Pokestop not loaded onto Pokémon Go

GemPodenco-PGO

I had a stop accepted back in December and it has still not been loaded onto the game. I have submitted others since then and they were accepted and are already loaded and spinnable. Same goes for one I submitted in January. Why are they loaded at such a sporadic rate?

LukeAllStars-ING

Your nomination is in an occupied lvl 17 s2 cell and therefore not eligible for Pokemon GO.

GemPodenco-PGO

https://community.wayfarer.nianticlabs.com/discussion/comment/142565#Comment_142565

I’m sorry you might have to explain further or have you got a link to help me understand this?

HankWolfman-PGO

https://community.wayfarer.nianticlabs.com/discussion/comment/142573#Comment_142573

When you receive your email telling you that your nomination is accepted, it will say

Remember that not all accepted nominations will appear in all Niantic games (and may take up to 48 hours to appear).

What this means is that your nomination gets accepted to the Niantic database rather than any individual game. Once it's in the database, Niantic's games have their own hidden inclusion rules that determine whether an accepted wayspot syncs into a specific game or not.

In the case of Pokémon Go, this inclusion rule is that only one Pokéstop or Gym is allowed per level 17 S2 cell. S2 cells are a system used for mapping the globe into a grid of quadrilaterals, with the level determining the size (level 17 cells are fairly small, whereas level 0 cells as the biggest).