Comments on: Share Your Waymarking Adventures

By: SomeGal

SomeGal — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 19:12:00 +0000

I wish now even though waymarking has taken over virtuals . They used to count for numbers for lets say a cache a day for challenges etc. How come they dont show on your geocaching profiles any longer? Or Am I doing something wrong.Please enlighten me..

By: wvbago

wvbago — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:01:00 +0000

We live and travel in our motorhome, so are all over the place, caching as we go. It is such a great way to explore new areas and even got hooked up with some local cache events while in Georgia; yeah “Tick Magnets”!! We cache with our iphone and love it for the quick stops. Is there a way to get Waymarks on it??

By: Mr. PISA

Mr. PISA — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:21:00 +0000

I posted around 40 waymarks and visited around 200 and this is just the beginning. What I really like about Waymarking is, that it helps you to find stuff that no travel guide would even mention. Want to find “Hand Operated Water Pumps” in Belgium? Or “Outdoor Stations of the Cross” in Bavaria? Are you planning a trip to Boston and wonder if there are any “Aviaries” around? Waymarking has all the answers for you. And if you stumble over one of the many “Penny Smashers” out there that haven’t been listed already, take some photos and help future tourists and smashed penny collectors to not miss it and bring a smile on her/his face.

By: Scrapcat

Scrapcat — Mon, 14 May 2012 00:39:00 +0000

I have created over 75 waymarks and visited over 500. As a history buff and local-trivia buff, it’s a great way to explore unknown towns while traveling for work. Wish there was an app, like the Challenge app, where I can search nearby waymarks and upload logs/pictures.

By: Web-ling

Web-ling — Mon, 14 May 2012 00:31:00 +0000

I enjoy Waymarking, having created over 600 Waymarks and visited over 500 (other than my own). However, the website needs work; Pocket Queries would help tremendously. The vast majority of my Waymarks have had very few visitors; many have had none. If the website were more user-friendly, I think a lot more people would Waymark.

By: SeabreezeOZ

SeabreezeOZ — Mon, 14 May 2012 00:28:00 +0000

Yes, its great fun Waymarking, I focus on Australian Post Offices. But the design of the web page is quite clunky, also why cant we have a page like geocaching which shows all the various waymarks to visit and easily download to the gps, even a phone app would be good. Please Groundspeak, update this feature and make it more user friendly! PS, some of the catagories are hillarious, lol.

By: Pinkmonkey2

Pinkmonkey2 — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:26:00 +0000

I have never looked into waymarking before, but I see through geocaching I have been to MANY places! I will have to go back and see where I have been and log them, since that looks to be acceptable, and then to be even more aware of where I am going in the future!

By: Flipflopnick

Flipflopnick — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:01:00 +0000

Waymarking gives me great satisfaction. Creating something from nothing. Giving credence to unknown objects. Am now having to return to some early locations as more categories appear. I have even gone out to a new location with the sole intention of gathering Waymarking information. Filling a blank on the Waymarking map. The sense of wonder as you discover new potential Waymarks. Not knowing whether the topic has been posted already adds to the fun. Researching a posting is part of the enjoyment. Having read a local history book, the challenge is then to go out and create quality Waymarks. This passion has led to attending many local history talks for suggestions.

Having all the category descriptions to hand means I have yet to be thwarted by Category Managers requirements both for logging and posting. Unless a new officer changes the goal posts!

By: Robert Birch

Robert Birch — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 07:48:00 +0000

I’m with you on that, Howarthe . . . more than once, a Waymark has been denied because they want 2 or 3 pics, different angles, with/without my GPS, and if I’m in another area, I know that something has a category, but is it already a Waymark? Logging an existing Waymark and creating a new one often require different kinds of photos. So now, I just try to take more pictures than I think I’ll need, and then hope for the best. I still enjoy Waymarking a lot more than I do Geocaching . . .

By: Frank_Z

Frank_Z — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:37:00 +0000

I could also log earth caches, virtuals and challenges where I have been before their publications and before starting geocaching.
But I always thought the idea to go outside is common among all those games and therefore the same logging requirements.