Wayspot removale rules

General Discussion
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Hey
What are the Rules, that someone needs to do, to remove a Wayspot?

Aka is it enough, if someone just “marks them as old/gone” or do you also need a picture/ar-video as proof?

Got some of my Wayspots removed in the middle of nowhere in the woods (the little shrines near churches/on other spots)

They where around 5-6 Years old

Yes, maybe i was a few meter of, since you can´t see them with Google Maps (and from above, you see only trees)

Thank you for the Infos and sorry about the bad grammar, no native speaker

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Welcome to the forum!

Use any language you are comfortable in, and we can translate.

There isn’t any guideline posted as to what constitutes evidence that a Wayspot needs to be removed. It can be sending a geo-tagged photo, it can be finding the same photo used somewhere else, it can be a property owner request, and there are probably many other ways.

You should not resubmit something that has been removed, because it could be considered abuse to submit something they have already decided is ineligible. If something was removed that you can prove should not have been, you can ask for reinstatement in Wayspot Appeals and the team will consider your evidence. If it was a property owner request, they will not restore it.

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Can I somehow find out, if it was a property owner request (which would be kinda fun, since one of the owner is me and another one is the City with the Hiking-Trail)

How do i prove, that it should be there?

I cant do it with Google Maps Streetview, since its a Hiking-Trail, aka no images.

And since it is in the Woods, you see only Trees from above and also on the Pictures, that i used for the first time

Thank you

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If there is any streetview nearby, you could take a video that ties to streetview and leads to the POI. Alternatively, a video that includes something which is visible from aerial images and leads from that to the POI.

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The only way to find out if it was property owner request that I know of is to ask staff - either in Wayspot Appeals or Bug Reports & Technical Support .

Often geo-tagged photos or a video containing recognizable elements in a walkthrough will prove it. Staff will let you know if they need more evidence that what you provide.

If there is an official map of the Hiking Trail, that will help to link that.

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They next streetview is a few hundred meter away

And like i said, aerial images = you see only trees

Thats what happens, if you use hiking trails and a cross in the middle of the wood

That is also my “problem”, since i cant really proof it better than i already did on the old pictures

And also why i wonder, HOW and WHY the got removed. Unless someone hates me and made pictures about the area, but just without the POI
Which is possible for EVERY POI, that is not on streetview

Thank you

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I’m not saying these are or aren’t abusive removals, but some removals which get posted about on this forum are clearly abusive, so I expect people provide fake data (images, videos), which is easy enough to create these days.

Always expect that a removal had data to back it up, so you can’t simply say “but it does exist”. You need to overcome that data by providing your own. Unfortunately, a video of woods is hard to validate the location for - possibly two devices, one with the Pogo location showing in the video from the second device.

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Is there any chance, that i can see, what data they provided?

Like, the pictures or something?

If it is really the “i´m just gonna take a picture with my back to the POI” stuff, i can prove it with multiple pictures/video around me

If it is AI-Faked, how do you work against that?

The 2 devices strat could work, if i can grab a friend with the other provider

Thank you

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No, they will protect the reporter’s privacy.

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Just a random picture is privacy?

I dont need the name, or ANYTHING at all

Just the picture, that could help me prove, that the removale of the POI was wrong

Cause every POI, that a player did make, has a PICTURE taken from a PLAYER and put ONLINE

Aka both are in my eyes the same

Only difference: with the POI-Pictures, you have the player-name
With the “other” picture, you have maybe the time of the day?

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I am not staff. I am telling you what I have observed as a regular on the forum. I don’t think I can help any more on this question. Good luck to you if you try an appeal.

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You will never find out what was used to make a removal report.

Just imagine it is a video/photos and that you have to overcome that if the POI does actually exist.

Never assume you just need to say “it still exists”.

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For the hiking trail is this an official trail or just a path that people walk on.

I would expect an official trail will be documented somewhere. Is there an official map that even if it doesn’t prove the marker was there it goes a long way in that it proves the trail goes where the nominations where.

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Its an official trail with the yellow shield that says the name and where it runs through

About a map. I dont know, who has that or where. I have no huge map with all trails, if that is the question. Maybe the City has one somewhere, but no idea, if and how i can see them and copy/photo/whatever them

Thank you for helping

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I can only talk local (UK) but official walking trails would have a website that includes a map…

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I never assumed, i just need to say “it still exists”

I just wanna know, what i can do?

Make the same pictures, that where used the first time, and say, hey its still here?
I mean, some trees and bushes look now different

But the POI still look pretty much the same

And aerial still only shows trees

17

Hey

Google doesnt find it
But gonna ask the City-Gardening (the ones, that made the shields), if they have a online-map for it

Thank you for the idea

18

Hey

Did make a post in Wayspot Appeals, but so far, no answer at all
Do you have any idea, how long i should wait?
And what execatly i´m supposed to do?

Thank you

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Staff do look at every post. Up to a couple of weeks before they respond is not unusual.

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Thank you for the help

Is it faster, if I just make the stops “new”?
Aka go ahead, and submit new pictures like any new POI, just on the old place?

Seems, that for the next few weeks, playing Pokemon Go in my village is not really possible anymore

Sad, that the player gets no warning or anything, if something got removed without a legit reason is thrown under the bus

Lets see, what happens first

Help from the staff or me losing all motivation and quitting the game