I have a technical question regarding S2 cells and the Wayspots that seem to have been automatically generated or imported by Niantic (for example, the generic crossroads, imported bus stops, or sponsored locations).
My questions are:
Do these auto-generated Wayspots “occupy” the Level 17 S2 cell? Meaning, do they count towards the cell limit for Pokémon GO, and do they trigger the 20-meter exclusion rule for Ingress, just like a normal user-submitted Wayspot?
What happens if I submit a new, high-quality Wayspot in the same cell? If my submission gets accepted, will it simply not sync to the games because the cell is already occupied by the generic Niantic Wayspot? Or is there a system in place where a high-quality user submission will overwrite or replace the generic one?
I have a few really good candidates that share cells with these generic imported spots, but I want to make sure I don’t waste my submissions or Upgrades if they have no chance of appearing in the games.
Thanks in advance for your help and clarifications!
I’d assume they do occupy a cell. Pretty sure sponsored ones do too - so if something was already in the cell you would get the sponsored stop too, but if the sponsored stop comes first then any accepted nominations after won’t go in.
It could be worth nominating in case they remove the trial stops.
As for the quality, that’s always going to be subjective, so it seems to be a first come first served type situation.
It could of course become a power spot though, so may still be worth nominating.