Tips for Rural Nominators: Look for things that meet the guidelines that tend to be in rural areas: Churches Fraternal orders and veteran outposts Eligible points of interest AT churches, veterans posts, etc. Look for picnic shelters, ball fields, prayer gardens, Little Free Libraries, and religi…

This might be better answered in the Review Support discussion? More people from your area will be likely to see it there, I think.

Thanks. Will do as soon as I have the time. It’s not like I’m trying to farm personal POI. I Iive and work on rural areas with many interesting spots I find roaming around and would like to highlight.

Have you checked the Intel Map to see if they are already there? Not all the POIs will show in Pokémon and other games due to Inclusion rules in each game. Primarily Pokémon Go.

Do PM me with your coordinates and I can help you plan a bit more and quality check for you.

My new neighborhood has one giant mailbox located near the entryway , and it keeps being denied for “criteria”. Yet I can select a tag for “mailbox” and it’s literally the only place on our neighborhood where everyone from the community gathers daily and meets each other.

In a choice that has confused Wayfinders for years, the list of category choices does not imply those categories are eligible things. There are also categories for “Fire Station” and “Power Plant”, as well as other ineligible things and places. We shouldn’t assume that if you we find a category f…

So the person denying them are racist because we are not in the rich part of town ?

No, the people denying them are righfully doing so baded on criteria regardless of what part of town its in.

Most likely the Machine Learning AI is declining the nomination due to it not meeting criteria. If you got an email with a rejection from “our team” then thats what happened. As others have said unfortunately mailboxes dont meet any criteria and typically arent distinct and are just generic (which i…

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cyndiepooh January 27, 2026, 8:20pm 79

For some reason, I had thought this topic was locked. Wanted to add a link to this exciting news for rural submitters that Niantic hasn’t forgotten about you!

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