 Trouble with zip code / adress serch, Zip code serch keeps showing Easter Island |
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| Washingtonirving81 |
 Oct 8 2009, 11:07 PM
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Tadpole Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 25-September 09 From: Woodstock GA  |
Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong or how to fix my geocaching app? When I run a cache serch by zip code or address I only get Easter Island caches. I live in Atlanta Ga so you can see how this might be a problem. It worked yesterday fine. I have deleted and reinstaled the app but that didn't fix the issue.
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| isuquinndog |
Oct 9 2009, 04:43 AM
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Premium Member Group: Premium Members Posts: 204 Joined: 25-December 08 From: Normal, IL |
Are you on version 2.3.1?
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| pjn1969 |
Oct 9 2009, 06:06 AM
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Tadpole Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 27-April 06 |
I am getting this too. I am having to do the search on the PC and find the cache code and enter that in the search in the app. It is very frustrating. I am on the latest version.
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| JoshLytle |
Oct 9 2009, 09:30 AM
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Mobile Applications Producer Group: Premium Members Posts: 168 Joined: 30-March 09 From: Seattle, WA |
QUOTE(pjn1969 @ Oct 9 2009, 07:06 AM)  I am getting this too. I am having to do the search on the PC and find the cache code and enter that in the search in the app. It is very frustrating. I am on the latest version. What's the search string you're using? Also, can you post a screenshot (or at least describe) the caches you see when you input that search string? |
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| Qbar |
Oct 9 2009, 09:50 AM
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Premium Member Group: Premium Members Posts: 42 Joined: 26-March 06 From: Yukon Canada |
yeah, but Easter Island would be an incredibly cool place to go geo-caching, don't you think.
(totally useless post towards solving the problem, I know |
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| IJump |
Oct 9 2009, 10:13 AM
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Just Geocaching Group: Premium Members Posts: 7 Joined: 19-September 03 From: Lexington, KY, USA |
I am on v2.3.1. I get Easter Island with a search by postal code (40509) or full address. If I pull an address from my contacts, I still get the same Easter Island list.
The first cache in the list is GC1AGQT. And yes, that would be a cool place to cache... |
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| isuquinndog |
Oct 9 2009, 11:26 AM
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Premium Member Group: Premium Members Posts: 204 Joined: 25-December 08 From: Normal, IL |
I'm getting the same thing for that zip code.
In fact when I put mine it, I get the same results. I'm at 61761. Odd. I have an iPhone 3G.  This post has been edited by isuquinndog: Oct 9 2009, 11:27 AM |
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| admo1972 |
Oct 9 2009, 11:38 AM
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"C" is for CALM Group: Premium Members Posts: 493 Joined: 16-April 07 From: 1 au from the Sun |
Very weird. I am sure I did a search yesterday by zip code, and it was fine. Now it searches only Easter Island. Seems like a cool April Fools joke or something. Seems like Groundspeak needs to shop aroun dfor a new search provider...
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| JoshLytle |
Oct 9 2009, 12:23 PM
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Mobile Applications Producer Group: Premium Members Posts: 168 Joined: 30-March 09 From: Seattle, WA |
We're looking into this now. It just stopped working last night for some reason.
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| gpleonard |
Oct 9 2009, 02:58 PM
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Premium Member Group: Premium Members Posts: 8 Joined: 13-September 09 From: Moscow ID 83843 |
QUOTE(Washingtonirving81 @ Oct 8 2009, 11:07 PM) Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong or how to fix my geocaching app? When I run a cache serch by zip code or address I only get Easter Island caches. I live in Atlanta Ga so you can see how this might be a problem. It worked yesterday fine. I have deleted and reinstaled the app but that didn't fix the issue. I was looking on the way home, hope it's fixed soon. Easter Island it a bit to far from Idaho. |
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| BarrettFam |
Oct 9 2009, 09:04 PM
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Premium Member Group: Premium Members Posts: 7 Joined: 8-October 09 |
Yup same here, just got this app yesterday and was pretty tripped out that it wanted to send me out into the Pacific so soon...
No matter what zip, or address I enter it always comes up with the Easter island caches...would love to hit those but it's not in the cards just yet. Thanks for looking into this. Beau |
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| BarrettFam |
Oct 9 2009, 09:05 PM
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Premium Member Group: Premium Members Posts: 7 Joined: 8-October 09 |
The Island is calling us...
This post has been edited by BarrettFam: Oct 9 2009, 09:12 PM |
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| Washingtonirving81 |
Oct 9 2009, 09:28 PM
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Tadpole Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 25-September 09 From: Woodstock GA |
QUOTE(BarrettFam @ Oct 9 2009, 09:05 PM) The Island is calling us... Maybe we should all go to Easter Island for a little caching. I don't have plans for the weekend. |
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| BarrettFam |
Oct 10 2009, 03:14 AM
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Premium Member Group: Premium Members Posts: 7 Joined: 8-October 09 |
Would be awesome... What I'd really like is for the most expensive app I've ever bought to work properly.
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| gpleonard |
Oct 10 2009, 10:00 AM
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Premium Member Group: Premium Members Posts: 8 Joined: 13-September 09 From: Moscow ID 83843 |
QUOTE(BarrettFam @ Oct 10 2009, 04:14 AM) Would be awesome... What I'd really like is for the most expensive app I've ever bought to work properly. Is anyone working on this problem? Does the iphone use the same database as a pc? Seems to be a problem somewhere in that area. |
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| VarsityRadio |
Oct 11 2009, 05:22 AM
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Premium Member Group: Premium Members Posts: 1 Joined: 25-July 09 |
QUOTE(BarrettFam @ Oct 10 2009, 03:14 AM) Would be awesome... What I'd really like is for the most expensive app I've ever bought to work properly. I second that. Bought this app for ten bucks for an afternoon of geocaching in Smuggler's Notch, it kept sending me to Easter Island, and the whole time I had to hear about how I wasted TEN DOLLARS on a useless app. Thanks Groundspeak! |
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| camper03 |
Oct 11 2009, 07:33 PM
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Premium Member Group: Premium Members Posts: 2 Joined: 28-October 08 From: Redwood City California |
y
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| camper03 |
Oct 11 2009, 07:35 PM
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Premium Member Group: Premium Members Posts: 2 Joined: 28-October 08 From: Redwood City California |
Yeh, i just did a search for the place we're going tomorrow morning. Might be a bit hard to get the motorhome there. HOWEVER I would not call this app worthless. It is probably the best money spent for an app. Mrs Camper and I have this on both of our phones. And when something like this happens we know that Groundspeak will fix it ASAP!!
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| gpleonard |
Oct 12 2009, 04:14 AM
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Premium Member Group: Premium Members Posts: 8 Joined: 13-September 09 From: Moscow ID 83843 |
QUOTE(camper03 @ Oct 11 2009, 08:35 PM) Yeh, i just did a search for the place we're going tomorrow morning. Might be a bit hard to get the motorhome there. HOWEVER I would not call this app worthless. It is probably the best money spent for an app. Mrs Camper and I have this on both of our phones. And when something like this happens we know that Groundspeak will fix it ASAP!! If users had trouble accessing data from db's I take care of for three days, I'd be down the road. |
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| Trojax |
Oct 12 2009, 01:36 PM
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Tadpole Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 8-October 09 |
Hi there i am in the UK and am getting this to on my iphone 3gs first listing form post code is GC12BH9 8389 miles away lol
Trojax |
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| gpsblake |
Oct 12 2009, 03:57 PM
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Geocacher Group: Premium Members Posts: 501 Joined: 1-February 03 From: Leesville, SC |
Same problem here with the iphone app. Always takes me to Easter Island no matter what zip code I search from.
The geocaching.com search is messed up here also... I search by the 29006 zip code (Batesburg, SC), it leads me to Spain for my search. But if I put in the zip of 29070, it's correct in the search. The database geocaching uses must be really messed up. |
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| gpleonard |
Oct 12 2009, 04:38 PM
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Premium Member Group: Premium Members Posts: 8 Joined: 13-September 09 From: Moscow ID 83843 |
QUOTE(JoshLytle @ Oct 9 2009, 01:23 PM) We're looking into this now. It just stopped working last night for some reason. Is this still being looked into? Seems the same six show up everytime. Are our searches being redirected? |
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| jaroot |
Oct 12 2009, 06:16 PM
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Premium Member Group: Premium Members Posts: 16 Joined: 7-April 09 |
Same problem here. Using 59601, 59901 and 84041. I'd love to go caching on Easter Island but with only six caches it hardly seems worth the swi
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| Bjg8 |
Oct 12 2009, 07:23 PM
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Tadpole Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 23-August 09 |
QUOTE(jaroot @ Oct 12 2009, 06:16 PM) Same problem here. Using 59601, 59901 and 84041. I'd love to go caching on Easter Island but with only six caches it hardly seems worth the swi yeah I'm in western ny and this has been frustrating trying to find good caches near my future destination only to be sent to Easter island everytime. |
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| jon&laurs |
Oct 12 2009, 08:08 PM
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Tadpole Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 10-October 09 |
I got the app on Saturday, I'm getting the same Easter island cache when searching any zip. Will this be fixed in an update?
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| runaway119 |
 Oct 12 2009, 09:01 PM
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Tadpole Group: Members Posts: 7 Joined: 28-December 08 |
same thing here, happened a few months back. just recieved a email reply saying that they're working on it.
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| daktus |
Oct 13 2009, 01:24 AM
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Premium Member Group: Premium Members Posts: 1 Joined: 29-June 09 |
Same problem in The Netherlands.
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| digdagdug |
 Oct 13 2009, 01:52 AM
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Tadpole Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 17-August 08 |
Hi,
you do nothing wrong. Same problem here in Germany. The nearby-search works, the address-search doesn't - returns only easter island caches  Maybe it's a problem with the new iphone-firmware 3.1.2., because that's the only thing I changed after the address search did work. Bye, Donald Dug QUOTE(Washingtonirving81 @ Oct 8 2009, 11:07 PM) Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong or how to fix my geocaching app? When I run a cache serch by zip code or address I only get Easter Island caches. I live in Atlanta Ga so you can see how this might be a problem. It worked yesterday fine. I have deleted and reinstaled the app but that didn't fix the issue. This post has been edited by digdagdug: Oct 13 2009, 01:56 AM |
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| gpleonard |
Oct 13 2009, 06:28 AM
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Premium Member Group: Premium Members Posts: 8 Joined: 13-September 09 From: Moscow ID 83843 |
QUOTE(digdagdug @ Oct 13 2009, 02:52 AM) Hi, you do nothing wrong. Same problem here in Germany. The nearby-search works, the address-search doesn't - returns only easter island caches Maybe it's a problem with the new iphone-firmware 3.1.2., because that's the only thing I changed after the address search did work. Bye, Donald Dug QUOTE(Washingtonirving81 @ Oct 8 2009, 11:07 PM) Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong or how to fix my geocaching app? When I run a cache serch by zip code or address I only get Easter Island caches. I live in Atlanta Ga so you can see how this might be a problem. It worked yesterday fine. I have deleted and reinstaled the app but that didn't fix the issue. It's not 3.1.2, I know someone who hasn't updated. They're having the same problems as everyone else. Would someone from Groundspeak reply again and tell us what is going on? When it may be fixed, that would be nice. Thanks. |
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| JoshLytle |
Oct 13 2009, 11:07 AM
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Mobile Applications Producer Group: Premium Members Posts: 168 Joined: 30-March 09 From: Seattle, WA |
We're working on the problem. The next update to the app will fix this issue.
This post has been edited by JoshLytle: Oct 13 2009, 03:51 PM |
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| Bryan |
Oct 13 2009, 04:03 PM
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Groundspeak Lackey  Group: Site Wide Moderators Posts: 427 Joined: 26-September 00 From: Planet Groundspeak |
iPhone Geocachers,
We were mistakingly using the geohash.org service for geocoding, and just found out that it's not supposed to be used as a plain geocoding service, so we're working with them to fix the situation temporarily while we find a proper service. Thanks for your patience. |
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| gpsblake |
Oct 13 2009, 08:03 PM
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Geocacher Group: Premium Members Posts: 501 Joined: 1-February 03 From: Leesville, SC |
The zip code is working here on the ipod as of midnight eastern time. Even the 29006 zip code is searching right on the ipod program. Thanks for the fix.
BTW: the 29006 zip code on geocaching.com still is searching in Spain... no biggie. |
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| isuquinndog |
Oct 14 2009, 03:54 AM
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Premium Member Group: Premium Members Posts: 204 Joined: 25-December 08 From: Normal, IL |
Yep, did my zip code and it did the correct caches showed up. Thanks for fixing!
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| allifradgley |
Oct 26 2009, 09:32 AM
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Tadpole Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 28-September 09 |
I'm still having trouble with mine. I'm in the UK, I put a postcode in the UK into my iphone and I get caches in West Virginia, USA.
I have read all the replies and are we just waiting for an app update? I'm a newbie so please be gentle.  Also my map is blank. Just grey squares. I have left the map to load for hours and nothing happens? This post has been edited by allifradgley: Oct 26 2009, 10:07 AM |
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| JoshLytle |
Oct 27 2009, 10:08 AM
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Mobile Applications Producer Group: Premium Members Posts: 168 Joined: 30-March 09 From: Seattle, WA |
QUOTE(allifradgley @ Oct 26 2009, 10:32 AM) I'm still having trouble with mine. I'm in the UK, I put a postcode in the UK into my iphone and I get caches in West Virginia, USA. I have read all the replies and are we just waiting for an app update? I'm a newbie so please be gentle. Also my map is blank. Just grey squares. I have left the map to load for hours and nothing happens? Could you tell me what the postcode you entered is? |
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