Commercial Powerspot removed instead of moved

Wayspot Appeals
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Good evening,

I recently requested a revision to a local power spot in a commercial medical building in my community - the power spot was located in a field behind the building proper, and I had thought it prudent and more accurate for the spot to be located centered on the building.

Unfortunately, this must have flagged the the spot for too much cell density, and so support removed it entirely. Would it be possible for the spot to be returned, even if the spot is slightly inaccurate?

We have a growing community in the New Windsor area, and it would be unfortunate for my efforts to have harmed it.

LABSUPPLYGUYS
41.492453,-74.109116
New Windsor
United States

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Looks like the removal was due to criteria issues rather than density. But id it was due to density the answer is no, Waypoints should be accurate.

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Hello and welcome,

Just to add to this, but I’m not finding a business named LABSUPPLYGUYS or Lab Supply Guys In New Windsor, NY. I’m thinking that this was an imported Power Spot, which came from a 3rd party database, and some of them were quite old and out-of-date when added to the map. More info on Power Spots can be found here:

It’s possible that, since there is no business by this name in this area anymore (it may have existed years ago, but no longer does), it was removed. It doesn’t seem like you may have provided any proof that the business still exists to help chat, and since I can’t find any info about it, I can see why it was removed.

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Thank you both for your explanations! I appreciate you elaborating.

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With power spots, we can also submit new ones in the same way as pokestops and gyms - they’re simply nominations that were in a cell with something else? So it might be that you can create some new power spots in your area by submitting more PoIs, in case that helps

A lot of the imported stuff never met any criteria and was very out of date or ineligible for other reasons so it’s not much of a surprise that am edit saw it removed.

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Well, not all unused Wayspots become Power Spots.

@EmonPeregrine PoGo has density rules for stops, gyms, as well as Power Spots, all of which have been observed by the community. Only 2 active Power Spots are allowed within a L14 S2 cell at a time, and a Power Spot cannot be within 22m of an active stop/gym. So while getting more Wayspots added to the Wayfarer map may help, there’s no guarantee that any Wayspot will be added to PoGo.

For more info on the inclusion/density rules of PoGo, please see the following:

Why an accepted Wayspot may not be used in Pokemon Go (S2 cells and Pokemon Go)