3rd party photo/Lightship photo scanner
LukeAllStars-ING
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Is it possible to create a third-party photo and/or lightship filter?
Many fake nominations use photos taken from the internet. This can effectively get prevented by a filter.
Just one example:
one fake that would have been blocked: https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=53.44092,10.342271&z=17&pll=53.44092,10.342271
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Wouldn't something like this force reviewers to give exclusive online rights to the photo to Niantic, though? If I posted the same picture to Google Maps as a local guide, that photo becoming viewable would then automatically cancel my nomination. I've used a DSLR to photograph some nominations to get better quality Wayspot images, and this feature would prevent me from using them anywhere else on the Internet that is searchable.
take multiple photos and dont cross post them. As a reviewer im supposed to reject 3rd party images, and i the abundance of caution, i will not assume you cross posted without any proof.