I’m trying to add a Wayspot however it’d been denied because “The location of the submission does not match the map” - problem is the map is outdated. The street has been there for about 18 months but it doesn’t show in the Niantic world. It’s up to date in OpenMaps and both Google/Apps. Is there a trick to prompting a street update for a certain area? Thank you!!
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Streetview is done by Google, not Niantic/Scopely.
If it is outdated you can say so in supporting information and try to confirm it with other landmarks in your supporting photo. For example, if it’s in a park, and the park entrance gates show on Streetview you can try to capture those in your supporting photo (alongside the nomination) to help confirm location.
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Hello and welcome @RandomQuokka
You can in the supplementary or if you do an appeal to write in detail about any location verification issue and provide a link to a different map that will show the relevant streets and objects.
GPSmapCamera is a free app that puts the geolocation onto the picture. I use this for places where away from streetview where satellite is not going to help - eg trail markers in wooded areas.
You could use the scaniverse app to provide a geolocated scan of the object.
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Hi and welcome! Could you clarify a little what you mean by “Niantic world” here? Is it regarding the Pokémon GO in-game map?
No, I think they are referring to Google Maps and Street View, since that’s what’s used for nominating/reviewing. Notice how they mentioned if there was a way to update the street for certain areas.
@RandomQuokka Wayfarer used Google Maps/Street View, so if your nomination keeps getting rejected for the location not being able to be located, you may need to take a better supporting photo showing the POI places that can mark the area that are on Street View, or a geotagged photo.
As for Street View updating, this is out of Wayfarer’s control, as this is something that Google would need to do. Where I grew up, there are still areas that haven’t been updated since 2008, so it can be a frustrating, but I’m usually still able to take a good supporting photo showing others places that are on Street View, as well as describe the area in the supporting info so the POI can be “seen” by the reviewers.
I mean, thanks for the explanation, but none of this is obvious to me from OP’s post, especially given the “Niantic world” and “Google Apps” wording, so I would rather they clarify what they meant 
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This is the quote that seems to say that Street View is out-of-date in their area:
Yes, it does seem a little confusing, as they do mention Google, but Maps and Street View are separate apps, and maybe they don’t realize this. Street View is integrated into Maps, but technically is updated separately from Maps.
lets see what further details @RandomQuokka can provide to help throw light on what the issue is.
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Sorry for the inarticulate wording - I’m new to the community and there’s a bit of a learning curve.
Before coming out here I tried to research on google and reddit and my understanding is Niantic updates the in-game maps based on Google Maps and Open Streets Database. I confirmed the streets exist in those locations, they’re just not in Pokemon Go. So my assumption was something in that update chain is broken.
So as I’m trying to get the waypoint approved I’m saying its the entrance monument to a community, but in Pokemon Go it appears as the middle of an open field. I appealed, got denied.
Based on other suggestions in the thread I may be able to succeed if I take pics from further back to prove whats in the real world, detail the discrepancy with the map in the narrative, and there are some app suggestions to help too. Any other recommendations are appreciated - as was you ask for clarification. Thanks for taking the time to help out!
Don’t worry about the wording glad you have explained.
I’ll try and help.
The game map in PoGo is totally separate from what is used in wayfarer.
The game map is updated at irregular intervals and even then because of the need to process the date that the information is from is some time prior to the update.
If OSM is correct you just need to wait for the in game map to up date.
So pokestops etc can appear on the game map that might look odd. It’s a frequent occurrence with new build housing.
For Wayfarer it is google that is used and is from google as normal so is as up to date as it can be.
So you Need to relate to that. If OSM is more up to date you could put a link in the supplementary.
Do describe as best you can in supplementary. If it’s housing I sometimes link to an online map of the builders.
The other ideas as above to confirm actual location. I think the GPSmapcamera camera for supplementary pic might be good.
Does this help?
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Thank you for clarifying, indeed this was what I thought you meant but wasn’t sure.
As @elijustrying explained above, the Pokémon GO overworld is irrelevant for Wayfarer so I wouldn’t worry about that at all despite it looking ugly in-game.
You mentioned above that Google satellite (what about Street View?) was already up to date so that’s already one big plus helping with what Wayfarer reviewers will see. As you can probably also tell by looking at the nomination screen where you pin your nomination, the Google map & satellite are primarily used out of the box. So you should focus on them to exactly identify and pin your location correctly there. Even if “official” map sources are not ideal it’s not the end of the world - this is why you have supporting photos and are allowed to add as many links as you want to your supporting text to help you confirm the context.
If you’d like us to discuss how to prove the location of your planned nomination in more detail please feel free to share it here - if you’re comfortable sharing the location we can mock up how it’s going to look to reviewers and recommend alternative map sources as needed, and help you design your supporting photo. It’s hard to talk about those things in the abstract without knowing the exact situation on the ground, map age, visible landmarks around etc.
We’re also happy to discuss eligibility - I would suggest checking the eligibility criteria here Niantic Wayfarer ahead of nominating. Not saying you don’t know but sometimes newer submitters rely on approved nominations they see in their area as examples and that sometimes leads to incorrect expectations.
A nomination needs to be a great place to explore, exercise or socialize - I’d be quite curious to see if the “entrance monument” meets any of these criteria.
Good luck!
It’s a common problem - newly built areas often have potentially valid POIs that can be submitted as wayspots. Often OpenStreetMap (OSM) or Bing Maps has more up-to-date maps than Google - you can submit a link to ANY resource in the supporting text.
Assuming that you are not equipped to upload photospheres or photo paths, I would recommend a supporting photo for the POI which includes a street sign, recognisable building or enough of a panorama to confirm the position of the POI. A street sign is probably the easiest as that can be compared against OSM or whatever other map you are referring to.