Out of these two the dog is a pokestop. But I would like the anchor to be a pokestop because it is less than 80 meters from my home and also kinda because it is way more unique and visually appealing.
Is there a way for me to request making the anchor a pokestop and the dog not a pokestop? Because i think the dog cannot be removed since it meets all 4 criteria.
Also: are you sure you want to attract gamers of all Niantic games to your house? Youāre willing to bet that every player of all current and future gamesā¦ knows how to act around other peopleās homes? What if they play loud music at night, and block your driveway?
I live in a flat so the people playing near my block arent such an issue. I wanted to have another pokestop which i can spin from my home. But if it cant be done then i must give up.
Unfortunately, there can only be one stop per L17 S2 cell. There can be multiple Ingress portals, as the inclusin rule is 20 meters in that game, but PoGo uses the S2 cells, and only 1 per L17 S2 cell is allowed.
If you need more info on S2 cells in PoGo, you might want to check out this link:
Hello and welcome @MikeUFO
Itās good to hear you understand the basics of wayfarer about eligibility. Others have explained that it is not possible to make the change that would suit you.
There may well be someone who is very happy with the situation as it is. So to manipulate it solely for your own benefit would be manipulating the gameboard for a specific player advantage.
You indicate you already have something within reach, be satisfied that you are lucky enough to have that.
Thereās a few in my local area that I would love to see moved so other waypoints can be accessed in Pokemon Go. Iāve come to accept that they canāt be moved irrespective on whether I think they are correctly placed or not as it can be seen as āgamingā the system.
Not always true that the first Wayspot in a L17 S2 cell will always be the one in PoGo. Syncs are routinely done from time to time, and the games may want to do some rebalancing of the map, too.
So, while the dog rider is the current Wayspot in this cell, that doesnāt mean if could change, but thereās no guarantee.
All said and done, we as users/players have no influence over the density/inclusion rules; the games and Niantic make these decisions. If we had that power, I could see some abusing it to manipulate game play in their favor, which isnāt fair to all.
The dog was clearly there first. Yes it is rare to have two wayspots accepted at the same time in the same cell. I have know several locations with extra waypoints in the same cell, they dont change. In fact the hidden one is now a rotating Power Spot, also a portal in Ingress.
Changes can happen, though, and so you canāt go off of your personal observations to say āthis is how it works,ā as it doesnāt always. Iāve seen stops/gyms removed and replaced by another in the same cell before, so it can happen. It may happen more with gyms, since they are in the larger L14 cells, but it can still happen with stops, too.
Like you noted, itās rare, but it can still happen, and we still have no control over any of it.
But what you are saying is not based on anything that Niantic has told us, just what you have observed. You need to be careful with what info youāre providing to others, especially info that we arenāt privy to.
What Iām saying is that Niantic hasnāt provided us with the full details of how S2 cells work in PoGo. The basics are known, but they arenāt required to provide us with the full details, something we all agree to when accepting the ToS. If they did, this could possibly lead some to try and anuse the system, possibly gain an unfair advantage, etc.
So, even though youāve observed cells possibly working in a certain way, Niantic has never confirmed what youāre saying youāve observed, and most likely will never, as to protect how the cell system works.
Observations are not proof unless Niantic has come out and confirmed them. I canāt find anything anywhere where Niantic has said the first Wayspot in a cell will always be the stop for said cell. They have confirmed that syncs regularly happen, and do tend to announce when we could see changes to the map.