How to find out about forbidden zones?
LunaLMA-PGO
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I recently started with nominating possible wayspots and on several occasions my nomination was immediately rejected probably because they are in a forbidden zone; I suspect they were previously wayspots but that the owner or residents complained to Niantic and that the location is therefore now marked as forbidden. I am talking about a church, a public playground and a shop. The nominations are immediately rejected without queing or voting process and show up in the list without the uploaded photos. How can I find out about these forbidden locations beforehand? Are they visible in someway on the intel map? Thanks!
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I think this is what you're experiencing. Could be a blocked area, but people have experienced issues with nominations being immediately rejected (seems to be a problem with the photos?):
As @dustinyeeaah-PGO says, they're not forbidden zones, it's a bug with uploading pictures. It seems something gets corrupted during the process and the corruption causes an instant rejection.
Is this a sporadic issue? I've nominated things recently with existing photos and they went through just fine.
Yes, it seems to occur completely randomly and persists for a bit, but doesn't seem to be a permanent issue.
The only thing I can suggest to OP is maybe try changing the default resolution in the camera app before taking wayspot photos, but I honestly don't think that will have any effect.
Thanks everyone for your comments! I retried one of the earlier rejected nominations, this time using the option to take photos on site and it went through, so seems indeed to be a bug with the “use existing photo”.