark as my home country (default, has a button next to it with a flag), I get to pick from one of the 5 regions in Denmark afterwards to narrow my search (and then the same again for county within that region , but that's irrelevant here). If I explicitly pick Denmark in the override drop-down box on the settings page, no options are available in the "Regions" drop-down box.

Its fair enough if the algorithm determines that it does not have sufficient data to conclude which region is my home region (and I am explicitly not opening the discussion on whether it does or not here), but for the override setting, all the regions should be an option. It's not like project-gc does not know which ones are available.

Thank you for a very good website with features of tremendous utility and only minor glitches, one of which is this :)

Log of a cache is not counted in country statistics

Sat, 17 Sep 2016 07:15:41 +0000

Hi !

Last year at the GIGA in Mainz I logged the Cuckoo Cache (https://coord.info/GC4C35), that is "placed" in the UK. In my statistics there is no found in the UK, at other users statistics its counted correctly (e.g. Team_Mad_Cats). Why is the cache not counted as a found in the UK in my statistics ?

Thanks,

Sascha

Show furthest caches in home country?

Sun, 04 Sep 2016 22:14:13 +0000

It's cool how Proj GC shows your furthest caches in every direction.... however, one overseas trip tends to skew the numbers.... I'd love to be able to see the absolute furthest, and maybe the furthest in our usual caching areas? Seems weird I know, but it's nice to push the boundaries, but we can't get back to New Zealand every second weekend, and once you get one there, its unlikely you'll find too many more further east (or south!)....

Statistics of total # caches per country?

Mon, 29 Aug 2016 20:46:10 +0000

I wonder whether there is a statistic on the total number of caches per country. We discussed the issue recently and I remembered to have heard that Germany is on No 2 on this list but there might be surprises if you look further and compare cache by area or by inhabitants (which of course could be easily done externally). Is anybody aware of a list how many caches are in which country, even if updated only there and then?

Wrong coloring in map: "Svalbard and Jan Mayen" is an own geocaching.com country

Mon, 04 Apr 2016 12:07:10 +0000

I recently discovered, that the world map in the statistics is coloring Svalbard and Jan Mayen in green, if the cacher has found caches in Norway, but not in Svalbard and Jan Mayen itself.

On geocaching.com, Svalbard and Jan Mayen is (together) an own country, e.g. visible here https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC586A7_svalbard-kirke "In Svalbard and Jan Mayen"

The map therefore has a bug and Svalbard and Jan Mayen should be white if the cacher hasn't found a cache there.

Missing country

Fri, 13 Nov 2015 13:58:51 +0000

Feature request:

A page that lists contries on a continent where you haven't logged a cache. It's easy to see for the big counties, but there are so many small contries in Europe :)

Utility which will return caches of 2,3 4 etc characters to prep for GC52K01 using country/region

Sun, 18 Oct 2015 11:07:10 +0000

Asking this in order to do prep for GC52K01_chorley-challenge-18-a-characteristic-cache.