+sbell111 Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 As a category owner, how can I quickly tell if a particular waymark has already been created when I am approving new ones? Link to comment
+The Leprechauns Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 You are darn lucky that I am not making use of the new "Ignore" feature in the upgraded forum software. When you go to the review screen for a new waymark submission, if there is another waymark already listed in your category and within a mile or so of the coordinates for the new waymark, a very visible warning pops up, complete with a reference to the other nearby waymark. This allows you to do further investigation. This happens to me a lot in my Pennsylvania Historic Markers category. It is fairly common for there to be multiple markers at the same location, commemorating different events. Link to comment
+Black Dog Trackers Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 I wish that the distance to another waymark warning, in the case of less-than-a-mile, would go to feet and even inches or tenths of feet in the case of Recovered US Benchmarks. Sometimes benchmarks are really close to each other, especially if people log reference marks. Link to comment
+DavidMac Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 (edited) When you go to the review screen for a new waymark submission, if there is another waymark already listed in your category and within a mile or so of the coordinates for the new waymark, a very visible warning pops up, complete with a reference to the other nearby waymark. This allows you to do further investigation. I haven't run into this yet, but I wonder if the same is true when posting waymark submissions, or just when reviewing? I know I can just use the location filter on the right, but for now it only works with zipcode, which is not always known (yes, I know I can look them up using the link to the USPS website, but that takes extra time. And, I'm being picky, but shouldn't it link to http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown.jsp instead of http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown_zip.jsp ?) Edited February 7, 2006 by DavidMac Link to comment
+sbell111 Posted February 8, 2006 Author Share Posted February 8, 2006 I wish that the distance to another waymark warning, in the case of less-than-a-mile, would go to feet and even inches or tenths of feet in the case of Recovered US Benchmarks. Sometimes benchmarks are really close to each other, especially if people log reference marks. I'm not sure how much you would want to reduce it. I wouldn't want to reduce it lower than 50-100 feet to account for coordinate slop. Link to comment
+Ambrosia Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 (edited) You are darn lucky that I am not making use of the new "Ignore" feature in the upgraded forum software. When you go to the review screen for a new waymark submission, if there is another waymark already listed in your category and within a mile or so of the coordinates for the new waymark, a very visible warning pops up, complete with a reference to the other nearby waymark. This allows you to do further investigation. This happens to me a lot in my Pennsylvania Historic Markers category. It is fairly common for there to be multiple markers at the same location, commemorating different events. Oh, goody. I'd been wondering this. I knew that someone submitting a waymark saw a warning, but I didn't know if the owner did. I knew that it made sense, but I wasn't for sure. Thanks. Edited February 9, 2006 by Ambrosia Link to comment
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