Here in my community, we had a small community park called Bloomfield Park. The sign was getting frayed a few months back and it was gone one day. Not too long ago, it was replaced, but the municipality changed the name.
It was called, “Bloomfield Park” but is now “Fuller Terrace Park”.
I understand, that it might be similar to a church scenario. The new sign was placed a few meters from the old sign.
I recall this discussion:
I am assuming there is something that would be done that would not constitute “repurposing”. If it helps, I can go provide a screenshot of the wayspot live in the game (old name) and a photo of the new stop if it helps for comparison.
I am going to guess that it is a help ticket with photos (and maybe GPS photos) to provide support?
Thank you! I went back today to provide these details. I corrected the onset of the discussion above, as I was half asleep writing that. I should have waited until I provided all the visual details as to not confuse anyone.
The new park is called “Fuller Terrace Park”. This has been on a to-do list to come here and ask for guidance.
The coordinates 44.657642, -63.595177 is approximately where the Bloomfield Park PO is. I performed a check and there’s an import now for the park itself, but I don’t believe it’s for the park sign.
The new sign for “Fuller Terrace Park” appears to be placed adjacent (about 6-7 meters away) to where the Bloomfield sign was. The Bloomfield sign used to be on the corner on the other side of the middle walking path where the blue car is below. Approximately here: 44.657686, -63.595150
I did not submit a new POI. I simulated roughly under the trees with the upload screen with the pin for reference. The Pokestop below on the map is Bloomfield Park as it exists at the moment, and the “!” import appears likely that Google Maps was updated to call this Fuller Terrance Park.
I don’t know the proper recourse: does Niantic have to do a few things to keep this a POI (like a church changing denomination) or is this considered a removal and new POI? I look forward to the discussion.
I apologize I did not try again to upload the screenshot I took. I am having difficulty with technology, kindly forgive me. When I clicked on it, this appears to be a photo-less import?
Ok, let’s see if I got it
You have one wayspot (pokestop) called “Bloomfield park”, represented with a photo from the sign.
And you have one imported wayspot (powerspot?) called “Fuller Tarace Park”, without a photo.
Both wayspots are representing the same park and not the artistic merits of the signs themselves.
If all my summarization is correct, I’d see the following possibilities to clean that up:
You could edit the imported wayspot (add a photo + description) and once approved request the old wayspot “Bloomfield Park” for removal since it’s a duplicate.
I will see how this works with a current powerspot and keep a look out for this area in my commute to see if a powerspot emerges. I can appraise you on the success of this at a later date. Thank you very much for taking the time to provide me some advice on this. Some of these situations are not so straightforward.
I went back today to provide these details. I corrected the onset of the discussion above, as I was half asleep writing that. I should have waited until I provided all the visual details as to not confuse anyone.
