Stops and Gyms

I don’t know…

Ropemakers Ct, Chatham, ME4 5JD

Ropemaker’s Court Play Area was Accepted ^^

That’s fantastic news! Congratulations :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

its an normal pokestop, not an poke gym… sign…
it just pop on pokemon go …

and wha there an pokestop behind me on the field?

where that come from?

how am I gonna get an gym here now?..

You would need to help us understand the exact situation since some of these are not on the map we use.

Do you think you could add the position of the Pokestops gyms onto this map to help us?


the 3 red dots I added is about where the pokestops are, 2 are mine.
the middle in the pink cycle, is the first one I was able to put on the map.
I was hoping to get an gym with in the pink cycle, …
also how is it there 2 pokestops in the same cell? I thought it had ti be the FULL Cell.. does this mean I have to try to get an pokestop in that cell with the 2 are in to get an Gym?

there only one gym in this big cell, it at the “robin Pl” “white Rd” “Keyes Ave” spot. that the only spot I can see and Gym in the Cell I am in,

but as I said the only 3 around the spot I am in are pokestops.

Just for confirmation to make sure I understand what you are saying…

There are 2 Stops / Gyms on the left hand side of the L14 cell?

You have added 4 “waypoints” in to 3 L17 cells on the right (ignore the 1 near Sawyers Ct as this is in the next L14 cell).

Only 1 of the “waypoints” in the L17 cell with 2 waypoints will be eligible to become a stop / gym.

If this is correct you should currently have 1 Gym and 4 Stops in the L14 cell.

You will need to add another waypoint in to an empty L17 cell to create a 2nd Gym (note, this would be selected at random from the 5 possibilities).

Good luck.

I’ve only added 2 wayspots, both are pokestops.
they are with in the pink cycle, I shown,
I am trying to get an Gym but first and second are pokestops.
did I do something wrong?
…as in the full Cell there only 1 Gym far, far away

OK, sorry if you already know any of this but just to make sure we are on the same page I have edited the map to try and make it clearer.

  • The section between the Yellow Highlights is the L14 Cell.
  • The smaller cells inside are the L17 Cells (64 in total).
  • Only 1 Pokestop or Gym can be in each L17 Cell.
  • If there are 2 L17 Cells occupied (within the L14 Cell) 1 will become a Gym.
  • If there are 6 L17 Cells occupied (within the L14 Cell) 2 will become a Gym.

So assuming the data shown on the map is correct…

  • There are 2 occupied cells on the left from before the map stopped being updated (Red Arrows). 1 of these will be a Gym.
  • You have added 2 more occupied cells (Green Arrows) totalling 4.
  • There is another red spot which I assumed was another occupied cell (Blue Arrow) which would total 5.
  • As stated above you need to reach 6 occupied cells before another 1 will change to a Gym.
  • Please Note: The Gym creation is random, any of the available Stops could become the 2nd Gym even one on the left.

Hope this helps.

Good luck.

Edit for completion…

  • If there are 20 L17 Cells occupied (within the L14 Cell) 3 will become a Gym.

I thought the Cell thing was for the full yellow box…
so I need to get an other spot in the one where I put the playground one in…
that gonna be hard

It’s not too hard since you have the allotments nearby in that same large cell, so that can be your next PoI

it is an little hard, cause I need to put them with in the pink cycle I shown ^^;.. and not much I can… I’ll try an idea in hope

I am not sure which waypoint you put in which cell but if we agree that there is currently 5 occupied cells then you just need 1 more in an EMPTY L17 Cell.

You have 59 cells empty at the moment so I am sure you can do it…

You need to avoid the cells that I have now highlighted in Purple.

Any waypoints created in these cells will not become either a Stop or a Gym (they “may” be used for Dynamax Powerspot)

There is a gate to the allotments just approx 85 metres from the cell with 2 waypoints.

There is no way to guarantee which will become a Gym as this could be abused. The 1s on the right might be best for you but not for other players, this is why they are decided randomly.

Even if you “REALLY” want one near Ropemakers Ct to be the new Gym each Stop will have a 20% chance of being chosen which is good odds.

??? sorry but there are 2 pokestops in one of the purple cells you pointed out…and basicly they are where I am trying to get an Gym…
I feelthis Cell thing is not right …cause I seen in town many stop so close with in cells, I am starting to think this all 2 stop 1 gym is mainly 3 with in one small cell…

cause explain Why is there 2 pokestops in 1 cell?

This can occasionally happen but eventually the area will be “re-evaluated” and 1 will be removed. Previously someone could request a location edit and if this was done by staff then it did not always trigger the “proximity rules” but this should no longer happen. Any still on the map are on “borrowed time”.

In your example the “top” 1 is in a different cell to the other 2. If everything is working right then I would expect the top 1 to show and 1 in the cell below to show.

Stops can be close as long as they are in different cells, if in the example below there was a waypoint at each arrow head you would have 4 acceptable extremely close but they are in 4 different cells.

I am unable to change what you think but I can promise you this is not how it works, I have only been doing nominations for about a year but many on here have been doing nominations many years and they will all agree with what I have explained.

As an example I have taken the following from an unofficial map as this shows stops (blue cubes) and Gyms (Orange Pyramids). (Note: This map takes user generated data but I can guarantee it is correct).

As you can see the (large) L14 Cell includes 6 occupied L17 (small) cells therefor 2 have become Gyms.


basicly I have to try get an other one set up here, one of these 2 spots…

Calls 2 & 4 are in the next L14 cell so you can ignore those.

Calls 1 & 3 are already occupied so no new waypoints should appear in these.

We seem to be going round in circles, please re-read the posts above and also read and understand https://pokemongohub.net/post/article/comprehensive-guide-s2-cells-pokemon-go/

I feel I am unable to explain the situation in any other way so I am going to leave it here.

Good luck.