Mismatch between Map Regions and Profile Stats / Maps?

Question

Not sure what the cause is (so not sure if it's a bug or not), but Map Regions shows I've got 1 cache found in South West England, while the Maps tab in Profile Stats says that I've got no caches found in that region whatsoever. It misses that one cache completely and it's not mentioned in the statistics either.

I'm a bit confused about the borders being used between the regions anyway. I found cache GC3BGWV (Frome Valley Bimble) for example, which is in South West England according to the cache page. But it's not showing up as such in Profile Stats / Maps. And the border between South West England and South England in Map Regions seem not to go that far to the North East either. So is the data on the cache page incorrect or is this a result of the borders set and used by Project-GC?

Thanks!

Answer 1

The one find you have which is in South West England is:

GC4C35

Cuckoo Cache (could be anywhere)

Unknown Cache

United Kingdom

South West England

I suspect this cache is in the official ignore list for travelling caches, which is why it wouldn't show in the Maps tab.

GC3BGWV is treated by PGC as being in Southern England (Gloucestershire). This is because PGC uses the listed coordinates and official border locations to calculate the region and county, whereas Geocaching.com allows the CO to specify whichever region they want.

Comments

BTW, I got that information from this non-checker: https://project-gc.com/Challenges//26124

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Strange... I have this Cuckoo Cache on my map (so does another friend), but two friends of me don't see it on their map.