This is an official trailmarker, as stated and explained in my nomination and appeal. Why does the Niantic Employee say that it’s not eligible because it’s a ‘simple direction sign post’? Isn’t that what a trailmarker is? The examples of Niantic of the trailmarkers aren’t exactly super complicated b…

Hello I have often come to the forums for these kinds. This appeal was indeed incorrectly rejected. It will probably be accepted when staff sees this. Please be patient as it is the weekend.

Hi @Flipflopfly87 I would rather reject your suggestion and refer you to the following post by @cyndiepooh [image] How to Reject or report FALSE trailmarkers? Review Support For a long time, this was the clarification people were going by: Clarification on …

This is post was from the old forums. Trail markers are acceptable, please see the trail marker clarification criteria in that same post

Here is that full post, so no one is confused about what I was saying there: [image] How to Reject or report FALSE trailmarkers? For a long time, this was the clarification people were going by: Clarification on trail markers NianticGiffard: Please check our stance on the below scenarios: a)…

Well this applies to my nomination: [image] cyndiepooh: Trail markers are tangible anchor points that define the route of the trail on the Wayfarer map. A trail marker itself need not be an interesting object but its function on the trail should be unique to that location.

It seems that we interpret the rule differently. For me, however, a street lamp clearly belongs to the street space and therefore falls into the ‘Not Good’ category. As a German living on the Dutch border, I have many such ‘low quality’ Wayspot suggestions in my review queue, and personally I prefer…

This submission is not for a street lamp, it’s for a Trail marker on a street lamp. I only have trail markers on street lamps in my area. And they get approved by the community time from time and always accepted on appeal. Don’t use your personal opinion too much with reviewing, also remember the …

Well the nomination is for the trailmarker which, for me, takes priority whether it’s on a for example wooden post (of which you can argue if a wooden post with a sign isn’t something that belongs to the street space) or a lamp post.

Thnx AMG7070 , that’s a good clarification.

I am not evaluating the street lamp itself, but rather the sticker or marker that has been stuck to its pole. Since there is no ‘trail name’ and this clearly takes place in the street space, for me this clearly falls under category e). Therefore, to be honest, I do not understand your argument about…

Even if there is no route name on the marker, I am confident that the submitter has put a link or some kind of thing towards the route to check that it is official. If not that I find it is understandable to reject since the submitter has to provide prove. And we are submitting the route not actual…

Trailmarker not eligible?

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jjkabels October 26, 2025, 2:45pm 3

Hi @Flipflopfly87

I would rather reject your suggestion and refer you to the following post by @cyndiepooh

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Trailmarker not eligible?

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