Large amounts of non-pokestop POI's

[cyndiepooh]

I found this area on the map, and can confirm what was already said about these being imports for use as Power Spots only. Here is an explanation staff provided.

@NianticThibs

Where are Power Spots coming from? How are Power Spots chosen?

Similarly to Pokéstops and Gyms, Power Spots are built upon the Niantic Map.

Currently the locations where Power Spots can appear are a combination of unused wayspots and a recently imported new database.

• Unused wayspots: as many of you know, not all the wayspots available on our Niantic Map are used as pokéstops/gyms in Pokemon Go. Those unused wayspots have a chance to host a Power Spot.
• New database: To enhance the density of locations, particularly in areas previously devoid of them, we have recently incorporated a fresh database of locations. Note that those locations were imported while not necessarily abiding to our Wayfarer criterias.

Since Power Spots are transient, in a given area they will rotate between the available locations.

Further to the south, I do see business Wayspots that are full fledged Wayspots. If you submitted one of these that is already live, it would have been marked as a duplicate. I realize this is confusing. If you would like to share screenshots of one that has been rejected as duplicate, we can confirm for you that the Wayspot does exist and isn’t just a Power Spot import.