Welp I’ve just had a bunch of location edits rejected after being “under review by the wayfarer team” despite many being cases where the current pin is completely misplaced and Google clearly showing that. I was expecting to have to appeal some of them because there is no streetview and a tree covering the aerial view but some of them are baffling.
Very frustrating that at 2 appeals per 20 days it’ll be months before I will be afforded an opportunity to provide any evidence in support of some of my edits. It’s incredibly frustrating there is no option to attach evidence when the edit request is put through. I’m going to document a few of them here to relieve the frustration:
Case 1:
POI: Spandrel carving of St Lawrence’s demise
What is it?: A viking era carving on the spandrels above the church door.
Image of POI from Ingress:
Current location is in the grass next to the church
Location proposed:
3D mode from Google maps with circle around the carving:
Case 2:
POI: Anchor Brewery
What is it?: A carving of an anchor commemorating the former site of the brewery that used to be one of the city’s main employers.
Image currently used by the POI:
Current location in the middle of the street:
Location proposed:
3D mode from Google maps with circle around the carving:
Streetview:
Case 3:
POI: The Gates
Current location inside the music shop opposite the alleyway:
My edit (whoops mine is also too far south but far more accurate in the east-west axis):
Then yeah you can see it on the pavement opposite the middle awning of the green restaurant:
So yeah, quite frustrated, not sure how to avoid this and avoid using all my appeals on stuff like this. I find it annoying when things are misplaced and it really feels like I’m being called a liar when I get the rejection emails through.
Also extra frustrating when I just had a new nomination denied for being misplaced despite being similarly verifiably through streetview: Mismatched location appeal in the future - #2 by shritwod
Edit:
Also wondering if this is in for the same treatment