Wayspot Title: Mural de Guerrero Azteca y Maguey
Location: 19.645581, -98.987928
City / Country: San Cristóbal, Ecatepec de Morelos, State of Mexico / Mexico
New/Correct Location: 19.645594, -98.987956
Description of the situation:
Hello Niantic Staff. I am requesting a location correction for this recently approved Wayspot. Due to a misclick during the submission process, the pin was placed slightly off from its real-world location. Because of this error, the point is currently unable to sync correctly as a PokéStop in Pokémon GO and is appearing as a Power Spot instead.
The physical mural is located right on the storefront shown in the supporting photo. I kindly request moving the pin to the correct coordinates provided above (19.645594, -98.987956) so it accurately reflects the real-world location and can free up the cell space. Thank you for your help.
Normally you can’t request location edits on the forum, and you should use the support chat on the wayfarer website to request them instead.
That being said, I can see two issues with this. The first is that I can’t find this wayspot on the wayfarer map. How recently was it accepted?
Secondly, the coordinates from your email appear to be the correct coordinates for the wayspot. The ones you are suggesting appear to be in the middle of the street instead. This would be considered an abusive edit, as you would be making the location less accurate solely for the purposes of gameplay. Such behaviour could lead to a warning or suspension of your wayfarer and Pokémon Go accounts.
While the current location is not exactly correct because its in the middle of road, the new location is worse because it put the nomination in opposite side of the road. Please be advised that attempting to move wayspot away from its correct location into empty cell is subject to abuse ladder system.
The wayspot have sync properly and appearing as powerspot is working as intended
You clearly tried to squeeze the location across to the empty cell to the north, but it correctly appeared in the already occupied cell to the south. You are now trying to move it further away from its actual location in order to appear to get a new pokestop.
This is understandable from the perspective of Pogo, until you know the rules about wayfarer and wayspots. They should be at the actual location of the object they represent.
This sort of cell abuse is one of the reasons why Niantic will not confirm the use of cells and will not add them onto maps.
Hello everyone. Thank you for your feedback and warnings. I would like to clarify my original intention, as it was never to abuse the system.
First, the current approved coordinates place the pin slightly inside the private property/storefront. My main goal was to request an adjustment so the pin sits safely on the sidewalk/public border of the property, ensuring better real-world accessibility. Second, since the Wayspot had been accepted just 5 minutes prior to my post, it wasn’t visible on the Wayfarer map yet, and I wanted to check if a slight correction was possible while seeing if it could sync as a PokéStop. Please note that if you wish to verify the location now, the Wayspot is already fully visible on the Wayfarer map.
I would like to request the Niantic Staff or a senior moderator to review if a minor adjustment to the sidewalk/border is appropriate and safe for this location based on the supporting photo. However, if you consider that the current placement is already the most accurate and that moving it would negatively affect the map, I completely respect that decision. I prefer to keep the map accurate rather than risk my account.
If the edit is not viable, please feel free to close or archive this thread. Thank you all for your time and guidance!
Hello everyone. Thank you for your feedback and warnings. I would like to clarify my original intention, as it was never to abuse the system.
First, the current approved coordinates place the pin slightly inside the private property/storefront. My main goal was to request an adjustment so the pin sits safely on the sidewalk/public border of the property, ensuring better real-world accessibility. Second, since the Wayspot had been accepted just 5 minutes prior to my post, it wasn’t visible on the Wayfarer map yet, and I wanted to check if a slight correction was possible while seeing if it could sync as a PokéStop. Please note that if you wish to verify the location now, the Wayspot is already fully visible on the Wayfarer map.
I would like to request the Niantic Staff or a senior moderator to review if a minor adjustment to the sidewalk/border is appropriate and safe for this location based on the supporting photo. However, if you consider that the current placement is already the most accurate and that moving it would negatively affect the map, I completely respect that decision. I prefer to keep the map accurate rather than risk my account.
If the edit is not viable, please feel free to close or archive this thread. Thank you all for your time and guidance!
You might be misunderstanding the issue about private property, which is completely understandable since Niantic do not clarify what they mean in the places where this needs clarifying (even if there are pop-ups somewhere which do provide clarify).
The restriction on private property is specifically single-family private residential property.
Wayspots are allowed on apartments, communal grounds in gated communities, shops, sports grounds, businesses etc, all of which are private property.
From a combination of aerial and maps images, the wayspot pin already appears to be in the roadway (just), towards the edge of the cell and nearly in the neighbouring cell, whereas the mural is a little to the SE and more comfortably inside the cell.
I have seen the map and can confirm that it is at the coordinates you initially submitted. This is how that looks when viewing Google Maps:
Note that the line representing where Street View was taken from is in the wrong place, but the actual location of the Street View is correctly marked by the blue and white arrow marker. To me, the Street View shows the pin directly where the mural is, whilst Satellite View also seems to match, with the pin being right on the front of the building.
In contrast, let’s have a look at the coordinates you were suggesting:
You can see that the location you suggested is not on the building, and is in the middle of the road. This is definitely not where the mural is located, and it would be an unsafe location if it was located there.
Hello @hankwolfman. Thank you very much for checking the location so thoroughly using Google Maps and Street View. You are completely correct, and I sincerely admit my mistake for not verifying the coordinates on Google Maps first.
To explain what happened, I was guiding myself using a third-party website called pogomap.info. On that platform’s map alignment, the white dot represented the approved Wayspot location, and the shaded PokéStop icon showed the coordinates I was suggesting. I genuinely believed that adjustment would align it with the sidewalk/border based on that interface.
Now that you have clearly demonstrated that those coordinates actually sit in the middle of the road in real life, I would like to completely withdraw my previous argument. I absolutely agree that safety and real-world accuracy come first.
Please disregard the relocation request entirely and feel free to close or archive this thread. I appreciate your guidance and help in keeping the map safe and correct!
Do not rely on pogomap.info as it has a few issues
- not all wayspots are shown, as they are only there if someone adds them in
- wayspots are not necessarily shown at the right location, as they are added manually
- the cell boundaries are not shown correctly
Thank you, @salixsorbus, for the detailed explanation. I now understand the problems with relying on pogomap.info. I sincerely apologize for the confusion caused by using that unverified data.
In light of this, I would like to completely withdraw my relocation request for the ‘Mural de Guerrero Azteca y Maguey’. The original approved location is the most accurate, and I agree it should remain there.
Please feel free to close this thread. Thank you for your time and guidance.
