This submission is a permanent community sign marker on a major Trailway that was built several miles long and expanding as a major Parks and Recreation initiative. Buckner Park is 1.6 km from proposed marker, which is also expanded and being built up. This market provides an excellent point for Wayfaring along the several mile trail for the Hickory Pointe residents and surrounding sub division residents that are also attached to the trail.
A neighborhood sign meets no criteria imo. How is it a great place to exercise, explore, or be social?
I agree there is no safe pedestrian place to stand here. You don’t stand in a crosswalk, you keep crossing. There is no space at the sign that is conducive to standing there.
If there are markers for this trail, I would suggest submitting these, and include a link in the supporting section to show that this is not just a sidewalk (infrastructure).
There are many subdivision signs in Niantic Games, so there is precedent. How else will the Games Expand and bring the game to suburban areas that are built specifically for exercise eg: Biking. walking and running. This several mile trail is part of the City Parks and Recreation initiative called Puffer Belly Trail. It connects to routes all over Fort Wayne and the surround areas. It is a wayfarer marker (stop) not a place to stand. This gives points for routes that have been added to Niantic Games.
I did submit the Google maps Geo Location of the proposal, the link is above. It clearly shows that this is a several mile paved trail. it is even represented in the Niantic Game Maps.
That doesn’t actually matter at all. You shouldn’t use what’s on the map as what’s acceptable. Sometimes bad things slip through that shouldn’t be on the map, or they were placed a long time ago when the criteria was different.
It does matter because rural players and hiking trails should get included in the game. This stop meets the exact criteria of the Wayfarer Mission. It provides a marker on a major hiking, biking trail that connects communities, parks. Which promotes creation of routes and exploration of ones surrounding community while enjoying Niantic games responsibly.
I have already read that, and it doesn’t apply here. The games cannot grow and reach more audience if community signs along major walking, biking and running paths are denied as unsafe when they were made to be safe for such activity by the municipal Parks and Recreation Departments building them. You can’t create new routes or exploration without them.
I’ve moved your topic to Nomination Support because the category Wayspot Appeals is for rejected removal reports or to ask for reinstating removed wayspots.
I agree that this location is unsafe as per Niantic’s rules and the examples we have seen here.
Wayfarer has its set criteria and guidelines and we are expected to abide by them. As for game locations, that’s a decision for the game teams to make. They have added locations directly in the past to boost gameplay in some locations.
Hi @Mystogan5097 So you believe that a major 4 foot wide paved trail specifically built for pedestrians and bicyclists by the municipal Parks and Recreation department is unsafe? How are people supposed to create routes if you add no waypoints along these several mile long paths connecting communities? The criteria does not lend to your assessment, your assessment is why Niantic games are suffering from dwindling player base instead of expanding to new players in suburban and rural areas that are safer and more conducive for exercise and exploration.
