The main difference I think is that the directions signs just point you in the direction of those towns which are reachable by bike, no different than signs for cars. The trail markers however are part of a country wide network of nodes, which has been designed for tourists and locals and to take you past "hotspots". Think historical sites or buildings, nature area's, etc. I would argue that this makes them eligibile not just under great place to excercise but also have a high exploration value.
It's true they are mass produced and don't make for great visual wayspots and if it was me I would have stuck to only having the actual nodes (like the one in your last picture) be eligibile wayspots. Niantic however seems to be fine with having every sign that points to a node be a wayspot as well and with these being one of the most easy wayspots to get accepted in the Netherlands I'm afraid you are just losing agreements voting against these.
Massproduced signs (even a trailmarker) aren't eligible - like NianticOtoStar mentioned "generic directional signs". Only unique signs and the beginning/end of a trail is okay. Like any other excercising parcour.
Edit: I think also the "knooppunt" or hiking intersection are fine - agree with @TWVer-ING
A trail marker is not a generic directional sign. I can't believe we are still having this discussion. It has been clarified many times that trail markers along a trail are great wayspots as well. @NianticOtoStar probably didn't understand what they were looking at when they made their comment, and now you are taking it even further out of context to ignore all the previous clarifications.
Not everyone has the same intrests. And not every wayspot needs to have parking space next to it. These games are about exercising.
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Only the bottom 2 signs in both pictures are eligible (the Knooppunt signs). The others are just directional signs that don't belong to a trail.
But be careful. In Germany, those directional signs sometimes contain a trail name or number. If that is the case, they are also eligible.
The main difference I think is that the directions signs just point you in the direction of those towns which are reachable by bike, no different than signs for cars. The trail markers however are part of a country wide network of nodes, which has been designed for tourists and locals and to take you past "hotspots". Think historical sites or buildings, nature area's, etc. I would argue that this makes them eligibile not just under great place to excercise but also have a high exploration value.
It's true they are mass produced and don't make for great visual wayspots and if it was me I would have stuck to only having the actual nodes (like the one in your last picture) be eligibile wayspots. Niantic however seems to be fine with having every sign that points to a node be a wayspot as well and with these being one of the most easy wayspots to get accepted in the Netherlands I'm afraid you are just losing agreements voting against these.
I fully agree!
Massproduced signs (even a trailmarker) aren't eligible - like NianticOtoStar mentioned "generic directional signs". Only unique signs and the beginning/end of a trail is okay. Like any other excercising parcour.
Edit: I think also the "knooppunt" or hiking intersection are fine - agree with @TWVer-ING
A trail marker is not a generic directional sign. I can't believe we are still having this discussion. It has been clarified many times that trail markers along a trail are great wayspots as well. @NianticOtoStar probably didn't understand what they were looking at when they made their comment, and now you are taking it even further out of context to ignore all the previous clarifications.
Not everyone has the same intrests. And not every wayspot needs to have parking space next to it. These games are about exercising.