I knew this day would come, but I didn’t know how soon. But that day has already come. Today I came across a nomination with a generated image. [Screenshot_2025-11-07-13-07-19-478_com.android.chrome] [unnamed - 2025-11-07T131753.798] [Screenshot_2025-11-07-13-08-30-260_com.android.chrome] [I…

There are lots of legitimate reasons to add from the gallery, for example: You want to crop or edit the photo, e.g. apply an HDR filter, remove people and license plates etc The photo that best depicts the wayspot is different from the pin. For example, with a bridge the best photo is probably fro…

Hi, I have amended the title to make the subject of the topic clearer to fellow wayfinders. If you search the forum you will find issues about AI photos being used being raised. Unfortunately it is a topic that is cropping up regularly, including issues about how to handle these photos. I spent y…

I always recommend submitting from the gallery to check for thumbs, faces, etc. that you didn’t realize were in the photo before you submit. I would not want this option taken away. Plus I can’t really see well when I am outdoors in the the bright sunlight, so I prefer to go somewhere I can see to c…

There are multiple apps and methods allowing users to spoof a “fake camera” to upload photos from their gallery anyway if the game is forcing them to go through a camera app. This is what people used back when Pokémon GO had neither remote submit nor gallery submissions (and of course fakes were pre…

Also, just to put this out there, that graffiti wouldn’t be eligible even if it really existed and wasn’t AI generated. So I don’t know what the submitter thought they were accomplishing. On top of it just being a random tag, the description says “on house" if I’m reading it right, so the location i…

The submitter should still be banned though if this is auto-generated and not real.

I take images on my phone and often submit later. Nearly always in fact, so that I can spend more time walking and less time faffing with my phone. It’s fairly easy to scroll through and find the images. Uploading them to a computer first, so that I can nominate through the web, adds an extra ste…

Whilst I am well aware that people have been submitting fake, photoshopped and/or stolen imagery using the image from gallery option, that is not a reason to get rid of it. There’s a longstanding bug/issue that mostly affects Android devices, and this issue makes the game crash if you try to take t…

AI photos - Should photos from the gallery remain an option

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holdthebeer November 7, 2025, 1:32pm 10

Submitting from the phone gallery is good.

On the other hand, the announced nominations from web will be exactly that, streetview screenshots, AI images and automated fully AI nominations, etc.

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AI photos - Should photos from the gallery remain an option

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