Not sure that’s a good title, we can think of a better one. The concept is not new, but can we think of a way to systematize this work and possibly even get Niantic to “sponsor” it?
What I envision is something like a community clean up day in a park. But this is focused on bringing wayspots to areas that have been ignored.
Where:
- Rural areas, small towns, or villages that may not have enough locals high enough level to nominate.
- Disenfranchised areas of urban locations that may have some POI but could use more filling out.
Who:
Any group of Wayfinders with a desire to help.
What:
Coordinating efforts to nominate in these areas. Taking a day trip, a morning session, a weekend, anything that would involve submitting more than a typical amount of POI in one day.
How Niantic could help:
Review a proposed plan for one of these efforts. If it meets certain criteria (low density area, enough participants, etc), they can:
- Give each participant more nominations for the trip
- Top off each participant’s nominations to the max (currently 40)
- Give each participant unlimited nominations for the day/weekend
- Help the orgainzer contact locals in the area who can be included for knowlege transfer.
How else can we make this work? Since the success of ML, I’m eager to spread out to help the places that need it.
To add @26thDoctor’s ideas into this concept, he suggests making something like a “project.” Maybe each person only works on their section of the project individually, but the project as a whole represents work too large to be accomplished by a single person. Something like a trail network that covers tens or hundreds of miles through a whole nation. There’s at least one trail like that on the east coast of the US, I believe. I could get behind this idea as well. This would definitely need an online space to coordinate the efforts across the whole project, or at least to track the progress of it. Maybe some sections are worked on by people who aren’t even aware that it’s a larger project…
For those considering something like this:
You will need a good way to communicate with each other - while coordinating the effort, while on site, while tweaking your nominations after the fact, and to keep the group updated about your successes. My natural inclination will always be towards discord. But other messaging apps can be used. Maaaybe you could even use Campfire. I freely admit that I don’t love Campfire, but it could be used as a way to try to reach people in the area.
