Dear Niantic Wayfarer Team and Community Ambassadors, First of all, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the entire development team and the volunteer ambassadors. Thank you for your continuous dedication to maintaining the Niantic Map and for creating real-world experiences that bring m…

[image] SlimboyFat71: That is stating that Scopely Explore (was Niantic) have the right to use the photos in any of there products or licence them to others. It has nothing to do with what you can do with them. what you described as “they have right to license to others” is the “transferable…

I am not a lawyer but the way I read that is you may think you are allowing them to use it in Pokemon Go but they can use it anywhere else. Even if it is as you read it then they also have the right to reject or remove any wayspot without a reason. I have seen removed wayspots get re-instated afte…

The don’t publish elsewhere is just advice to avoid complications. Always wait till after the waypoint is accepted before using it elsewhere. The AI and many reviewers do a photo check during review to see if the identical photo is somewhere on the internet and will call it stolen if they do find a …

This person wants to stay safe that is the best advice.

That’s ok meanings can get garbled. I think it has translated Wayfarer ( the process of submitting new wayspots) to mean travelling. So what I mean is you can chose not to do anything related to submitting pokestops for a year. After that point your record in terms of breaking the Wayfarer rules i…

We have had advice from staff on this issue: [image] "Malicious image submission" because I asked in a subreddit which photo should I pick for better wayspot submission General Discussion Usage of image available on third party sites is against the policies. Th…

D’accord, merci pour les info.

Je pense que cette règle serait plus compréhensible avec des exemples pour mieux illustrer ce qu’ils cherchent à nous dire, parceque même comme ça c’est assez trouble.

The quote posted by @cyndiepooh is extremely clear. It states the policy and why. What do you think is unclear?

Pardon, je me suis mal exprimé, je voulais dire qu’il manque un exemple pour que ça soit plus précis.

A constructive proposal on Wayfarer Sanctions: Maximizing player LTV and mapping quality through localized restrictions

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A constructive proposal on Wayfarer Sanctions: Maximizing player LTV and mapping quality through localized restrictions

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