Groundspeak Portal

cache_test_dummies:In hindsight, it probably would have been better to have had this discussion earlier, rather than the week before the release of an update which challenges the current cultural mindset of the community. It would have given us more time to adjust. I would encourage Groundspeak to continue to help us to better understand its ...

BruceS: jeremy:I guess I don't understand the point you are making. The new uncategorized waymark feature supports the ability to post an unfinished waymark in your queue. You can, at that point, either submit it as ''finished'' and make it public for someone to categorize it, or store it as ''unfinished'' until a category is available to ...

BruceS:And meritocracy will lead to mediocrity   j/k.     However declaring that they are now the community's does not reward the initial contributor his ''ownership'' has now been stripped along with a sense of pride that may come with it.We're rewarding people for discovery, not ownership. Historically, humans have ...

BruceS: jeremy: BruceS:If this is the intent then make it so that I can post them in this holding place and when the category is created only I can submit it...  The current implementation only foster disharmony when someone ''poaches'' a waymark I have put in the holding area waiting for a category.The unfinished waymark feature provides ...

BruceS:I don't think there is any feeling of owning the location which is quite evident by multiple waymarkers submitting the same location in different categories.  However there is an ownership of the waymark submission itself.   It is that ownership which helps to insure quality of the waymarks submitted.  I disagree in that, by ...

BruceS:If this is the intent then make it so that I can post them in this holding place and when the category is created only I can submit it...  The current implementation only foster disharmony when someone ''poaches'' a waymark I have put in the holding area waiting for a category.The unfinished waymark feature provides this already. You ...

I wanted to follow up to explain the intent of the new feature. It was not, as many posts are focusing, meant as a way for newbies to easily post their waymark even if they didn't know the category exists. The intent was to create a way for people to post locations that don't have categories at all.Right now you can either post a waymark in an ...

norstar: I find the idea of trading or voluntarily giving waymarks to other players intriguing and needed.  Eventually, people will leave or maybe GroundSpeak will receive a notice saying that 'so-and-so has just passed away.'  If there is no way to transfer ownership (as currently understood) to another player, the waymark ...

the blue quasar:It has always been my understanding that if I create a listing, all of the content including my text and images are protected under the Waymarking Terms of Use and likely by intellectual property laws. With that in mind I have been open to allowing Category Officers the right to make minor edits to my works. Now it appears that ...

Here's the inspiration for the category. He chose Dot Com Tourist Spots which may even be better, though I do like Breakthroughs of the Information Age. Where Bill Gates used to eat burgers doesn't really fit in the category but I can live with that.

This originated from a local tech blog who wanted to document locations that someone would be interested in finding in the tech industry. Places like the garage where the first Apple was built fits in this category. A geek was initially a way to direct folks to the right type of place. It's like the definition of porn is that I know it when I see ...

haunthunters:Geocachers are concerned about image. The number one unspoken rule in the entire geocaching kingdom is that you try your best not to do anything that would give Geocaching a bad name.The physical aspect of geocaching makes it more prone to regulation. This is the biggest reason why geocachers are so concerned with negative stereotypes