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Are the PokeStop locations random? I would have expected to Niantic block certain locations, like government property.
by cpeterso 7y ago
Are the PokeStop locations random? I would have expected to Niantic block certain locations, like government property.
- BryantD 7y agoNo, they're (mostly) user-submitted and user-approved. In theory new locations on military bases aren't allowed as of a couple of years ago, but a few slip through the process. And, inconsistently, old ones aren't removed.
- f2f 7y agothe locations are identical to the ones users submitted for ingress, the previous game niantic did. for that you didn't need much vetting and because the popularity was low nobody cared so much. most likely some servicemen (servicepersons?) submitted the spots.
- dx87 7y agoSome categories are blocked, like daycare and schools. They'll also prevent anything from showing up, pokemon included, from areas that don't have recognized roads or paths. There is a park near my house that has a paved path through the woods that doesn't show up in the pokemon go app, so nothing appears there because the game doesn't want to encourage you to wander through the woods.
- he0001 7y agoNot sure about schools and daycares. My children’s school and daycare is a gym and a poke stop respectively. And there are several other daycares here in the area which are gyms.
- masklinn 7y agoThey were seeded from locations used in a previous AR game called Ingress, however since (iirc) Ingress locations were user-submitted it lead to PokeGo’s landmarks sometimes being odd or awkwards.