Fakes and Scrap at Bad Langensalza
City: Bad Langensalza
Country: Germany, Thuringia
Title: Napoleon Stone
Fake-Location: https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=51.100367,10.653694&z=17&pll=51.100367,10.653694
Real-Location: https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=50.945135,11.571482&z=17&pll=50.945135,11.571482
The background of the picture doesnt fit the location obviously, not enough undisturbed nature there.This memorial stone (with own wiki entry) for the Napoleonic battles of Jena and Auerstedt is of course at Jena, not 100km away at Bad Langensalza ....
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Title: Stromkasten Mural
Fake-Location: https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=51.102407,10.623232&z=17&pll=51.102407,10.623232
3rd party picture, stolen from Berlin: http://stromkastenstyling.blogspot.com/2018/09/
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Title: Werner Stone
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=51.109332,10.645025&z=17&pll=51.109332,10.645025
This is a generic mass produced piece of the common infrastructure. It's a cap of sliders for ventils, that can block the water supply (see here). You can find a cap with a design like this evry 100m on evry German street with underground water supply pipes under it. How got it accepted? The submitter fooled the reviewers and lied at least in the title, that the W stands for the comic figure Werner. The W is there really present since the figure has always a bottle of beer in arm reech, where the bottle cap shows this W. The beer made it into real life: link (the beer is okay).
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Thanks for flagging, @Raachermannl-ING! I've escalated your report internally for review. We will follow-up as soon as we have more information to share.
In this town are really a lot of fake portals.
I am born and raised there and know especially the southern part and the city center very well. Since I live somewere else now and return to LSZ very rarely, I cannot make any photos. However, below listed are clearly incorrect wayspots:
Kriegsdenkmal Rolf Pohl https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=51.104085,10.653039&z=17&pll=51.103455,10.649553 is actually in Görlitz https://inaltenundneuenstaedten.wordpress.com/2014/08/23/erkundungen-auf-friedhofen-gorlitzer-nazigrab/
Graffiti Kunst Mural https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=51.103588,10.651978&z=19&pll=51.103488,10.651064 is actually in Potsdam https://brokenfingaz.com/wrong-path-potsdam/
Der Junge Arbeiter https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=51.104087,10.65195&z=18&pll=51.104416,10.651305 is actually in Berlin https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Skulptur_Park_am_Wei%C3%9Fen_See_(Wei%C3%9Fs)_Junger_Arbeiter%26Christa_Sammler%261963.jpg
When seeing the Apfel Stopferstein https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=51.104563,10.651057&z=19&pll=51.10474,10.651823 I asked myself what the link between apples and Bad Langensalza ist. Actually there isn't any. However, I finally figured out that these stones were used for the renovation of the Sachsenhausen (Frankfurt) city center. You can see a picture of such a stone here https://www.stadtplanungsamt-frankfurt.de/stadterneuerung_alt_sachsenhausen_5857.html .The relation of the apple and Sachsenahausen is the apple wine (cider) which is mainly produced and consumed in Hesse, particularly in the Frankfurt, Wetterau, and Odenwald areas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apfelwein. The city center of Sachsenahusen has the best known ciderhouses in Frankfurt, but such pubs can be found all over southern Hesse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sachsenhausen_(Frankfurt_am_Main)
Fuchs und Storch https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=51.104085,10.653039&z=17&pll=51.10349,10.653466 is from the egapark in Erfurt https://dukkud.org/Kurzreisen%20und%20Fotostopps%202014/Erfurt%202014/index.html#img=Erfurt%20-%20egapark%20-%20Fuchs%20und%20Storch%20aus%20dem%20Jahre%201975%20von%20Harald%20Stieding.jpg
Spreu vom Weizen Mural https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=51.103632,10.651249&z=19&pll=51.103715,10.651093 is in Bad Salzungen https://de-de.facebook.com/graffitiwak/photos/a.914729025319050/2604474889677780/?type=3&theater
Just by looking on the intel map I can see that there are dozens of other fake waypots in the town. However, it's is hard to provide evidence without having the options make photos on my own.
The wayspots below are actually there but not adequate:
Kleiner Spielplatz https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=51.104085,10.653039&z=17&pll=51.103462,10.652321 is on the property of the Kindergarten Phantasia directly next to it. I went there by the way :)
Wappen am Turm https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=51.104085,10.653039&z=17&pll=51.10248,10.653493 is the tower of the Fire Department https://de-de.facebook.com/FFwBL/photos/a.337779869671048/1736957163086638
Liegeschaukel https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=51.103632,10.651249&z=17&pll=51.102939,10.651452 is in the garden of the PRP Am Sportplatz 7.
Finally a technical question: Is there a way to enlange the wayspot photos on the intel map? When using the PC I only see this mini pictures which is annoying. On IITC mobile on the phone the pictures can be enlarged. Thanks in adavance.
Luther-Eiche https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=51.100367,10.653694&z=17&pll=51.099145,10.650838 is somewere else. The picture was stolen here https://larsfriedrichblog.wordpress.com/2017/10/24/luther-in-hattingen-stein-haus-fenster-glocke-kirche-strasse/
open the picture in a new tab, and add =s0 at the end of the adress, then they are on full size ;)
Hello @Raachermannl-ING , we have reviewed the report and have taken necessary actions on the Wayspots and Wayfinders in accordance with our policies. Thank you!
@NianticAaron you totally ignored this post.....
And that https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=51.109332,10.645025&z=17&pll=51.109332,10.645025 is still there is a shame ..... that is generic bullsh1t, that can be found evry 50m at evry German town. When the snow is gone I can send you thousands of pictures of these pipe caps. If you think this is a wayspot, why not the million others .....
@NianticGiffard these additional reports are still not processed. In the meantime one of the links in this reports doenst work anymore .....
And again https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=51.109332,10.645025&z=17&pll=51.109332,10.645025 .... should be removed like I explained above. It's a shame, that this thing is somehow grandfathered. Now the fakers changed the picture of the wayspot. Now it's another generic object. A simple stone on a street without any meaning ....
Afaik it was also reported in a normal way ingame, before appeals were a thing. Since all the reports were rejected, a person tried to move this wayspot into the Atlantic ocean ..... in this situation without other posibilities to get rid of it a logical action. You gave him a strike for this. Please undo that strike and remove this **** wayspot.
We'll look into it.
We have reviewed the report and have taken action on the Wayspots and 2 Wayfinders in accordance with our policies.