About survey marker
tp235-ING
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Hi there.
First of all, as I'm a non-English speaker (Japanese), I rely on automatic translation, so please forgive me if my English is unflattering.
One of the criteria for spot recommendations in Wayfarer is a survey marker.
However, if you include everything in Japan, there are such survey markers embedded everywhere at 2 km intervals throughout the country.
There are about 109,000 basic reference points and 17,000 public reference points, and I honestly don't think it's better to make all of them wayspots than to make them for ordinary clock towers in the city.
I know that each country is different, but it would be helpful if you could tell us where to base our recommendation criteria.
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oscarc1-ING
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The only guidance Niantic have given about survey markers are the following:
5 stars: Mountain top marker; permanently attached logbooks, structures, or signs
4 stars: Survey Marker if on a trail or helps you explore the location
Q: What's the difference between Geodetic Marker and Survey Marker? When should I use which category in OPR?
A: I spoke to our OPR team, their response was, “Consider they the same for OPR.”
There is a big discussion about them in this thread, which are waiting for Niantic to provide further clarification.
For now, they can be accepted if they are atop a mountain or part of a trail. The generic ones that you may find on almost every street corner would not be eligible under the current conditions.
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The only guidance Niantic have given about survey markers are the following:
5 stars: Mountain top marker; permanently attached logbooks, structures, or signs
4 stars: Survey Marker if on a trail or helps you explore the location
Q: What's the difference between Geodetic Marker and Survey Marker? When should I use which category in OPR?
A: I spoke to our OPR team, their response was, “Consider they the same for OPR.”
There is a big discussion about them in this thread, which are waiting for Niantic to provide further clarification.
For now, they can be accepted if they are atop a mountain or part of a trail. The generic ones that you may find on almost every street corner would not be eligible under the current conditions.
I'm of the same thought.
But now, there is a movement in Japan to expand on these survey markers and try to make everything Live.
It just adds more noise to the game.
So I think there needs to be stronger clarification in the guidelines.