So for the first photo, a community member asked if this directional photo of a wash trail would get approved. I told him it wouldn’t, because it’s just a generic sign with no cultural significance and isnt an important part of the community.
The 2nd photo, a member pointed out that this got approved, which is similar, so that the first one should got approved.
I just became a community ambassador for pokemon go (not a wayfarer ambassador) and I dont want to give my community members incorrect advice on what to do. So I figured id head to the forums and ask you guys. What does everyone think?
As you will see it is the trail / route that is important and not the actual sign.
Coukd you provide a little more information about this specific scenario as it is also important not to make assumptions that one wayspot outcome automatically applies to another.
Echoing elijustrying a bit, it’s the trail itself that’s important and not the sign. However, many reviewers will likely vote down the submission because the sign itself looks mass-produced.
There’s a reason why signs next to the highway all look the same… in many jurisdictions they have to meet a strict set of requirements in terms of visual design and the materials used. If you go off the highway then the rules are less strict, but otherwise they’ll tend to look similar.
Because any trail will tend to have many trailmarkers along the route it is advisable to give each one a unique description, e.g. Las Vegas Wash Trail, south of Main Street or Flamingo Arroyo Trail, opposite City Hall. This helps a lot with cooperative play, so if you say “meet me for a raid at…” or “upgrade the resonators at…” it helps a lot if there aren’t a lot of wayspots with the same name.
A good description helps, typically this can just be a simple description of the trail and where this wayspot is.
In the supporting text it is really helpful to include the web address of anything that supports the existence of the trail and includes a map, for example a local government website, park authority etc. That can help a lot too if there isn’t StreetView in the area.
Walking trails do make excellent wayspots in my opinion, I would definitely give something like these a go.
