Project-GC Q&A - Recent questions tagged find-count

Bug: Incorrect total cache counts

Wed, 18 Jan 2023 23:41:59 +0000

Where a report or query is constructed solely from total cache finds, ie where it cannot be modified by country, difficulty, type, etc, then the report should include ALL cache finds. Lab caches should be included.

These reports cannot be modified to include parameters that lab caches do not support so should include lab caches:

Statistics > Stat Compare: Finds, Finds this year, Caching days, Longest Streak, Most finds in one day, Most finds in one month, Most cache types in one day.

Statistics > Over time > Logs over time

Glitch in profile: it sometimes - but not always - displays incorrect find total because of mishandling of lab caches

Mon, 18 Apr 2022 23:14:41 +0000

This glitch report is similar to https://project-gc.com/qa/?qa=27904/profile-stats-with-double-counted-lab-caches but that discussion did not really get to the heart of the problem.

Most days, my profile total find counts are correctly displayed and are in sync with what Geocaching.com shows. But some days -- perhaps one or two days a week -- the total is incorrect because it shows that I have 20 more "total" caches than I in fact do. It appears that the system -- only on some days -- adds the lab caches to a find count that already includes the lab caches. I have taken screen shots that I could forward if helpful.

So, for example, today my profile page correctly shows 1705 total finds (ignoring the 1 cache logged today that has not yet appeared on the profile):

bejs has logged 1685 different geocaches, plus 20 lab caches, a total of 1705 unique finds Data from 2022-04-18

These are the same numbers that Geocaching.com shows. BUT a few days ago, my profile page incorrectly showed:

bejs has logged 1691 different geocaches, plus 20 lab caches, a total of 1711 unique finds Data from 2022-04-15

And on that day, Geocaching.com correctly reported that in fact I had 1671 finds plus the 20 lab caches, for a total of 1691 finds.

So a few days ago, Project-GC (incorrectly) reported that I had more finds than it (correctly) reports today, but I have NOT deleted any finds in the past few days.

I have observed this behavior for months, and have viewed the incorrect profile stats on a number of different devices. In other words, if I have seen the incorrect numbers on my phone, I have checked on my computer and also found the incorrect (and too high) numbers. As noted, I can send screen shots of the posting from a few days ago.

Thanks for all the work you do on Project-GC! bejs

Please give us the ability to manually add labcaches

Mon, 22 Jun 2015 22:39:37 +0000

I understand that labcaches are not included in the gc.com API, but could Project-GC at least give users the ability to add them manually (like mygeocachingprofile.com does)? I've paid for a PGC membership, but i'm reluctant include my PCG stats on my gc profile because it shows an incorrect find count and the wrong milestones. (The ability to adjust/lock milestones would also be a welcome addition.) Thanks.