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Thanks for your speedy and perfect reply, you have found exactly what I had read about. Although the website seems to have been set up as a joke, it did become popular and lots of people posted pictures of European transformers. They are more 'artistic' than those generally found in the UK. The older UK ones are sometimes interesting if you're into the history of urban architecture but they tend to be much simpler in design and usually not in the shape of a tower. The website does also have the more specific subject of Klerikalelektrik, which came about when photographer Richard Molke noticed a similarity between transformer towers and church towers and started a trend of taking photographs with both objects in the same scene. He also linked the two objects in other ways as described on this web page - http://www.trafoturm.eu/kunst/fotokunst/klerikalelektrik/#doppelspitze I then did a waymark search for the word Klerikalelektrik and found the following waymark posted by Iris and Harry https://www.Waymarking.com/waymarks/wmTKFV_Trafotower_near_the_road_Altenthann_Bavaria_Germany It's amazing what you come across in this great hobby of ours. The nearest example I have found in the UK is these two nearby structures which are on opposite sides of the road and so unfortunately can't be taken in one photo. https://www.Waymarking.com/waymarks/wmV04C_St_Columba_Parish_of_St_Mary_Church_Bradford_UK https://www.Waymarking.com/waymarks/wmV045_Sub_Station_Number_758_Bradford_UK Although not obvious from the pictures both structures are built using the same bricks and the (unusual) transformer tower has a tall glass window (although it is opaque rather than stained glass). Once again thank you f167, your memory is obviously much better than mine. Dave

Am I right in thinking that there is a German word that covers either of these two situations? 1 A building nearby a church is built in the same architectural style or 2 A photograph of a building that is in the same architectural style as a nearby church. I seem to remember a waymark posted a few years ago described this scenario. I thought that the category was Historic Transformer Sub-Stations Buildings, but I have searched through the waymarks in this category but can't find anything. Maybe I came across this idea outside of Waymarking, but I'm sure I saw it on this site. Any information or ideas would be welcome. Dave

Thanks for replying so quickly. I wasn't really sure whether anything useful could be determined from the information, but based on your original post I guess comparing the results with either the total database, or the total set of waymarks for the country would say how close to the average that place was. The percentage breakdown by department might also be interesting in itself as an indication of what the place is like. Anyway I hope you have a great time in the mountains. Dave

When I originally saw this post I wondered whether a similar thing could be done for places rather than people. I'm sure a place's location and history will to some extent affect the type of waymarks posted. (Of course with such a small volume of waymarks ACTUALLY posted compared to the total population of things in the world that COULD be posted the results won't be perfect, and in many ways will reflect the interests of the waymarkers that have done the posting). Originally I couldn't decide how to define 'place', but have recently realised that in Waymarking terms it can be simply be all waymarks within a specified radius from a selected waymark. When I'm going to go to a new place I always look to see what waymarks exist to give me an idea of what the place is like, but to do this you can only view the waymarks 25 at a time and its difficult to get an overall feel of the place. I don't know whether the type of analysis you do would work with places but would be interested to know what you think. As a retired programmer I would love to have a go at analysing data myself, but I don't know how you extract the relevant information or how it's organised /processed.

I love all the stats that you prepare and I've ever wondered whether it's possible to analyse places rather than people. If I travel to anywhere new I always look on Waymarking, partly to look for interesting places to record visits but also to see what the place is like overall. I know that Waymarking isn't anywhere universal and so is not a complete picture of a place but I suspect the type of waymarks found give some sort of indication of what a place is like eg Beaches, lighthouses, maritime monuments and anchors are obviously a clue that the place is at or near the coast. Preserved architecture suggests that the place has changed over time and I'm sure there must be other obvious examples. One thing that put me off suggesting this in the past was how do you define ' place' in order to gather the waymarks for analysis. I then realised the easiest option would be to chose a waymark, and use something similar to the nearest waymarks option, limiting the search to a specified radius. Does this seem an interesting idea, have any use and more importantly be possible to do?

WMRDYG If I'm right this is one of mine (and one of my favourites) so I waited for a while in case anyone else worked it out. Dave

I once had a waymark declined with a web address in the people-named places category because web addresses can become redundant and no longer worked and the relevant information would be lost. They asked me to add a text description as well as the link and it was then accepted. I have see way marks where an address no longer works, so I Guess they have a point.

Congratulations - a fantastic achievement.

As I understand the process, when you try to post a new waymark a check is carried out to see if there any existing waymarks in the same category within 1/2 mile (may be 1/2 kilometre if kilometres are your default, but I'm not sure. If any are found then a warning is output prompting the poster to check whether they are the same waymark, or a different one. However I do know there is a bug in this process -sometimes when posting a waymark the co-ordinates that have been entered are 'lost' by the software. An error message is generated because of the missing co-ordinates and then they can be re-entered. However when the co-ordinates are then accepted the check is not carried out to look for existing waymarks in the same category. Because of this problem I often do a search for waymarks of all categories at a location before I start to post any new waymarks at a new location I have been to.

I believe that effigies that are in the likeness of the deceased would fit in the Death Mask Gravestones category. Although the name of this category implies that it is only for death masks it also allows gravestones with a carved likeness of the deceased. The only problem I can think of is knowing whether the effigy is intended as a likeness of the deceased or is just a representation of a human body.

Because the search function does not work correctly it can be frustrating. However using the 'FIND NEAR' option tends to work well. This function uses an address as a starting point and shows all the nearest waymarks from that point (25 per page). If you go to the 'home' tab on the menu and enter the address of what you're looking for in the box labelled 'near' it should start to show you the area around the address. In theory you can also use the optional keyword box, but this does not tend to work well. Sometimes it starts to show you waymarks at a place you do not expect, but the more specific you make the address the better. So for example if you enter Manchester, you will get Manchester in the UK. Typing Manchester, New Hampshire will give you one in the States. You can also specify street names :- for example there is no Orange Street in Manchester in UK so Orange Street, Manchester starts in the Manchester in New Hampshire. You could equally be more specific with Orange Street, Manchester, New Hampshire. Good Luck

There is already a category that takes these locations. Although the category is called lawn bowling, a more sedate version of a game of bowls, it also accepts boules, petanque and other similar games. There is a nice site in Leeds, a city close to where I live that was originally created because the city is twinned with the French city of Lille. http://www.Waymarking.com/waymarks/WME8RF_Bond_Court_Petanque_Court_Leeds_UK

oh ok - I need to find either a Japenese Restaurant or a Megachurch to get my first 3x3 grid. I think they're surprisingly difficult to achieve because of the categories that are specific to one country. For the same reason I don't think I'll ever get a complete line, but maybe one day. Overall 2014 was interesting for me - finally got a waymark in all departments, achieved 100 waymarks in 2 new categories, waymarked in 64 new categories and 3 new countries. I'm looking forward to seeing many more interesting waymarks in 2015.

Congratulations - but what is a Bingo?

Your challenge inspired me to do something I've meant to do for a while. I returned to the town I grew up in - Sale in Greater Manchester, UK. It had a population of 55,234 in the census of 2001 and until I visited it zero waymarks. 20 have now been accepted, including 4 new categories for me, and I've got more on the way. A selection of them are listed below. http://www.Waymarking.com/waymarks/WMJMA6_Sale_UK http://www.Waymarking.com/waymarks/WMJQZF_Combined_World_War_I_And_World_War_II_Memorial_Sale_UK http://www.Waymarking.com/waymarks/WMJKPM_Bridge_Inn_Dane_Road_Sale_UK http://www.Waymarking.com/waymarks/WMJKNZ_Dr_Whites_Bridge_on_Bridgewater_Canal_Sale_UK http://www.Waymarking.com/waymarks/WMJKN3_Dane_Road_Station_Sale_UK http://www.Waymarking.com/waymarks/WMJKPX_Priory_Gardens_Sale_UK http://www.Waymarking.com/waymarks/WMJKX5_Sale_Water_Park_Cable_Stay_Bridge_Sale_UK http://www.Waymarking.com/waymarks/WMJM9H_Sale_Bridge_on_Bridgewater_Canal_Sale_UK http://www.Waymarking.com/waymarks/WMJM94_Sale_Station_Sale_UK http://www.Waymarking.com/waymarks/WMJM4V_Victorian_Post_Box_Broad_Road_Sale_UK Thanks for the challenge, I enjoyed re-visiting my home town. I've got a huge back log of way marks to post, but at some point I'm going to go back to the nearby town where I had my first job. It had a population of 11,049 in the census of 2001. Dave

In the UK the Greenwich Observatory used to send a time signal to railway stations to enable them to set their clocks accurately. The railway stations were allowed to then transmit the same signal to clock makers and sellers. This way mark http://www.Waymarking.com/wm/search.aspx?f=1&lat=53.801279&lon=-1.548567&t=3&id=leeds&kw=time%20ball&st=2 shows a shop in Leeds that had 2 time balls and 2 large public clocks on display. The time ball used to drop at 13:00 pm. Because of the clocks I managed to post it to Town Clocks.

I'm not sure if this is what's meant, but this 3D orientation table outside York Minster is a small model of York Minster and surrounding buildings. It also has Braille markings for visually handicapped people to help them interpret the model. I'm sorry I don't know how to place pictures directly into this area but if you use this link it will take you to my way mark. http://www.Waymarking.com/waymarks/WMAZDT_York_Minster_Orientation_Table_York_UK When you get there you'll need to click on to the picture to see the detail of the model and the location of the Braille.

I like this idea of making a set of related items. This waymark in Leeds http://www.Waymarking.com/waymarks/WMEC15_Drayman_Leeds_UK is a copy of a statue that stands outside the Altien Brewery in Dortmund. Leeds and Dortmund are twin cities and Dortmund presented the statue to Leeds on the 10th anniversary of their twinning. Anyone visiting Dortmund will be able to complete the pairing.

Apparently this happens on the last 6 categories created. The problem is being investigated by Bruces and Bootron.

They also fit into orientation tables. http://www.Waymarking.com/waymarks/WMAZDT_York_Minster_Orientation_Table_York_UK As far as 3D Topographic Maps are concerned, I like the idea. However I think I would limit them to natural features like the original picture. Although some of the other examples are in 3D (including the 2 above) they don't really illustrate the topograhy of the ground, only show where the different buildings are located. Having said that I also have another example that could be said to fit both categories (there's always an exception) http://www.Waymarking.com/waymarks/WMBX29_Town_Orientation_Table_Marsden_UK In this case it shows buildings but also the layout of the surrounding hills, although not to scale.

If the memorial includes sculptures of the soldiers then it can be posted to 'Figurative Public Sculpture'. This way mark is an example <a href="http://www.Waymarking.com/waymarks/WME58G_Civil_War_Soldier_Aspen_CO ">civil war soldier.</a> I appreciate you'd prefer to post in a war category, but at least this category would allow you to record it.

But if there are 2 plaques in entirely different locations how do you decide which plaque is the more important from the point of view choosing the co-ordinates to use. Or if it's the village that's being way marked then how would you decide whereabouts in the village you would pick the co-ordinates?

In the UK there is 'Britain in Bloom' competitions... Part of this "Best Kept..." category or not? I would say yes, it part of the same idea. So, a village wins Best Kept, and an In Bloom (different years) 1 or 2 waymarks? 2? 1 for each, there will be 2 plaques... Multiple awards = one waymark. simply list them all in the long description, I would say you're Waymarking the plaque or sign, not just the village. The position of the sign is where you were when you found the plaque, or are visiting it. If there are two different plaques in two different locations then I would say there are 2 available way marks. This the most likely situation if two different awards are won eg Britain in bloom and best kept village. I have seen examples of a village winning 'best kept village' twice and the original sign was modified with the second date awarded so in this case there would only be 1 waymark

United Kingdom National Inventory of War Memorials http://www.ukniwm.org.uk/ English Heritage Listed Buildings http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/ List of British Isles moveable bridges http://www.movablebridges.org.uk/ UK Ordnance Survey Bench Marks http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/

There is an existing Best Kept Village waymark that was posted under UK History Markers. http://www.Waymarking.com/waymarks/WMBE8X_Wentworth_Best_Kept_Village_Sign_Rotherham_South_Yorkshire In my experience villages that win these competitions are traditional villages with a community spirit. They are often interesting places and well worth a visit. I can confirm that Wentworth is well worth a visit, regardless of whether it's a year when they have won the competition or not.