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Is anything inside a hospital valid?
Aliriddle-PGO
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Just a question, as our local hospital is over 100 years old, with named historical items, plaques etc on walls in publicly accessible areas.
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I appreciate the obstructing emergency services rule, but people could literally be getting a coffee next to some of these items in the internal cafe, are they obstructing emergency services?
So long as it's in a publically accessible area, meaning somewhere the public would be expected to be (garden, main foyer, stuff like that) then niantic tend to be ok with it
But reviewers....any people had success?
I've seen many things inside hospitals get approved.
Casey clarified on the ingress forum a while back what types of things would or wouldn't be eligible in a hospital
Hospital in my area have waypoints, usually a piece of art in the main hall.
So yes, it is possible.
We have a large hospital in my area with quite a few POIs in it (art, plaques. Etc)
The issue with Wayspots inside hospitals is that they are extremely difficult to verify that they won't interfere with the hospital's operations. I know the hospitals in my area prohibited any form of photography inside the buildings and even have some areas where cellphones are prohibited to maintain patient privacy.
The above is a fair point. The hospital in my area, discussed in an older similar thread, is a very massive hospital with dedicated art installations on display. It is probably not your typical hospital. The website has a map of where all the artwork is located which helps for location verifying. Yes, I'm serious 😂 Its Dartmouth Hitchcock in the US.
So my example does not probably line up with most hospitals. It would really depend on where the nomination is, and how you would prove its location/verify it doesn't interfere with hospital operations.
I’ve tried one of the more obvious plaques/murals and had no luck.
im guessing I’ll just be wasting A few nominations to get some POIs accepted. Will have to accepts lots of “emergency service” rejections
Could link a forum page on here about it or an ama, that might work
Go to this thread
Or read the update about hospital by Casey