Hello!
I’m coming back from a Pokemon Go hiatus and want to start uploading new waypoints in my hometown. I see that when I hit the level cap years ago, I somehow misplaced my hometown drastically and the radius of where it’s currently set is nowhere near my actual hometown. This was years ago so not sure if the map somehow glitched when I was marking it or if I misclicked. I was wondering if there’s any way to reset it to allow me now to mark its actual location?
Thank you!
Hello, welcome to the forum. Generally you dont want your Hometown set to where you actually live.
Play Area
This is based on the L6 S2 cell you normally play in, and includes that cell and the 8 surrounding it. Ingress activity seems to be prioritized in choosing this location, but Pokemon Go and other Niantic games can also affect it. Your Play Area should be reflected by your current Featured Wayspot.
Home Location
This can be set to a location of your choosing; strongly recommended not to set it anywhere within the “play area” grid. This is the L7 cell you picked + 8 surrounding. Once chosen it cannot be reset (unless Niantic gives us an event that allows us to, it has happened before but no guarantee it will again)
Bonus Location
This is also set to a location of your choosing, but this one resets after three months. This goes off the L7 cell you picked + 8 surrounding of that size.
Upgraded Nominations
These come from anywhere in the country of your Play Area. This includes territories and offland areas and sometimes nominations across border countries.
This means a reviewer anywhere in the US will see nominations from all 50 states, Puerto Rico, US Virg. Islands, Guam, etc.
Other Information
in very high northern latitudes, each of these cell sizes will go up one level to cover a wider area.
You can use this tool to visualize the area covered by S2 cells of different sizes: https://apps.varden.info/wfptools/cells/
Hi @JackMedlin, I have reset your Hometown location as a goodwill gesture. You can go ahead and set your Hometown location as per your preference.
Happy Exploring!