Suggest a new PokéStop to aid Trainers go out and explore their communities

Trainers who've reached level 38 tin help abound the number of PokéStops in their community by nominating eligible objects and locations in Niantic Wayfarer. One time submitted, the PokéStop nomination will be evaluated by Niantic'southward player community and and so the highly-rated nominations may be accustomed equally a PokéStop or fifty-fifty a Gym. Keep in mind that non all eligible nominations volition appear live in Pokémon GO, they may appear in other Niantic games.

For more than in-depth data on what makes a high-quality nomination, view the complete Wayspot criteria.

Note: This characteristic is non available for users with kid accounts.

Submitting a PokéStop Nomination

one. Starting the nomination

  • Showtime, go to an object or location that yous recollect would make a good PokéStop.

  • Tap the Chief Menu button.

  • Tap the Settings push button.

  • Tap the New PokéStop push to commencement the nomination.

2. Gear up the Location on the Map

On the map, you'll see an orangish PokéStop pivot that represents the location of your PokéStop nomination. If there are already PokéStops in the surrounding areas, you'll also see them displayed on the map with a blue PokéStop marker.

Tap or drag the orange PokéStop pin to the most authentic location representing the object for your nomination. Nominations that are too shut to existing PokéStops or with inaccurate locations will virtually likely be considered ineligible.

Tap Confirm when your pivot is in the almost accurate location.

iii. Accept a Photograph of the Object

Take a clear photo that makes it piece of cake to see the object/location that corresponds to your nomination. Low-quality photos (dark/blurry/taken from a auto) may cause a nomination that otherwise meets criteria to exist considered ineligible.

Do not submit photos that you did not accept yourself and avert photos that contain people, trunk parts, live animals, or copyrighted objects / materials.

4. Have another photograph for context of the surrounding surface area

Next, you'll need to take an boosted photo of the surrounding area effectually your nomination. These photos volition help our customs of reviewers determine if the PokéStop location is safe and accessible. This surrounding area photo will not appear on the PokéStop in-game and volition only be shared with the community of players that are evaluating your nomination.

5. Add a Title and Description

Once you lot have an authentic location and a high-quality photo, you can enter a title and description that describes the object you are nominating. While titles and descriptions may be submitted in any linguistic communication, the official local language is preferred.

  • Title: Enter in a detailed and unique championship. If possible, delight use the official name of the object or location.

  • Description: Information that other players might observe interesting near the location such as the origin, history, or groundwork of this place.

Practice not include the post-obit in the titles or descriptions:

  • HTML or URLs

  • References to usernames, nicknames or game-specific terms (such as Raid or PokéStop)

six. Preview and Submit

On the preview screen, you can view your nomination details one terminal time before you finalize and submit. Tap Confirm once you've verified everything looks practiced.

vii. Show why your nomination is of import

The final step helps give the nomination reviewers some more context as to why your nomination should exist considered eligible. Hither, you can specify what makes your nomination a high-quality PokéStop candidate. These sections volition non appear on the PokéStop details and volition only be shared with the community of reviewers that are evaluating your nomination.

When your nomination is consummate, tap Submit to transport your nomination for review. Note that, if you lot are non able to submit right away, you can always Upload Later.

eight. Review by Community

When y'all have completed your nomination, yous'll receive a confirmation email and it will be sent for review by our community of nomination reviewers. We strive to process your nomination as soon as possible merely, depending on the level of review needed, it may take several weeks or months. Once the community has fabricated a decision regarding your PokéStop nomination, you'll receive an update via email.

  • If your nomination was deemed eligible: Congrats, you've helped contribute to encouraging Trainers all over the world to explore their communities! Please keep in listen that not all eligible PokéStop nominations are able to appear live in Pokémon GO. However, they may appear in other Niantic games.

  • If your nomination was deemed ineligible: Please review the PokéStop criteria to make sure your nomination follows all of the criteria. We receive a large number of nominations and not all of them are guaranteed to be added to the game.

Notation about user-submitted content and ownership

When y'all submit a PokéStop nomination to Niantic, we don't merits ownership of that content. Y'all yet retain your rights to the content as the creator. Just you do grant Niantic a license to employ the content in any style nosotros encounter fit. This means, for example, that we take your permission to use the PokéStop images and descriptions to create new in-game locations in Pokémon GO, but we besides have your permission to use them to create locations across different games. This is just a brief summary of how nosotros utilise user-submitted content. For the full details, delight review the Pokémon Go Terms of Service.