Route Rejections for Non-Restricted Areas Near Military Base

Wayspot Appeals
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Hi Wayfarer Team,

I’m reaching out regarding repeated rejection of walking routes submitted near Herlong, California due to the “sensitive location” tag. These routes are not on military property, but rather along public streets, parks, and recreation areas outside the perimeter of the base.

For example, one route was rejected despite being entirely on city-managed sidewalk paths next to a public school and community center. The system appears to be over-flagging anything within proximity of a military zone, regardless of public access or satellite evidence.

Please clarify:
1. What proximity radius triggers the sensitive location rejection?
2. Is there any way to appeal these decisions?
3. What supporting info can help reviewers understand that a location is public and not restricted?

I appreciate your work keeping the platform safe, but the current filter is blocking legitimate submissions that could really enhance gameplay in smaller, underserved communities like South Lassen County.

Thanks for your time and any clarification you can offer.

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Route is pokemon go issue,not wayfarer, so i am not sure if staf will can answer that question. You might need to bring this to pogo but i dont think they will disclose any information about it

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Here you can see that route guidelines are different from the Wayfarer criteria. This announcement also references routes as a game-exclusive feature: Exclusive New Pokémon GO Feature Comes to Explorers - Routes Creation

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Hi @Harleighzmom
Welcome to the forum :hugs:
Like TjoeMi and paulingzubat already mentioned is that nothing which can be solved within wayfarer.
Buuut I want to quick share my recent experience that I appealed a rejected route successfully. Open the rejected route in game there should be a button. There you can explain.

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Hello this forum can’t help unfortunately, so I will close this topic.

You can appeal click on the rejected route and scroll down to the bottom and click appeal.

Good luck with the appeals.