Picture on pokestops

Hello,
I am decently new to wayfinding but does anyone know how to change the picture on the front of pokestops?

Many of the pictures on the front of the pokestops in my area are very outdated as businesses changed /logos have been updated.

I know that there is an option to add a picture to a pokestop but how do you change the picture on the front of the pokestop?

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Hello and welcome @Spadefoot

Once a new photo has been accepted there is a way to vote on your favorite. The more thumbs :+1: a photo has the more likely it is to update the color photo.

Unfortunately there can be some lag in this as there was another game associated with the wayspots in the past, and their favorites sometimes linger in the system.

I know this is a little confusing, please ask more if this doesn’t make sense.

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Hello and Welcome,

Be careful when dealing with businesses.

If they have just changed name but are still the same business you should be OK.

If the type of business has changed even for example a Chinese Restaurant changes to an Indian Restaurant the correct process is to remove then nominate the new business.

Otherwise it is classed as “repurposing” and can lead to warnings / suspensions.

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Good to know!
Some of the businesses in my area have just changed names thankfully but I’ll keep that in mind!

That makes perfect sense!
Thank you so much. I will have to get people in my Pokémon group to vote for the new picture because the other ones are like a couple of years old. :slight_smile: