Around 5 wayspots gone

Hey there,

I just noticed that a few wayspots that happen to be in game are gone. If I remember right one had a Pokémon in its image which shouldn’t be but had been since 9 years or so. Can an official give a response why these had been removed and whether it makes sense to resubmit them?

Location 52.30227 13.24369 and nearby

Thats the public soccer field

Best regards

Can you clarify if it is just this one you want request restoration or more?
Can you say what the actual object was please.

So if I remember right, one soccer field, two good looking sprayed transformer stations, one wayspot resembling a cycling club and the last one I dont remember.

All on that area

The question may well be if they are each still there. It can take awhile for staff to respond so you might want to begin to gather evidence with geotagged photos.

Since Ingress is no longer a part of Wayfarer, I checked there to try to find portals still here.
I found these four there that are not on the Wayfarer map. Are these the ones? This appears to be a school campus to me.

52.301986,13.243262 Käfigball

52.302959,13.245168 Ludwigsfelder Radballclub

52.302977,13.246064 Maschinen

52.301793,13.247287 Ratte auf Diebeszug

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I’m also suspecting not being clear if it is belonging to the elementary school and the Gesamtschule hast enabled these removals. I think if you can show that these grounds are unrelated to these schools then those should be reinstated (although the football one definitely not with that photo as it is blatantly against the criteria).

But also, has the area been redeveloped? For example, there is a Google Maps pin for tennis courts but they are nowhere to be found. When you prepare to appeal these removals here, consider if that is important information

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There was never a tennis court there, I reported it now to google so hopefully will be gone in a few days. On that area a new school is being built, correctly mapped in osm, but that should not effect the soccer field and the cycle club.

Wayspots on school property are ineligible and it seems the entire area belongs to the school

The club’s website even mentions it is located on school property

But why now and the “Ratte auf Diebeszug” is defiantly not part of the school. And I know other places in other cities where there are still wayspots and school property :thinking:

Well these wayspots usually remain until someone reports them. Someone reported these.

OSM has the building the mural is on tagged as being school property

Although I agree it seems to be separate (accessible from footpath, outside of fence). You can file an appeal for specifically the mural then


Thanks for the appeal, @Agent16A! We have taken another look, but stand by our decision to retire the Wayspots in question.

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Just found this here, all outdoor sports facilities listed here https://www.ludwigsfelde.de/leben-in-ludwigsfelde/ludwigsfelde-stellt-sich-vor/sportstaetten/ belong to the city, so I think the football field should be fine or am I wrong?

Just my opinion, if the fields are used for the majority by the school then it should be rejected.

In the UK you will often get school halls used for other purposes (the 1 that springs to mind is Elections) but it is still geared towards the school.

Even if it belong to city, if its prinarily for school, its ineligible. If its not, you need to prove this.

We have reviewed the report, and the Wayspots in question does not match our criteria for restoration at this time.