DougK - San Jose, California - Waymark Sticker and Pin Seekers on Waymarking.com

This assumes, as a waymark creator, you've probably noticed that waymark codes are currently of the form WMxxxx, where xxxx is a number comprised of digits cycling through the numbers and the alphabet.

A while ago I got the idea to capture waymark code WMKRNS for my waymarking sticker, because it was close to my last name, KoRNS (buy a vowel?). Heck, if I’m going to engrave it on a pin, it ought to be special or look good.

One day, I created a waymark and noticed that I got this waymark code, WMKRN5, and thought, "Oh my gosh, the assigned codes are going to reach WMKRNS today."

So, I watched all day as new waymarks were being created. Things didn't seem too busy that day; new waymarks were being created fairly slowly.

When it got to WMKRNN, I decided to start five new waymarks, save them quickly and get my desired WM code. I got WMKRNP, WMKRNQ, WMKRNR, and then, WMKRNT.

Did somebody edge me out in the twenty seconds it took between WMKRNR and WMRKNT?

Well, it turns out that Groundspeak does not use certain letters in their waymarking codes because they look too similar to numbers. "S" is one of those letter, so WMKRNS will never exist, whereas WMKRN5 is the reason why is doesn't.

By chance, I happened to have gotten this waymark code, WMKRN5, so I thought "Close enough, best I can do."

Since I inherited the leadership of the geeky category, Coordinate Palindromes, the coordinates above are a "dual palindrome", really two separate palindromes, a the type no longer accepted by the category, but still interesting, in a way, since it's so close to a confluence point.

Click here to see my waymarks close to the confluence point or click “Nearest Waymarks” below to see all waymarks around this waymark's coordinates.

The coordinates are 15 miles from me in Santa Cruz, so send me an E-mail if you're planning to meet up, because I'm in San Jose. A likely meeting place will be at the Country Inn Cafe.

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