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Accepted nominations don't appear in any game
Koalatronic-ING
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Hi, I know this may be a duplicate issue, so apologies in advance if so, but I can't find a thread with this specific issue.
I know some people complain about submissions not appearing in Pokemon Go, but I understand they could be live in Ingress but not make it to Pokemon Go (whole separate discussion as to why), but recently I've had several (well slightly over a few) that have been accepted or accepted on appeal, but thy don't appear in either game. I've played both Ingress and Pokemon Go for some time and I appreciate there may be other Niantic games that I don't play, but I hold Ingress as the 'Gold Standard', so am puzzled as to why something would be accepted, but not appear anywhere.
They aren't in areas that are stuffed full of portals/stops and whilst not quite to the degree of being rural, I do find it frustrating that I go to quite a bit of effort to make submissions and feel that a lot of the time, it isn't to any great benefit to anyone or to the area.
Is this a bug that they don't appear? If so is there a way I can push them through? Or is there just another level of implementation that I just perhaps don't understand? (which would be fair enough, but would probably make me rethink my commitment to submitting new nominations as I'm not seeing any benefit).
Thanks in advance.
Comments
The database that holds all approved wayspots is no longer Ingress but a completely separate database called Lightship. So it is possible for an approved wayspot to not appear in either Ingress or PoGo due to not meeting the gameboard rules for either game.
As wayspots are now designed to independent of any Niantic game, there are no restrictions on how close wayspots can be when added to the Lightship database. It is up to each individual game to make their own determination on what wayspots to sync into their game map.
It is not like in the past when the old Ingress email used to notify you that although your portal nomination was approved it could not be brought online due to proximty with existing portals.
Hello @Koalatronic-ING
if you could provide an example of the blame of an approved wayspot and it’s co ordinates we can we have a look and see what we find.
That's really interesting, I didn't know that so thanks for explaining. It seems like a very reductive idea, so not really loving the sound of it, but it does explain a lot. I'm sure it makes sense somewhere, but I feel I won't be making as many submissions from this point ;) THanks again, much appreciated :)
That would be great, thanks for the offer. I'm not actually sure how to get the co-ordinates pinned down. I see other people doing it and am always a bit like "how??" haha! But thank you :)
@Koalatronic-ING it doesn't have to be the exact coordinates, just the name of the wayspot and a rough position nearby so we know where to look.
The coordinates of where you submitted a nomination is available in the wayfarer email that you get thanking you for the submission. You can find it under the supporting photo in the email, though it will be missing the decimal points.