Unexpected results when searching caches from a point

[SteveMan67]

With this code,

import pycaching
from pycaching.cache import Type
from pycaching.geo import Point

geocaching = pycaching.login("user", "pass")

point = geocaching.geocode("Tulsa")

for cache in geocaching.search(point, limit=10):
    print(cache.name)
    print(cache.location.format_decimal())

It gives me results like this:

En la senda al Orlando Bravo #08 -27.25155, -65.894667 al crater!!!! -33.15815, -65.3901 Natural Arch Viewpoint 53.418867, -118.8868 Kennelly's Lake Put-in 45.288267, -77.389533 Mirador del Tala Caido ...

These are nowhere near Tulsa. I also tried the geo.Point() module, which had the same results, which are all over the place.

[DarkOutcast6]

Please don’t include your credentials in your code. Also, (I’m not 100% sure) but I believe that geocoding takes in a address - there could be multiple places in the world with the name “Tulsa” in it.

[SteveMan67]

I tried a coordinate point as well and got the same results.

[BelKed]

No idea what is happening, but with my account, on the latest version (0.4.4), I'm getting these results:

Coney v Hot Dog
36.106, -95.9178

#1 - Places we love to go!
PMO

We All Float Down Here #2
36.09898, -95.916256

An Extra Unextraordinary Corner
36.098216, -95.914181

We All Float Down Here
36.097555, -95.917133

Ramble and Read
36.0973, -95.9212

Disc-overy!
36.0993, -95.9266333333333

Lake view
36.115067, -95.928983

Quite a Darling Place
36.122667, -95.9177

Escape!!
36.119665, -95.904155

[BelKed]

Oh, now I know what's happening :D

So, the default sort parameter in the Geocaching.search() method is SortOrder.date_last_visited. And as I've mentioned in https://github.com/tomasbedrich/pycaching/issues/204, for basic members only SortOrder.distance works.

So your account probably isn't a basic member. And the caches you get from the code are sorted by SortOrder.date_last_visited.

For now, there's a working code that gives the expected results:

import pycaching
from pycaching.geocaching import SortOrder

geocaching = pycaching.login("login", "password")

point = geocaching.geocode("Tulsa")

for cache in geocaching.search(point, limit=10, sort_by=SortOrder.distance):
    print(cache.name)
    print(cache.location.format_decimal())

[FriedrichFroebel]

Given the comment by @BelKed, it seems like this is just some usage issue I am and going to close this as resolved.