When submitting a Wayspot Appeal, make sure to include as much of the following information as possible: Photos of the gym’s actual location and its in-game location.
Here is the link to the satellite website: 카카오맵
It is located quite far from the correct location, and given that it is situated in an apartment building, it appears a specific user intentionally submitted it in the wrong location to play from their own home. I know that this is a violation of the Wayfarer guidelines.
The actual location is situated on the road leading to the apartment parking lot. I thought the actual location was not suitable for pedestrians to walk around looking at their phones, and I will write the detailed reasons in the additional information section.
When looking at the location provided in the game and the satellite map, it can be confirmed that the Gym is located in the apartment building. Therefore, I request the removal of this Gym as it violates the Wayfarer guidelines.
Additional Information (if any):
Additionally, upon visiting the actual location, I found that the place where the Gym is positioned is in the middle of a driveway connected to a parking lot, making it completely unsuitable for pedestrians to access.
There was so much passing traffic that it was even difficult to take a photo. I do not know to what extent a location is defined as dangerous for pedestrians in the guidelines, but there is a lot of vehicle traffic, so I felt it was dangerous to walk around while playing Pokémon GO.
Streetview is not helpful here, as it is out-of-date.
I suggest showing all sides of the space on which this sign is found, not just one side. From the photos you have shown, there might simply be safe access from the right. To show lack of access, you need to show more than you have.
It would also be worth taking a video that ties in to streetview in order to provide the evidence of the real location of this sign.
I notice this is a gym. Not every insufficiently-detailed removal rejection that is posted on this forum is for a gym, but most of them are.
Thank you for your response. I understand your points regarding accessibility; however, accessibility was not the main reason for my request. The reason I submitted this inquiry is that the Gym is in the wrong location—specifically, it is incorrectly placed inside a certain apartment complex instead of its actual location. In addition to the Street View, I also attached an actual satellite image. Even when looking at the satellite map within the game, it is very clear that the Gym is in the wrong position.
I am talking about accessibility because that is the only thing that matters
If a wayspot is in the wrong place, but the POI does exist, then it is not eligible for removal - the correct action is to request it be relocated to the correct location.
In order for a wayspot to be removed, it needs to meet removal criteria. To be removed, a wayspot needs to meet any of the following (there may be other things that I have missed)
- The POI does not exist
- The POI is on school grounds or single-family private residential property, including the external boundary
- the POI is strictly and obviously not eligible (e.g., a generic direction sign)
- the POI is not safely accessible (not to everyone, but to people allowed to be there)
- the POI is obstructing operations of emergency services
For removal, what matters is the location of the POI, not the location of the wayspot. The only one of these that this POI could fail is safe access.
Unfortunately, that is not the case to an observer. The buildings on the aerial images are leaning because the pictures were not taken from directly above, which makes it hard to determine the actual footprint of the buildings.
Thank you so much for your continued help. I felt it was dangerous because there is heavy vehicle traffic going into the parking lot. Would it be better to create a new post for the relocation request?
This thread is fine to continue. Heavy traffic near to a wayspot is not a problem. Heavy traffic preventing safe access to a wayspot is a problem, but you have only shown evidence of a traffic lane on one side.
Just a reminder that what is under consideration is a wayspot not a a Pokémon Go stop or gym. It is also best not to make assumptions about its current location and refrain from comments about the motives of individuals.
This means that you should stick to evidence about the wayspot and whether it meets any removal criteria and if it doesn’t meet removal criteria and its location is incorrect that can be fixed.
When submitting a Wayspot Appeal, make sure to include as much of the following information as possible:
Dear Niantic Support Team,
I am writing to request a location correction for a PokéStop (Gym).
The PokéStop (Gym) is actually located at a landscape tree on the left side of the apartment playground. However, it is currently placed inside a specific apartment building instead.
Since the current placement is too far from its actual location, it exceeds the distance limit for in-game location edit requests. That is why I am submitting this request here.
To help you verify the exact location, I have attached a satellite image along with the link to the map site.
That satellite is convincing evidence that the current location is definitely wrong (there’s a lot of photos on this wayspot to help with that), but not convincing evidence of the correct location.
You can appeal rejected Location Edits through Niantic Wayfarer, which is why you cannot appeal this in the Appeals category here (yet).
If you can get stronger evidence of the correct location, that will help - maybe Scopely Explore couldn’t identify where to move the wayspot to, even though it’s obviously wrong at the moment.
You already have a topic for this in the appeals section that is awaiting an outcome.
That is for a removal not a move.
Please be patient and await the outcome of that appeal.
