Official statement below Some of the pokestops I uploaded (mostly Fietsroutepaaltjes, which are traffic signs for bicicles in The Netherlands), are getting removed out of no where, I don’t know why and I didn’t get a message or anything. Many of my Routes are attached to these routes and suddenly t…

I can’t comment on the removals or whether the original Wayspots were eligible without seeing more information but it is correct that any Routes connected to a PokéStop get archived if that PokéStop it starts/ends at is removed.

[image] Trail markers General Discussion Seems route markers whit a number is part of the cycling infrastructuur and not a real trail. [Screenshot_20240913-091459_Gallery] So on this picture the number route marker is not good -1 part of cycling infrastructures. The ro…

Thanks for telling, that kinda really sucks becouse most fietsroutes are just nameless routes, we are that advanced in biking in the netherlands that we usually don’t name routes, we just take whatever route we like to get at a location… Niantic being Niantic I guess.

@Lopendebank3 Even the named, well-documented ones are being removed. Maybe Niantic doesn’t want bicycle routes anymore, only pedestrian routes? An explanation on this still hasn’t been given and I doubt it ever will.

Please appeal those cases, well-documented trails sound like good wayspots if their placement is safe.

Hi @iFrankmans I would love to appeal, except there are literally hundreds of these removed. An example: [unnamed] (the red part of the road is for cyclists, the grey part is for pedestrians) The name of the trail in this case, is ‘Dordwijk route’ and is well-documented on the city’s official s…

[image] Jeroenix: I can therefore only surmise that they are unacceptable because they either are bicycle routes, or they look too much like traffic signs. Unfortunately, this is how they look throughout the country. These look very similar to the general directional signs to the next node in…

I’m going to go out on a limb and assume the response will be something along the lines of “We cannot approve this appeal as it is a normal trail marker”.

This is not helping the discussion. Just let the team decide instead of speculating.

This whole discussion could just be ended permanently if Niantic would stop being so uptight about those trail markers. I completely fail to see how the trail markers from the Dutch and Belgian node-based cycling route networks are any less eligible than this: [Screenshot_20240924_105229_Samsung I…

Pokestops are being removed?

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Jeroenix September 24, 2024, 9:39am 13

A case has been presented in thread Wayspot restoration request: Dutch trail markers and an appeal made to decide on its restoration.

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Pokestops are being removed?

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