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3 hours ago, vulture1957 said:
Check out the Milk Bottle Grocery in OKC. It's waymarked in 11 different categories. WM9RJ8
That’s crazy! I know famous places like the Eiffel Tower are in lots of categories, but it’s cool to see something a lot smaller get the same attention. So this brings up another question of mine, if something is listed in two categories those two listings can use the same coordinates right?
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58 minutes ago, Bear and Ragged said:
Does the bridge move? (Drawbridge/swingbridge etc)
That's a category!
They do indeed! I know the one I drive on more often (the free one
) is a swing bridge, not sure what the other one is
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Adding to this, there’s a geocaching duo (same profile) nearby that almost all of their caches are in different series. Right now they’re running a COVID-19 series, since they’re school teachers and therefore have more time on their hands (what the top of the description says). I’ve gone out and gotten a STF on one of them, but other than that I haven’t gone for any of them
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3 minutes ago, vulture1957 said:
for common things - Municipal Parks and Plazas, Figurative Sculptures (probably all sculptures), Libraries, Post Offices, Subway Restaurants, Colleges and Universities - go for it. For the cemetery ones, get a couple at each cemetery, then go to another cemetery. There are probably plenty of bridges for everyone. Just think, did it take you a long time ad lots of research to find this? And you found a second, leave one for the next player.
Ask Max and 99. I have suggested a few waymarks for her to post. And then I go and take the picture for a visit. (Ice Rink, Mosque, Philatelic Photo, Air Nav.)
Thanks for the help! That's probably my best bet. But I know for example there are two big bridges to a nearby city island, so even though bridges are fairly common I might just make a waymark for one of these and leave the other one for someone else
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1 hour ago, CAVinoGal said:
In other words, share the wealth. With over 1000 categories, and various degrees of interest among people, I'm sure you can find some to waymark and leave things for others too. Who can keep in mind ALL the categories when visiting a place? You choose what interests you, there's bound to be something among all those 1000 categories!
Yep, this is something I had to remind myself of. I went through the full list the other day, and wrote on my phone all the places around my hometown that could fit into those categories. But I took a step back and realized if I go ahead and make all of those waymarks, there would be a lot less left for the other people around here. So I'm planning on pacing myself, instead of making all of them within a week of each other
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3 minutes ago, vulture1957 said:
another thought process -- If you place a waymark and leave others, folks may see your waymark, notice "Hey, that could also be a Such-n-Such" and they go take a picture for their own waymark AND DO A VISIT TO YOURS.
So, going to a cemetery, you could post a couple Woodmen of the World, another couple Centenarians, a couple Occupational/Hobby Headstones. Others would go for some more, and do visits to yours.
or, go to an older town. Post a couple Ghost Signs, a couple murals. Let the new waymarkers that come after have something close to post.
That's pretty smart! Kind of like the butterfly effect, or the old phrase "what goes around comes around"
EDIT: I misread, I thought you meant somebody would see a waymark posted, and think "hey I know something that would fit in that category" and go make a waymark for that. But what you originally meant is also a really cool idea
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4 minutes ago, CAVinoGal said:
Yesterday, I logged a few WM visits and photos, all went smoothly. Today I logged a visit, but tried to upload 3 different photos and kept getting the error below:
Temporary glitch? I tried several times - can I add photos later, even after the 24 hour edit window?
From what I understand yes, photos can be added at any time
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6 minutes ago, Tungstène said:
It's still possible if the cartridge gave you the completion code. The majority of them do that at the end of the play by talking to a Character, by adding an Item into your Inventory, by telling it in the description of the visible Zone, or some other methods.
I believe it is/was only possible with some Garmin GPSr. This part of the Wherigo game engine was never made public and nobody found (nor had the mood to find) how to generate Garmin-compatible save files (*.GWS).
That's not a big deal because, anyway, some Wherigo cartridge creators forget to set the "cartridge completed" flag at the end of their cartridges. And moreover, the completion code system is somewhat universal (it works with all players around [i.e. Android, IOS, GPSr, Pocket PCs]).
Finally, you must be aware that this "unlocking" the Wherigo website talks about is just for this other game named Wherigo. I think you already have noticed that this particular game never gained a lot of interest. It is nearly abandoned (see how these 2008 updates are marked as "New"?). It only survives because Groundspeak tried to cross both games by allowing the publication of Wherigo Caches (these are Geocaches which are found by playing a Wherigo game). Unlocking a Wherigo cartridge isn't a requirement to find the geocache(s) linked to it (if any).
Awesome, thanks for all the help. I'm rechecking the app and website and I don't see the cartridge that even made me feel the need to ask this question. But I'm sure it would have come up sooner or later
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6 hours ago, Tungstène said:
Please don't post the same question in various places.
I’m sorry, I should have deleted this one first. I asked it here first and then it wasn’t being seen so I reposted it in the main topics forum
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6 hours ago, Tungstène said:
No there isn't any way. Your only chance to mark a cartridge as completed on Wherigo.com website is to use the completion code the cartridge will give you, if any (the display of this value depends on the cartridge's author willingness).
Alright, thank you. That kinda stinks, I was hoping to mark them complete as I finished them since the website says you can upload the file. Is that outdated or is it only possible with a GPSr?
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Like the title says, is there anyway to upload a save file from the iPhone app? There's an option titled Upload Save File, but whenever I hit it I just get taken to the Wherigo home page
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21 hours ago, Max and 99 said:
Well in that case, someone probably created a group in the hopes of getting a self-service laundromat category approved. Coronavirus wouldn't affect that at all, since all the discussions and voting are done online. Many of us are catching up on our Waymarking backlog, from vacations and other reasons, during the stay-at-home situation.
In a nutshell: someone has an idea, starts a group, maybe recruits a few waymarkers, (this step is important: submit idea on the forum), get feedback, and if warranted, submit the category for peer review. Peers have three days to vote on the category, based on several criteria. In the early early days, it was MUUUUUCH easier to get a category going. These days, it's much harder, and happens a lot less. So, don't judge early categories on what would be accepted today. For example, I suspect, but I don't know for certain, that McDonald's might not pass peer review if it was voted on these days. Many categories would be the same. Just as in geocaching, things were a lot different back then.
Update: I just got an email from the leader of the group, it says the plan is to proceed to peer review soon. Here's hoping it passes!
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1 hour ago, Max and 99 said:
Congratulations!
On your first posted waymark!
Thanks! I had started it about a week ago but my phone wasn't uploading photos to my computer so I was having trouble adding images
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On 1/29/2020 at 6:26 PM, MrCachly said:
I am working on a Waymarking app for iOS and would love to have active Waymarking users as beta testers.
Anyone interested? If you are feel free to email me nic@zedsaid.com. Thanks!
Am I too late to join in the beta testing? I just heard about this and would love to be a part of it!
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1 hour ago, cerberus1 said:
Veering off-topic (this thread is about Locationless ...) , but if you clicked on the link, you saw it's the same person/group that created the Cachly app for geocaching.
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Yeah, we are a bit off topic... I’ll give that thread a read! I completely skipped over the link in your post so I didn’t even think to check it out
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5 hours ago, JL_HSTRE said:
4. Cross-listed waymarks. Right now the same thing is sometimes in 3 or more categories.
Apparently the issue with this is the fact that different categories are run by different groups. I think the best way to do it is have someone create a waymark, and then have a drop down list for each department for them to select which categories they want to try for it to be. From there it can either be approved or declined by each individual group
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1 minute ago, Max and 99 said:
They don't have to be listed on the official LFL website, just fyi, but most I have found are listed there.
The LFL site now has a LFP site too, because of the coronavirus.
Yeah, I reread your post and looked at the categories. I misunderstood and thought you meant there was a category for official LFLs and one for other types of Free Community Book Exchanges
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10 minutes ago, Max and 99 said:
Well in that case, someone probably created a group in the hopes of getting a self-service laundromat category approved. Coronavirus wouldn't affect that at all, since all the discussions and voting are done online. Many of us are catching up on our Waymarking backlog, from vacations and other reasons, during the stay-at-home situation.
In a nutshell: someone has an idea, starts a group, maybe recruits a few waymarkers, (this step is important: submit idea on the forum), get feedback, and if warranted, submit the category for peer review. Peers have three days to vote on the category, based on several criteria. In the early early days, it was MUUUUUCH easier to get a category going. These days, it's much harder, and happens a lot less. So, don't judge early categories on what would be accepted today. For example, I suspect, but I don't know for certain, that McDonald's might not pass peer review if it was voted on these days. Many categories would be the same. Just as in geocaching, things were a lot different back then.
Ah okay, gotcha. I looked at the group's past activity, and they had two votes to approve the category. The first one failed, and the second one, a week later, was cancelled. So by the looks of it, the details page saying the category had been created was inaccurate, and like you said the category doesn't exist.
8 minutes ago, Max and 99 said:Sorry-this just caught my attention.
There is a Bookcrossing category, and a Free Community Book Exchange category. They are two different categories, with different sets of requirements.
Plus the Little Free Pantry category, which is similar to the Free Community Book Exchange category.
Very interesting, I'll have to look into that. The one I saw the other day and the other one I know in my city are listed on the official LFL website, so I'll look at that category first and then see if they can also fit the other ones
EDIT: I started looking at categories and I misunderstood you. I thought you were saying there was both a LFL and a FCBE category, but from the looks of it there's only the latter
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4 minutes ago, Max and 99 said:
I'd be guessing, since I didn't even know about that group. I will say that I don't recall, in the last 12 years or so, that group being put up for peer review, so I'm guessing that it never made it that far.
By the way, just out of curiosity, I looked up your area, for one of my favorite categories, and it doesn't look like your city has any Little Free Libraries waymarked! I didn't check Little Free Pantries, but that's our newest category so you'll probably be in luck there.
The group was created back in January of this year, so I don't know if that has anything to do with the peer review process, like if it takes so many months or the fact that corona is probably reducing the amount of new categories being created
I was looking into that, cause I was thinking of making a BookCrossing LFL. And like I mentioned in another thread about the eye-opening aspect of Waymarking, I was driving home the other day and noticed one on the side of a building near my house. I've driven past that building 100's of times, and never batted an eye. That's another one I'm gonna have to go out and make a waymark for
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Can't see myself being anything other than caramel
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1 minute ago, Max and 99 said:
It is a little confusing. If you see no waymarks listed, it's not a category.
At the very very bottom right of the Waymarking page is a link to Full Category List. That's the complete list of all categories, and really fun to browse. Don't look under Groups.
Alright, thanks for the help. I remember hearing about peer review for categories, is that what it means when it says it's been created but no waymarks have been posted? Or has it already failed peer review and is pretty much done
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1 minute ago, Max and 99 said:
My city had about 5 waymarks when I first started. Something like that! Now Oklahoma is #7 for the number of waymarks created.
Don't be sad. Your city is now a GOLD MINE for you!!!
That's some really good news! I plan on getting out these next couple of days and getting the coordinates and pictures taken to start posting some waymarks. My goal is once this corona stuff is over to go to some events and spread the good word of Waymarking
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Just now, Max and 99 said:
OK good, there's nothing there so it did not become a category. I agree-it's confusing!
What a coincidence, though, that someone just asked me about a self-service laundromat category recently, because they thought there was one. When you mentioned it, I thought Uh oh, I was wrong!
Yeah, that is a pretty weird coincidence. So to make sure I understand, because it doesn't show up in the category search, it's not a category (yet)? That is a bit confusing, cause you would imagine if a group has "The Self Service Coin Operated Laundromats category has been created (with variables)" as it's category status, it would make sense to think that the category has been made. Maybe I'm missing something?
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30 minutes ago, Max and 99 said:
Although we always welcome new waymarkers, (always!), not everyone thinks a flood of new people to the hobby is a good thing. You'll have to read the thread about this in the Waymarking forum if you want to understand why.
Thinking about it, yeah, that makes sense. I'm just a bit sad to see Waymarking is pretty much dead in my community, no new waymarks or visits for the past few years from what I've seen. Will have to check out that thread though, thanks!
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Thanks, that's what I thought based on what I've been seeing but wanted to be sure. My main reason for asking is definitely for the map view, since that's the way I normally view nearby waymarks