When submitting a Wayspot Appeal, make sure to include as much of the following information as possible:
- Wayspot Title:頂頭額沙洲
- Location (lat/lon):23.102708, 120.037017
- City:Tainan
- Country:Taiwan
- Screenshot of the Rejection Email (do not include your personal information):
- Additional Information (if any):
As the original author of this photo, I no longer wish to provide or display this image in the game, so I would like to request its removal.
Furthermore, as a creator who works hard to take and contribute high-quality photos to the community, I sincerely hope Niantic could consider a feature in the future: whenever a player’s photo is accepted and used as an in-game postcard, the system should automatically send a postcard to the author as a keepsake. It is quite disappointing that the creators who contribute the most can’t even get a memento of their own work.
Please help me REMOVE this specific photo (the sunset one attached below). I do NOT want to move the Wayspot location. Thank you for your time and understanding.
Hey @vicky520999 ,
This image doesn’t meet our criteria for removal at this time.
Thanks,
Since staff has answered and I won’t be derailing the post, could you explain why you want this removed? That photo is stunning!
@NianticAaron
Thank you for the response. However, I would like to reiterate my appeal and clarify why I am strongly requesting the removal of my photo.
While I am aware of Niantic’s Terms of Service regarding non-revocable licenses, these high-quality photos were originally contributed out of love and passion for the community. It is deeply disappointing that while my work is widely utilized as an in-game postcard cover for everyone else, the system does not even provide a single, automatically generated digital postcard to the original creator as a keepsake.
This one-way consumption, without the slightest appreciation for the creator’s sentiment, is exactly why my passion has been drained, and why I no longer wish to license this specific image to the platform.
If Niantic continues to rely on rigid criteria while neglecting the basic respect that creators deserve, it will only push enthusiastic contributors away. I still strongly urge the team to reconsider and assist in REMOVING this specific photo from the Wayspot. Thank you.
@cyndiepooh
Thank you for the compliment! That’s exactly why I wanted it removed. I poured a lot of heart into capturing that sunset. It’s a bit disheartening to know that while my work is being used as an in-game postcard for everyone, Niantic doesn’t even provide a digital memento or a simple keepsake for the creator who contributed it. I feel that creators’ efforts should be treated with more appreciation rather than just a one-way contribution.Thanks again for your kind words!
Surely, the original photo is your keepsake?
I never create a waypoint thinking “I best get something out of this”, what about all the wayspots created by others that I have had the “pleasure” of using?
@SlimboyFat71
You missed my point. Everyone has different motivations for contributing to the community.
As a regular player, my only motivation for taking and submitting high-quality photos was the joy of sending beautiful postcards to my friends. When that joy and motivation are gone, I have every right to choose whether to continue contributing.
My idea about the system automatically sending a postcard to the creator was simply a friendly feature suggestion for Niantic. Whether they accept it or not is up to them. But please remember, contributing to Wayfarer is a voluntary act, not an obligation. I don’t get paid for this.
You may be content with just having the original photo on your phone, but for many creators, a small in-game token of appreciation goes a long way. Let’s not confuse taking a community’s voluntary contributions for granted with having an obligation to serve it.
You do know you can save your own postcards right? When you spin a Pokéstop or Gym and get a gift from it, if you go into your item storage and tap on the gifts in your bag, it will show you a list of all the postcards you have available to send. If you tap on one, you’ll have the option to pin it and save it to your postcard scrapbook.
These even count towards Vivillon encounters. However, you can only get progress for the first 3 postcards that you pin from your own collection each day.
You have the right whether to continue to contribute but as you made it clear above you are aware of the “non-revocable license” therefore you do not have the right to remove it once you have contributed.
Doesn’t sound friendly, sounds more like “do what I say or remove the image I supplied”.
And you voluntary allowed Niantic the use of your photo.
You are not the only one…
Correct, I am content with having the full resolution version on my phone and even backed up elsewhere if I really like it.
Hopefully @hankwolfman post above will be satisfactory for you…
@hankwolfman
Sorry for the confusion! I think there’s a slight misunderstanding. What I’m actually trying to get is the postcard from Pikmin Bloom (the one with Pikmin on it), not Pokémon GO.
Thank you so much for the helpful tips anyway! 
Thanks for this further information.
So is your idea that a wayfinder should be sent a pikmin postcard when their wayspot is accepted and is used in pikmin?
Wayfarer is involved in the creation of the database of wayspots. Your submission is into that database and your record as a momento is in your contributions page.
Each game accesses that database to select which wayspots it wants to use. At a guess this sounds as though it may be a pikmin question.
Thanks for raising it but I don’t believe there is anything more to be done the wayspot and the photo are valid and from the wayfarer side there is nothing more to be done.
