PISA-caching

Wow, 497 is a lot. I don't even have posted in that many categories. And yes, you're right, there are (and have been) others (Austrians and tourists) who were faster than me, but every now and then I find a category they all missed.

Whenever I post a waymark in a new category, I'm curious to see, if there are other waymarks of that category in that country. For example: Lately, I posted my first Junk Design House waymark and it was and still is the only one in Austria. And now I wanted to know, for how many other categories I have a "monopoly" in Austria or other countries. So far (= after checking the first 4 lines of the category grid) I learned that I have the only Garage Door Art, Pikachu Sightings, Suspension Bridges and Presidential Birthplaces waymarks in Austria and the only Holiday Displays waymark in Croatia. I'm sure that there are many more, but unfortunately, there is no easy way to get that kind of statistics (or at least I don't know how to do it), but I wonder, if anybody out there has similar thoughts or am I alone with this "problem"?

Wow, this is great. I've really missed that feature. There's only one tiny problem I see: After using that feature the coordinates are not included in the search criteria. It says "Search Criteria: All Waymarks Within 10 km of none". At first sight, that's no problem, but if I want to add another search criteria (for example "My waymarks"), the coordinates are forgotten and the result shows waymarks somewhere else. If I open any waymark and click on "Nearest Waymarks", the coordinates are part of the search criteria and I can add/change the criteria without loosing the coordinates. Both features open the same page (www.Waymarking.com/wm/search.aspx), but the "Nearest Waymarks" link also includes the parameter "t=6". This seems to be the parameter that is necessary to pass the coordinates to the search criteria.

...at least in some countries.

Well done. Thanks a lot.

I agree 100%. I'm not very enthusiastic, if I imagine me checking roundabout after roundabout and saying "Oh, this one is an Abstract Public Sculpture", "No, this Locomotive doesn't qualify", "A Landlocked Boat? Oh well..." etc. and I admit that IF I ever find a roundabout with something displayed in the middle that doesn't fit in any other category, I would probably post that waymark (boring or not) and forget about that category from thereon.

I just tried to search for a category, but again the error page appears.

I don't know the whole list of categories by heart either. I simply used my favorite search engine to search for "site:Waymarking.com franco-prussian war memorial" and found a waymark in that category.

You can post it to "Specific Wars Monuments and Memorials".

Lately I heard about the "Dull Men's Club" and that "Roundabouting" is one of their hobbies. See http://www.dullmensclub.com/archive/roundabouting.htm, but even they archived the few postings they had. :-) Seriously spoken: Roundabouts without objects of some kind in the middle are boring and the number of roundabouts with interesting objects in the middle that can't be posted in other categories is very low. Just my humble opinion of course.

I also use the category list a lot, because it is a lot faster. The only problem with the category list is: What, if you don't remember the name of the category you're looking for. "Simulacra" is one that just won't stay in my brain. :-) In such situations I use my favorite search engine with criteria like "site:Waymarking.com category resemblance". If you try this, you will notice that it doesn't work, because there is a typo in the category description, but you get the idea.

I agree. Most of the time it's the object in the middle that makes the location interesting. It might also be a Quadrivia, but that's another category we already have. I think that the number of roundabouts, which are interesting as a roundabout itself, is very small. One example might be http://motorblock.at/der-haerteste-kreisverkehr-der-welt/ (would fit in the Superlatives category ). But I'm openminded. If there are roundabouts that are interesting, post some examples.

:-) The reason for doing it that way was: It was the only waymark I created that day and right now I'm trying to make my "Longest Streak" (consecutive days with posts) longer than my "Longest Slump" (consecutive days without a post). :-)

I just noticed that my waymark is now a featured waymark. Thanks a lot. [proud] PISA-caching

Out of curiosity: I also had a declined waymark the other day (with no visits). Instead of deleting it, I recycled it and made a completely different waymark out of it. Is that a good idea or is it better to not do that (for whatever reasons)?

You're right, details of churches can add to several different categories. BUT, I can imagine that there are people who are interested in clocks of all kinds, I can also imagine people who love the sound of bells and people who are interested in history etc. But I don't think that many people will look for doves of peace. I think, people who like the idea of peace would rather look for Peace Poles and Peace Memorials and not a single, small dove of peace in a mosaic on a church. But of course that's just my personal opinion.

First of all: Distance rules are always bad from my point of view. If one waymark is already listed, why pass on another (maybe much better) waymark, just because it is too close to the other? If we talk about the category idea in general: I think that most doves of peace will be part of something bigger. Either a peace memorial or a mosaic or a mural or... It will be a mix of various things and I personally wouldn't be interested in that kind of collection. In BK-Hunters example I would rather want to learn something about the cultural centre than to go there and take a picture of that dove of peace. Besides, what should we write in the long description of such a waymark? @ BK-Hunters: How much Information can you give us about this dove of peace? The size, the color, the material,...? Most of them will have no hi(story) to tell. For the same reason I'm also not too enthusiastic about the hourglasses and some other categories, but if you find enough proponents, I wouldn't vote against it.

I think in some cases it might be difficult to determine whether it is a dove of peace or just a white dove. Doves of peace often have an olive branch in their beak, but if they don't have that branch,....

Wikipedia says. "Construction of dams has produced ghost towns that have been left underwater." So why not list them in the "Ghost town" category?

Congratulations on the huge amount of waymarks. It's always inspiring to browse through your waymarks.

When I found this waymark I was really speechless. I don't know what others think, but for me this is a very special usage of solar energy.

What's This For?

Update: I created the waymark again and this time everything is ok. I received a confirmation mail and the waymark is showing up in "My waymarks". Still puzzled about what happened to the other waymark.

I just created a new waymark in the Figurative Sculptures category, uploaded several photos and submitted it. And now I can't find it anymore. I didn't receive a confirmation e-mail, but if it wasn't submitted (for whatever reason), shouldn't I find it as an "Unfinished (Saved)" waymark? Is there anything I can do? It wasn't a lot of work, but I don't want to create and loose it again, if there's a problem on the server side.

Here in Austria we also tend to have too many laws, but I guess it's always a matter of what people think is "fitting", "appropriate" etc.