Web Submission v1 - Discussion

General Discussion
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This forum auto-saves constantly, not just every 60 seconds, as far as I can tell.

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I have no issues with it auto-saving constantly, providing the system is capable of supporting it.

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I don’t follow.

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So, I used the web submit for the first time today on my phone. Here’s some feedback:

Pros:

  • Enjoyed being able to upload more than 1 supporting photo. The POI I submitted isn’t on satellite/Street View yet, so being able to provide photos from different directions and show a variety of the surrounding area was great.
  • Location wasn’t an issue, as my browser had location permissions on.
  • NO CATEGORIES! I know these may come back, but it was so nice not to mess with them!

Cons

  • I needed to grab the link to this POIs website, and when I left the tab I had web submit in, everything was erased and I had to start over. I decided to just add the link after uploading, but it’d be nice if the photos and info didn’t all disappear.
  • Having more than 2 photos did take longer for the nomination to get uploaded, and I was in a 5G area, so no issues with connection. Then again, more photos means more date to upload, so this is somewhat understandable.
  • Really care less about the confetti. A confirmation pop-up is just fine.
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Yeah, I don’t know if they realize that it’s been 10k to remotely nominate for some time now, and you are wanting it to be more than 10k. It’s still version 1, so future versions could increase the remote submission distance.

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This might be a function of how your phone handles background apps. It may kill them or put them to sleep. I don’t know if WF can do anything about that. You might be able to run a little test by turning off any battery saving function your phone has and repeat the process. I don’t know if that will help.

Oh, and I agree about the confetti. That’s gonna get old real quick.

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I tried one more time.

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  1. There’s a drag-and-drop area that shows this “unsupported file type” error when I drop a .png file, and
  2. the “Browse” button (which I normally use, not drag-and-drop) only allows selecting .jpg or .heic files.

I’m using Firefox on desktop.

If .png works for you, should I make a bug report post?

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I think at first it’s good to post all issues/feedback here to keep it together

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Thanks reporting - these differences matter I shall pass on.

For reference mine was on Safari on iPad.

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Non è un problema ma una curiosità suppongo che la differenza cosa c’è in Pokémon Go cosa non c’è e quali sono i waystop importati direttamente da Niantic saranno solo sulla mappa che arriverà giusto??? O avete intenzione di metterli anche lì. Perché se faccio richiesta tramite Pokémon Go c’è questa differenza ma se faccio richiesta tramite il sito non c’è.

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Thanks for reporting. We will share with the team. In the meantime, can you please try on a different browser and in the mobile version as well?

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I am experiencing a bug with the new Web Submission tool on mobile (Google Chrome, Android). Twice (yesterday and today), the system has consumed my available nomination slot, but the submission itself failed and does not appear in my contributions list.

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Hi @Ajxer
Welcome to the forum :hugs:
Thanks for reporting. Could you explain a little further what has happend? You completed and submitted and than it wasn’t added at your contribution page? Did you receive confetti?

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I didn’t receive confetti. Instead I received an error message.

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I am finding it “hit and miss” whether the Map appears.

Upload the 2 images then wait.

Sometimes the map appears, sometimes not and I have to refresh and start again.

Win 11 Desktop, Firefox.

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I had similar problem. Not sure about poor cell service.

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Did the error say something along lines of

an unexpected error has occurred. Please refresh.

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Yes, that’s exactly what happened. The error was followed by the slot being consumed after I refreshed the page.. Error occurred when I had only 1 available nomination slot. My other slots were used up recently.

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Thanks for confirming

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Hey Ajmer, this is my problem too. Two days on the trot I have tried to use the web form and it has failed. I’ve reported this to ambassadors already.

My case I am using Safari on a Mac desktop but also have just one slot so it’s a day - by - day experiment to see if I can make it work.

Would be lovely if Niantic could do a credit reset like they did in October… :crossed_fingers::face_with_peeking_eye: