Decide whether two records serve different purposes.

The task

Save a place from a current position when you have usable location information, or enter coordinates through the manual workflow. Give the record a name you can recognise weeks later. A practical note describes an identifying landmark or entrance without suggesting that the coordinate guarantees access. If the location is private or sensitive, consider that before exporting it to another app.

A saved Waymark place carries a name, coordinates, capture time and accuracy at capture, with optional notes and a photo. It is a bookmark for a real location rather than a street-address search result. A place saved from a weak fix keeps that original uncertainty; a later, better reading does not rewrite the evidence that existed when the place was captured.

Follow the workflow

Similar coordinates can still represent useful different descriptions.

  • Read both names and notes
  • Compare capture context
  • Keep or delete deliberately

Review the result

A user accidentally saves the same parking area twice. This is an illustrative scenario, not measured field-test evidence.

Reopen the place after saving and read its name, note and coordinate information. Search works across names and notes, so descriptive text is more useful than a series of identical labels. A photo can help recognise a gate or parking area, but it is supporting context. Find It Back still uses the saved coordinate and the current location, not an interpretation of the photo.

Quick reference

ItemMeaningKeep in mind
Saved coordinateThe captured or entered destinationDoes not choose a road or entrance automatically
Accuracy at captureUncertainty retained with the recordA later fix does not rewrite it
Current distanceDirect distance from current locationNeeds current position and is not a route length

At a glance

  1. 01 →Read both names and notes
  2. 02 →Compare capture context
  3. 03 ✓Keep or delete deliberately

Sources & further reading

Product instructions describe the current Waymark implementation. Operating-system labels can vary by version and device.