GeoMaulis

Very nice.In case that you will log a visit please pay attention to the visit instructions: To provide proof of your visit, please post a picture of yourself and your GPS in front of the Supernova while drinking a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster. Further pictures (from inside the Supernova or from afterlife) are not recommend but are welcome

I will post Milliways as the final Waymark WMZZZZ, while sitting there, drinking a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster and listening to the cheerful and contemplative sounds of Disaster Area and waiting for the end. This will be a great final waymark at the end of the Waymarking universe.

As I understand the policies it does no matter if the owner of the linked page uses AdSense or not.The user of AdSense (in that case Groundspeak) has to take care that nothing on his pages is violating the AdSense policies (for my opinon that includes links to other pages). This would mean that users of AdSense would to have checked every link on the their pages (Which of course nobody will do ). Look likes Goggle constantly review publishers for compliance with the policies (however it works technically). When Goggle uses robots to check the pages it could be that these robots also uses keywords to check pages and linked pages (I can not imagine that this happens manually). Perhaps one of these robots found such a keyword on the newsletter page and automatically starts the AdSense-Violation-Process. But this is only a presumption. Papa Geomauli

Here some further information from the google AdSense-Page. AdSense program policies Report or request a review for a policy violation Reporting a Violation

Wow never seen something like this bevore. Very nice. I think we would never have something like that in Germany, because we germans have special laws for everyting. Even for graveyards . The Allgemeine Verwaltungsvorschrift zum Gräbergesetz (GräbVwV) (approximately in english: General administrative act to the gravyard law) prohibits such a design .

We (my wife Mama Geomauli and our daughter Geomauline) are active geocachers as well as waymarkers. However, we are not hyperactive geocacher or waymakers. We love hiking in combination with the search for geocaches (especially our daughter). However, we plan our excursions not only according to this point of view. I also make some geocache spontaneously alone, because I sit all day in the office and I am always happy if I could have a little walk. We discovered Waymarking just a few months ago. We use it parallel to geocaching. If we are somewhere in a new area we use „Waymarking Mobile“ to locate interesting waymarks nearby or we create a new Waymark when we have found something interesting. For us Waymarking is a great complement to geocaching. Because Waymarks have no distance rules, you can show interesting places even if the area is already contaminated with uninteresting Nano´s on traffic signs . This is especially interesting for us, because in our area are a lot of puzzle caches, whose finals blocks interesting places for geocaches. Sadly we are a very small number of active waymarkers in the state of Saarland. In the last months I could only identify two more here in the state of Saarland. So the chance that our published waymarks will be visited are very low . Apparently, perhaps also to counteract the strongly reduced number of active geocachers and geocaches in many countries compared to the previous year (see statistics: project-gc.com) Groundspeak seems to have a new focus on the locationless waymarks (The number of the waymarks is still increasing steadily and many premium members now operate in the meantime only Waymarking as hobby) and has approved 4000 new locationless geocaches worldwide.

I tried it again from my desktop at home with firefox and I could access my profil again. Think it was a problem with the browser I use on the phone.

I logged in and simply wrote the word Test in my blank profile. No problem. But now I can´t access my profil again. The menu item is no longer displayed .

Brothels have a long history. The first definable mention can be found in a judical file from the ancient greek town of corinth (probably opend before 400 AD). There are indications that already 700 AD the first brothels were opened by the greek statesman Solon. However, the source situation in this case is not clear. Also in ancient Rome there were brothels. The best preserved is in Pompeii (Lupanar) and is one of a total of 25 brothels found so far. I think we all agree that sexual exploitation an sextourism are unacceptable and awful. But the category does not want to glorify or trivialize prostitution. Rather, I think that by the historical reference also the chance exists to direct the view of the living conditions of the women in these houses and also on the problems arising from prostitution until the present times.

Found a very nice one in Hamburg: Hotel Village . Unfortunately It was a brothel until the end of the 1980s.

Yes. That is the reason because we have no former Brothels in the state of Saarland (Germany at the french border). All French customers came to the Saarland. So our brothels are open and in perfect condition .

And there will be an other one as soon as I have made a better picture of the door

So the door of the monastery in my hometown has a is a special signb beside the door : The sign has the inscription: Jubilee of mercy / Holy Door / Merciful as the father Think this holy doors would be waymarkable.

And here a list of 28 more countries and there holy doors: Holy Doors of Mercy

After a short research I found some in Germany and at least a search engine for holy doors in Germany . Looks like the doors are "normal" doors outside the holy years. One is located on a monastery in my hometown. I will have a look if there is a plaque or a sign on it that identify it as a holy door. Because holy years are very rare (I think the last one was in the 90s) I do not know if the doors have a permanently status of a holy door. Then it would be hard for the officers to check such waymarks.

So there is no need for a new categorie at all. Thanks for the information.

Hi, on our last trip we see some Historical Optical Telegraph Stations. One was original and one was a replica. Think this could be worth an own catergory. What do the audience think? Interessting Links: Prussian semaphore system from Wikpedia Semaphore line f- from Wikipedia

An other problem seems to be that Groundspeak does not provide the necessary API´s like on the geocaching.com servers. So the only working solution at the moment is "Waymarking Mobile" from chilehead.

First of all thanks for the support with the global transmitter icon. I think the last one hits the point.

I tried to create an icon some weeks before. But Im not an artist My link I like it - but could you add some little lightning bolts to make it clear it is a broadcasting tower? OK. Hard work for me. Here the next try : or

I tried to create an icon some weeks before. But Im not an artist

Very philosophically. But it hits the point

No need, one could quote Mary Bly instead: The difference between dogs & cats is that a dog will respond but a cat will take a message & get back to you. Keith As the old german saying goes: Hunde habe Herrchen Katzen haben Personal (in english approximately: A dog has an owner. A cat has staff) or if you have more then one cat (like us ): Hunde haben Herrchen. Katzen haben Dosenöffner. (in english approximately: Dogs have an owner. Cats have tin openers)

I will rename the category to "Radio and Television Transmitter Towers". This should be a clear nomenclature as BK-Hunters has noted. Short Description This category collects commercially-licensed Radio and Television transmitter towers/antennas around the world. Military and non-public government agency transmitter towers/antennas are excluded. Expanded Description Radio and TV transmitter towers/ antennas can be found almost anywhere in the world. Many of them are very large and imposing, others are elegant and graceful. Some transmitter tower/antennas only have a short broadcasting area, while others can blast out radio and television signals over a wide area. Some transmitter tower/antennas can send signals over thousands of miles with the right atmospheric conditions in place! Pilots often use radio and TV transmitters as landmarks for Visual Flight Rules navigation. We are looking for active and legacy Radio and TV transmitter towers/antennas around the world that are used by commercially-licensed (mostly in US) or public-service/commercial (in Europe and beyond) radio and TV stations that broadcast programs on the public airwaves. Since all US general public-service broadcasters receive a commercial broadcasting license from the Federal Communications Commission (even "public" broadcasting stations), only commercially-licensed TV and radio stations in the US will be accepted in the category. We recognize that each country sets its own broadcast rules. Many stations worldwide are not commercially-licensed, but are owned by national governments and operated by corporations or consortiums in the public interest. Therefore, in addition to commercially-licensed stations, this category will also accept government-owned non-commercial broadcasting stations that broadcast to a general audience in the public interest, such as (not a complete list): ARD (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland), ZDF (Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen), and SWF (Südwestrundfunk) The BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), BBC (Bermuda), ABC (Australia), PBC (India) and CBC (Canada) RAI (Radiotelevisione italiana) ORF (Österreichischer Rundfunk) RTVE (Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española) VRT (Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie) ERT (Ente Radio Trieste, aka The Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation) Radio France and France Télévisions, and NHK (Japan) as well as other such public-service broadcasting equivalents to these examples in other countries worldwide. ACCEPTABLE waymarks include: *Multi-client transmitter towers/antennas (e.g mobile/cellular telecommunication towers) as long as at least one of the other clients is a commercially-licensed TV or radio station. These multi-client transmitter towers/antennas should be waymarked as a single site regardless of how many radio or television stations are using the tower. For example: Freedom Tower TV/Radio Transmitter tower /antenna -- New York NY USA *" Tower/antenna farms" will be accepted, but all the towers of the farm should be grouped together into a single waymark. The waymark name will be the site of the tower farm, for example: Mount Wilson tower /antenna Farm -- Los Angeles CA USA *Backup transmitter sites and historic transmitter sites will be accepted if they meet the requirements for active transmitter tower/antennas: commercially-licensed station, towers/antennas at site, proof of location, proof of use, etc. Category EXCLUSIONS: *Military transmitter towers/antennas and Government transmitter towers/antennasthat do not broadcast to the general public. *Amateur Radio Repeaters have their own category and are also excluded. *Legacy transmitter sites (such as tower farms) WITHOUT any Towers/Antennas *Cell phone towers are excluded, UNLESS a Commercial Radio/TV station also broadcasts from that same tower. *Mobile transmitter Towers/Antennas (such as satellite-uplink-trucks, for example) or temporary transmitters (which will operate for a period of time and be removed) Instructions for Posting a Waymark: The transmitter towers/antennas must be used at the present time or in the past to broadcast commercial radio and/or TV programs using AM, FM, DAB, or LW bands. If there is no possiblity to indentify the transmitter Tower/Antenna as a radio or television transmitter tower/antenna (either by information at the transmitter Towers/Antennas site or by the internet) it will not be accepted as a possible waymark for this category. If there is no identifying sign at the transmitter towers/antennas location, or if the site is not publicly accessible, then internet sources may be used. Please quote the source, with attribution, and paste the link in the long description. Location Place your waymark coordinates as near to the transmitter towers/antennas as possible. Please describe the location of the coordinates to help other waymarkers find the spot. If the transmitter tower/antenna is on the top of a building and there is no access to the building (no visitors allowed) the waymark coordinates should be taken at the front of the building. If the transmitter tower/antenna is on a skyscraper and access is provided by a visitor platform, please add platform open hours to the variables. Required Photos At least two personally-taken photos are required. One should be a close-up showing the transmitter tower/antenna. The second photo should be a wider shot of the entire transmitter site structure. In the case of a tower/antenna farm, one picture should show the entire farm. Other close-up photos of the farm towers/antennas are welcome If there is some identifying signage, please add a picture of the sign. Title Requirement Location of the ransmitter tower /antenna - City, State, Country Description of the Waymark Please provide as much information on the transmitter as possible. Properly-attributed Internet sources with links are welcome. All quoted material must be clearly indicated and the source given, including URL, if from a website(Call signs, frequencies, channels and broadcaster could be posted in the variables). Please also include information about access to the location (roads, parking area, trails, fences). Some higher transmitter towers /antennas have webcams mounted on the top. Please post the URL of these webcams in the variables. Language Note We recognize Waymarking as a global hobby and welcome waymarks from all countries. We encourage bilingual and multilingual waymarks, but one of the languages must be English. Waymarks may be presented in other languages, as long as their long and short descriptions are also posted in English. Instructions for visiting a waymark in this category: Provide at least one picture of the Transmitter tower/antenna and a summary of your visit. Do you/did you watch this TV station or listen to this radio station? Category Settings: -Waymarks can be added to this category -New waymarks of this category are reviewed by the category group prior to being published -Category is visible in the directory Variables: Text field: call signs, frequencies, channels and broadcaster (optional) URL reference to transmitter Tower /Antenna (optional) URL Webcam (optional) Opening hours visitors platform (optional) Backup transmitter tower/antenna yes/no Legacy transmitter tower/antenna yes/no

Like CADS11, fi67 and Benchmark Blasterz already wrote: Cell phone towers popping up like mushrooms. When I look out of the window of my office I can see 4 in a distance less then 400 Meters. I also think it that two picture will give a better a better impression of the location to the waymarker.