Nic Hubbard

What version of Cachly are you using and what device?

Are you able to reproduce this issue every time? Or just randomly?

16 hours ago, Gdsdizz said:

It looks like if you pull down on the cache page it refreshes. 

Yes, this the is preferred way of doing it. But I will add the menu option for Live caches as well.

12 minutes ago, The_C4 said:

Well that's "Six vs Half-a-dozen", no? I either look at the screen and it updates as I go or I have it tracked in background when its in my pocket.  Have it disabled by default and maybe only activated on-demand (e.g. A button on cache page - "enable proximity alert") for given cache in addition to general On/Off in settings? 

Yes, it would for sure be a user option to turn this on or off. Hoping to add this to an upcoming version.

Those checkmarks are the "found but not logged" checkmarks. Did you at one point submit a Field Note for these and then delete that on geocaching.com?

We will be adding a feature to clear these checkmarks.

7 hours ago, AnyMules said:

As long as it has an OFF option - it's hard to be stealthy at some locations if your phone is going BING.

Yes, this will be a Settings option.

Strange. Sorry about that issue!

This indeed is a bug in Cachly. I have fixed this in 2.1.

7 hours ago, ShammyLevva said:

Hope this helps. Clearly from the user groups comments it's quite a common bug.

Thank you. I will start extensive testing on this very soon.

10 hours ago, rragan said:

I have a series of offline caches in Nebraska but I'm sitting in California, if that is relevant. When I touch one of the caches there is a huge zoom out to all of North America. See screen grab. 

This is annoying because I have to manually zoom in again to look at the next cache in the series, etc. The map should not be zoomed at all. 

This is very strange that it would zoom you out to show the full US when you just tap a cache. I have never seen this before.

Does this happen on all Offline Lists? What about the Live tab?

2 hours ago, rragan said:

On second observation, I may have had a date range restriction on in settings. Green gear does not clue me as Show my finds is almost always switched off. 

Thanks. Will look further into the error.

Interesting suggestion. Yes, this would be possible since that data is available in the location data form the GPS chip.

There would have to be a warning/explanation for users if this was the case since it would no longer behave like a compass. This would take some extensive testing, but I do think it would be possible.

Cachly doesn't support this right now. We haven't yet implemented this because it would require background location updates which take more battery.

We have this on our list for adding in the future.

Strange. So this was just on first load and it works fine now?

30 minutes ago, The_C4 said:

Also as dumb as it may sound, doublecheck the search filters! Just came from a series trail and while logging the stuff online was (un)pleasantly surprised to see that some of the caches were missed because I accidentally deselected "small" when fidgeting with filter settings.

The gear icon should turn green if you have any search filters turned on. Was this the case?

It looks like geocaching.com no longer allows slashes in usernames, which is a good thing. Usernames that already have them obviously won't be touched.

3 minutes ago, acachebox said:

Where is this setting feature?

This is in More, then Settings.

Is this what you were looking for?

I just looked through the API and it doesn't seem like this is possible.

5 hours ago, SlumberBear said:

Perhaps instead there could be a way to "align" the map with the direction you're pointing?

You can do this in Cachly. Just tap the current location button to cycle though follow modes.

5 hours ago, SlumberBear said:

It seems like it would be more functional if the lists tab and the offline lists tab could be combined like in the official app. When you save a list, there could just be a little check or whatever to signify it that it is saved.

These are completely different in Cachly because the official app uses privates API's for their lists. They allow creating of lists (bookmark lists) from their app that are then created on the server. They don't give third-party developers this ability.

5 hours ago, SlumberBear said:

Lastly, I like how the official app only has one map view. That is, when you view a list on the map and then exit list view, it will put you right on the "live" map. The same could be said about navigating to a cache. Having multiple map views just seems a bit cumbersome, and is one reason why I believe the official app has a leg up on this one functionality/efficiency wise.

This was a distinct decision to make Cachly work how it does and keep it different from how the official app works. It works much more like the classic app in this regard. I guess we will just have to agree to disagree as I think this is something I dislike the most about the official app.

Happy to discuss anything else!

Sorry for the late reply. I think all questions were answered. Was there any missed that I need to answer?

19 minutes ago, barefootguru said:

as Nic says, to save battery it only updates the location while navigating.

No, not only while navigating, on any map screen. So the live map, Offline map, navigate map, will always have Location Services turned on.

No, these errors will be caught on the server side and shouldn't be an issue. We will make sure to test adequate testing beforehand. 

3 minutes ago, woody147 said:

Am assuming you haven't bug fixed anything there so not sure what the cause was - could something have been fixed by groundspeak in their API?

No, we haven't fixed anything pertaining to this issue, and it wouldn't be a Groundspeak thing. Strange! Maybe it would an obscure bug, let me know if you see it happen again.

Accuracy can be greatly effected by a number of factors as you said. With each new iPhone that has come out the GPS chip has been more accurate, so if she was using an old iPhone 5 it could perhaps having worse accuracy. However, I have never seen issues with accuracy and many users have commented about how excellent and accurate Cachly is.

You can tap the current user location and it will show what accuracy you are getting from the GPS. I just tested it and was getting +/- 5 meters.

Cachly uses MKMapView location updates for the green current location indicator. We also use the standard CLLocationManager with kCLLocationAccuracyBest and kCLDistanceFilterNone for various places in Cachly. These are all turned off on non-map screens to save battery.

It would be hard to know specifically why that user felt that Cachly wasn't accurate, but if they were comparing it to a GPSr then it would be no comparison. The chip in the iPhone cannot compare to that.

52 minutes ago, rragan said:

I often see 1-3 minutes for the iPhone app to settle down after hopping out of the car while GPSr users are off and running.

I haven't seen this either, but I guess I have never hopped out of the car and gone running for a cache. My caching involves helping the kids get out of their car seats and getting them ready to go before we can go looking.

What iPhone do you use?

1 minute ago, Team DEMP said:

The GSAK forum post didn't indicate when it might take effect. Was that included in what you received?

Yes, it will go into effect on May 8th.

This email was sent to all API partners. I have sent some further questions to clarify some things, but overall I hope that these will be good changes for users.