It is my understanding that accepted nominations submitted in Pokemon Go would first appear in the Geospatial Browser database as a POI and then if they met specific game rules, would then appear in-game following syncing.
However, I am aware of two recent accepted nominations (one is a pokestop and the other is cell-blocked therefore could become a powerspot instead), which are not visible in the Geospatial Browser.
Are new accepted nominations being saved somewhere else now?
Since the sale of Wayfarer with Pokemon Go to Scopely, NianticSpatial’s GeoSpatial Browser is no longer updating with newly accepted nominations. There is no database we can look at as explorers for new Wayspots now. The need we feel for some kind of map has been acknowledged: