Invalid Wayspot Appeal. Fixing Monclova Pt 1

Title of the Wayspot: Altar A San Judas


Location: 26.904653,-101.45008


City: Monclova


Country: Mexico


Screenshot of the Rejection Email:


Photos to support your claim:


Additional information: This part of the city is riddled with fake Wayspots, most are duplicates from others that are far away (like this Wayspot for example) others are result of more insidious plans to fake the nominations.

Back to the Wayspot in question. I went to the fake wayspot's location and took a photosphere: https://goo.gl/maps/UzXa7ZUcEhzzarn56 (taken on Jan 31, 2021) as you can see, the Wayspot doesn't exist there.

But if you were to travel 3km NE, you'll find the real Wayspot: at 26.927489,-101.434845 (https://goo.gl/maps/2PhoXTbL171kHKkQ9)

I went to the city, took dozens of photospheres and reported a great deal of fake Wayspots, so this is likely to become a series of posts regarding that city.

Thanks.

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  • Thanks for flagging, @CodeineSJ-ING! I've escalated your report internally for review. We will follow-up as soon as we have more information to share. Thank you!

  • CodeineSJ-INGCodeineSJ-ING Posts: 31 ✭✭

    Wayspot has been removed. I guess the rejection email was for another one of the duplicates. Sorry! It's just that they are all named the same.

  • CodeineSJ-INGCodeineSJ-ING Posts: 31 ✭✭

    Wayspot has been removed. Thanks!

  • CodeineSJ-INGCodeineSJ-ING Posts: 31 ✭✭

    Wayspot removed. Thanks!

  • Appeal Accepted - Thanks for the appeal, Agent. We gave this a second look and after reviewing the additional evidence provided, we've decided to retire the Portal in question.

  • CodeineSJ-INGCodeineSJ-ING Posts: 31 ✭✭

    Title of the Wayspot: Flor de metal


    Location: 26.905376,-101.447305


    City: Monclova


    Country: Mexico


    Screenshot of the Rejection Email:


    Photos to support your claim:


    Additional information: This part of the city is riddled with fake Wayspots, most are duplicates from others that are far away (like this Wayspot for example) others are result of more insidious plans to fake the nominations.

    Back to the Wayspot in question. I went to the fake wayspot's location and took a photosphere: https://goo.gl/maps/CPQDduh98mya9zhG7 (taken on Jan 31, 2021) as you can see, the Wayspot doesn't exist there.

    But if you were to travel more than 1km SE, you'll find the real Wayspot: at 26.898529,-101.435863 (https://goo.gl/maps/oP3q7QzPQj2SjkW6A). It's the same structure, just with the photo taken from the other side.

    I went to the city, took dozens of photospheres and reported a great deal of fake Wayspots, so this is likely to become a series of posts regarding that city. This particular Wayspot has been duplicated a lot.

    Thanks.

  • CodeineSJ-INGCodeineSJ-ING Posts: 31 ✭✭

    Title of the Wayspot: Flor de metal


    Location: 26.894385,-101.442315


    City: Monclova


    Country: Mexico


    Screenshot of the Rejection Email:




    Photos to support your claim:



    Additional information: This part of the city is riddled with fake Wayspots, most are duplicates from others that are far away (like this Wayspot for example) others are result of more insidious plans to fake the nominations.

    Back to the Wayspot in question. I went to the fake wayspot's location and took a photosphere: https://goo.gl/maps/EmDCmkfBkve1Bk7c9 (taken on Jan 31, 2021) as you can see, the Wayspot doesn't exist there.

    But if you were to travel more than 800m ENE, you'll find the real Wayspot: at 26.898529,-101.435863 (https://goo.gl/maps/oP3q7QzPQj2SjkW6A). It's the same structure, just with the photo taken from a slightly different angle.

    I went to the city, took dozens of photospheres and reported a great deal of fake Wayspots, so this is likely to become a series of posts regarding that city. This particular Wayspot has been duplicated a lot.

    Please note that this is not a repeated appeal for that other "Flor de Metal" (https://community.wayfarer.nianticlabs.com/discussion/12682/invalid-wayspot-appeal-fixing-monclova-pt-2), but an appeal for a second duplicate Wayspot of the same name.

    Thanks.

  • CodeineSJ-INGCodeineSJ-ING Posts: 31 ✭✭

    Title of the Wayspot: Flor vivir mejor


    Location: 26.891799,-101.434413


    City: Monclova


    Country: Mexico


    Screenshot of the Rejection Email:


    Photos to support your claim:



    Additional information: This part of the city is riddled with fake Wayspots, most are duplicates from others that are far away (like this Wayspot for example) others are result of more insidious plans to fake the nominations.

    Back to the Wayspot in question. I went to the fake wayspot's location and took a photosphere: (https://goo.gl/maps/3N5KYh4EfaFnWjMm6) (taken on Jan 31, 2021) as you can see, the Wayspot doesn't exist there.

    But if you were to travel some 700m NNW, you'll find the real Wayspot: at 26.898529,-101.435863 (https://goo.gl/maps/oP3q7QzPQj2SjkW6A). It's the same structure, just with the photo taken from the other side.

    I went to the city, took dozens of photospheres and reported a great deal of fake Wayspots, so this is likely to become a series of posts regarding that city. This particular Wayspot has been duplicated a lot.

    Please note that this is not a repeted appeal for either of the "Flor de Metal" duplicates (https://community.wayfarer.nianticlabs.com/discussion/12682/invalid-wayspot-appeal-fixing-monclova-pt-2) (https://community.wayfarer.nianticlabs.com/discussion/12684/invalid-wayspot-appeal-fixing-monclova-pt-3)

    This is an appeal for the third duplicate of the same sculpture.

    Thanks.

  • CodeineSJ-INGCodeineSJ-ING Posts: 31 ✭✭

    Title of the Wayspot: Sube y baja


    Location: 26.888916,-101.432375


    City: Monclova


    Country: Mexico


    Screenshot of the Rejection Email:


    Photos to support your claim:


    Additional information: This part of the city is riddled with fake Wayspots, most are duplicates from others that are far away (like this Wayspot for example) others are result of more insidious plans to fake the nominations.

    Back to the Wayspot in question. I went to the fake wayspot's location and took a couple of photospheres: https://goo.gl/maps/FAYTRAcpKepxNk9t7 and https://goo.gl/maps/SrWs85PzjhDt7ZXh9 (taken on Jan 31, 2021) as you can see, the Wayspot doesn't exist there.

    But if you were to travel 1km NNW, you'll find the real Wayspot: at 26.898484,-101.435687 (https://goo.gl/maps/axkbApa2j6Vwp8Uq7). What would be just one Wayspot (the playground in that park) has been used and reused in order to create no less than 6 different Wayspots in the city (this one and 26.8929,-101.433554; 26.889403,-101.432355; 26.894964,-101.442326; 26.89405,-101.446886; 26.894359,-101.442437).

    I went to the city, took dozens of photospheres and reported a great deal of fake Wayspots, so this is part of a series of posts regarding that city.

    Thanks.

  • CodeineSJ-INGCodeineSJ-ING Posts: 31 ✭✭

    Title of the Wayspot: Columpios


    Location: 26.889403,-101.432355


    City: Monclova


    Country: Mexico


    Screenshot of the Rejection Email:


    Photos to support your claim:




    Additional information: This part of the city is riddled with fake Wayspots, most are duplicates from others that are far away (like this Wayspot for example) others are result of more insidious plans to fake the nominations.

    Back to the Wayspot in question. I went to the fake wayspot's location and took a photosphere: https://goo.gl/maps/2Trrg9Ra9kAD8TSK9 (taken on Jan 31st, 2021) as you can see, the Wayspot doesn't exist there.

    But if you were to travel 1km NNW, you'll find the real Wayspot at: 26.898484,-101.435687 (https://goo.gl/maps/91a64DgYxF4EcD8R8). What would be just one Wayspot (the playground in that park) has been used and reused in order to create no less than 6 different Wayspots in the city (this one and 26.8929,-101.433554; 26.888916,-101.432375; 26.894964,-101.442326; 26.89405,-101.446886; 26.894359,-101.442437).

    I went to the city, took dozens of photospheres and reported a great deal of fake Wayspots, so this is part of a series of posts regarding that city.

    Thanks.

  • CodeineSJ-INGCodeineSJ-ING Posts: 31 ✭✭

    Title of the Wayspot: Cancha De Básquet


    Location: 26.903117,-101.445579


    City: Monclova


    Country: Mexico


    Screenshot of the Rejection Email:


    Photos to support your claim:


    Additional information: This part of the city is riddled with fake Wayspots, most are duplicates from others that are far away (like this Wayspot for example) others are result of more insidious plans to fake the nominations.

    Back to the Wayspot in question: I went to the fake wayspot's location and took a photosphere: https://goo.gl/maps/paCCkZ3aiTxKhw7f9 (taken on Jan 31st, 2021) as you can see, the Wayspot doesn't exist there. This is also confirmed by Satellite View.

    But if you were to travel 1km SE, you'll find the real Wayspot at: 26.898864,-101.435745 (my photosphere of the real location: https://goo.gl/maps/4mwN1CjZCKFjnA899). It's the same basquetball courtyard, just with pictures taken from opposite angles.

    I went to the city, took dozens of photospheres and reported a great deal of fake Wayspots, my appeals are now part of the Fixing Monclova saga.

    Thanks.

  • CodeineSJ-INGCodeineSJ-ING Posts: 31 ✭✭

    Title of the Wayspot: Cancha De Fútbol Rápido


    Location: 26.903631,-101.445791


    City: Monclova


    Country: Mexico


    Screenshot of the Rejection Email:


    Photos to support your claim:


    Additional information: This part of the city is riddled with fake Wayspots, most are duplicates from others that are far away others are result of more insidious plans to fake the nominations in which the real location is made into several different Wayspots, none of them in the real location (so they won't be seen as duplicates right away).

    Back to the Wayspot in question: I went to the fake wayspot's location and took a photosphere: https://goo.gl/maps/mruSYABA8TdDPqkq5 (taken on Jan 31, 2021) as you can see, the Wayspot doesn't exist there, satellite image confirms this as well.

    But if you were to travel some 3km NE, you'll find the real indoor soccer courtyard: at 26.928540, -101.434720 (https://goo.gl/maps/iT6mGnXW7782ELyH8).

    Now, the real courtyard has not been made a Wayspot in its real location. So I've already requested the location edit of the Wayspot "Cancha Multiusos" (26.903853,-101.446078) to the accurate location. Both "Cancha Multiusos" and "Cancha de Fútbol Rápido" are the same courtyard, just with pictures taken from oposite angles.

    I went to the city, took dozens of photospheres and reported a great deal of fake Wayspots, so that's why you are seeing an entire saga of Monclova appeals.

    Thanks.

  • CodeineSJ-INGCodeineSJ-ING Posts: 31 ✭✭
    edited February 2021

    Title of the Wayspot: Vaca Luchadora | Vaca Adelita | Vaca Urbana | Vaca De Dos Cabezas

    Location: 26.902184,-101.40441 | 26.901723,-101.403706 | 26.901681,-101.403466 | 26.899831,-101.406003

    City: Monclova

    Country: Mexico

    Screenshot of the Rejection Email:


    Photos to support your claim:


    Additional information: The appealed Wayspots were part of a famous public art exhibit. Cow Parade (http://www.cowparade.com/our-story/) lasts only a couple of months. In the case of Monclova, those cows were exhibited from March to May of 2015 as you can hear in this video: https://youtu.be/hZELAPkAcfE?t=15 (if you know Spanish). Or read in this news site from 5 years ago: http://www.zocalo.com.mx/seccion/articulo/hoy-frozen-en-el-parque-xochipilli-1429420763

    You can see the cows in this facebook post from March 2015 https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=ParquesXochipilli&set=a.726957544087029

  • CodeineSJ-INGCodeineSJ-ING Posts: 31 ✭✭

    Title of the Wayspot: Tulum: Templo De Los Frescos

    Location: 26.900679,-101.40919

    City: Monclova

    Country: Mexico

    Screenshot of the Rejection Email:

    Photos to support your claim:

    Additional information:

    The Wayspot I'm appealing is a duplicate of the Wayspot at 26.89893,-101.408132. I've already requested the location edit of the other Wayspots that were placed on top of the golf courtyard since the golf courtyard has no sculptures at all (https://goo.gl/maps/ysLGX4G6GiFGg9CN9) they should be on the adjacent park.

  • CodeineSJ-INGCodeineSJ-ING Posts: 31 ✭✭
    edited February 2021

    Title of the Wayspot: Aparatos de Ejercicios

    Location: 26.900042,-101.425584

    City: Monclova

    Country: Mexico

    Screenshot of the Rejection Email:

    Photos to support your claim:

    Additional information: The Wayspot that I'm appealing to be removed is now a duplicate of the Wayspot at 26.89671,-101.434018.

    I say "now" because I submitted this new Wayspot and discovered later that the image of the Fitness Station was already approved in a wrong location (900 meters NE from where it was supposed to be).

    You can compare the street view of the Wayspot I'm appealing (https://goo.gl/maps/D2KAbowQmW78B88S6) with the photosphere I submitted (https://goo.gl/maps/3L4hBAxwQyvyGCSGA) on January 2021, and see that the Fitness Station is only on the location I submited.

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  • CodeineSJ-INGCodeineSJ-ING Posts: 31 ✭✭

    Title of the Wayspot: Ejercitadores | Outdoor Gym

    Location: 26.89314,-101.434157 | 26.902605,-101.443704

    City: Monclova

    Country: Mexico

    Screenshot of the Rejection Email:

    Photos to support your claim:

    Additional information:

    I reported both duplicates because noneis in their proper place.

    The first Wayspot (Ejercitadores, at 26.89314,-101.434157) it's just a house. You can see it in the photosphere I submitted to street view https://goo.gl/maps/pwQaheBgDteSFiRi7

    The second (Outdoor Gym, at 26.902605,-101.443704) is a baseball field (https://goo.gl/maps/crJpvnFbom6FHC1f7)

    Now the fun part.

    Both Wayspots are actually coming from the same park at 26.898401, -101.435916. You can see the same tag (circled on the images of the duplicates) in my photosphere (https://goo.gl/maps/Q19tpoCkSbCoXn4F7).

    So one of them should be removed for being a duplicate, and the other placed in their right location I guess.

  • CodeineSJ-INGCodeineSJ-ING Posts: 31 ✭✭

    Title of the Wayspot: Gimnasio Público

    Location: 26.902515,-101.443995City: Monclova

    Country: Mexico

    Screenshot of the Rejection Email:

    Photos to support your claim:

    Additional information:

    The Fitness Station doesn't exist there. You can see that it should be in a small plaza, and there's no such plaza there. You can see it in street view or in the photosphere I took (https://goo.gl/maps/mubi2eHG4xABdLgk8)

    I'm positive that the small plaza is actually at 26.896736,-101.440901 (you can see it from satellite view) but unfortunately I didn't took a photosphere there. So I don't expect you to just take my word for it.

    But the Wayspot should not be in the current location, since it doesn't exist there.

  • CodeineSJ-INGCodeineSJ-ING Posts: 31 ✭✭
    edited February 2021

    Title of the Wayspot: Plaza Miravalle V

    Location: 26.902702,-101.442809

    City: Monclova

    Country: Mexico

    Screenshot of the Rejection Email:

    Photos to support your claim:

    Additional information:

    Currently the Wayspot claims to be a small square (but it's a parking lot). You can see the parking lot in all its glory with this photosphere that I uploaded to street view (https://goo.gl/maps/GCvfMC81gZg6p9aX6)

    But from satellite view and street view you can see that the real plaza is at 26.897673, -101.441102.

    The Wayspot can't stay in its current location, it should either be relocated or removed.

    Thanks

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  • CodeineSJ-INGCodeineSJ-ING Posts: 31 ✭✭

    Title of the Wayspot: capilla de la virgen

    Location: 26.8908,-101.432283

    City: Monclova

    Country: Mexico

    Screenshot of the Rejection Email:

    Photos to support your claim:

    Additional information:

    The Wayspot that I'm appealing to be removed is now a duplicate of the Wayspot at 26.897124,-101.440089.

    I say "now" because I submitted this new Wayspot and discovered later that the image of the Shrine was already approved in a wrong location (1 km SE from where it was supposed to be).

    You can compare the street view of the Wayspot I'm appealing (https://goo.gl/maps/QaNv9feAPGmCi4M3A) with the photosphere of the Wayspot I submitted (https://goo.gl/maps/jTTHz6STMghp1VyB9) on January 2021, and see that it is actually the same shrine, just with different paint and in the wrong location.

  • @CodeineSJ-ING We have reviewed the report and have taken necessary actions on the Wayspots and 5 Wayfinders in accordance with our policies. Thank you!

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