Submitting PokéStops can become a real art form in Pokémon GO. However, there are some things you can submit that almost always become PokéStops.
Here’s what it’s about: Submitting PokéStops is subject to certain guidelines. Not every submission will immediately become a stop.
To ensure you don’t waste your submissions needlessly, we will show you 9 things that almost always become PokéStops.
With these items, you have good chances of getting PokéStops
Playgrounds: Submissions for playgrounds are almost guaranteed. Unless it’s just the climbing frame in your own garden, playgrounds are almost always approved.
Especially beneficial is if the playgrounds are also marked on Google Maps. If the picture is correct as well, then there’s virtually nothing that can go wrong.
A tip from us: If you enter “playground” in Google Maps, such places nearby will be shown to you. You can then walk around and submit them all. Some playgrounds can be quite well hidden.
Churches: Almost as reliably as playgrounds are churches. This also includes community centers or any buildings associated with religions.
Be sure to use the correct name of the church. Often there are other churches of the same religion nearby, and the stop may then be recognized as a duplicate.
Memorials: Almost every location has a plaque that commemorates something. Be it fallen soldiers in the world war or a memorial stone for an honorary citizen of the city. Such plaques or stones are ideal for PokéStops.
Your chances of a stop increase if you mention exact years or explain the history behind the memorial. This significantly enhances your proposal.
City maps: If you are unfamiliar with the city, you might use public city maps. They hang on large boards and show the city’s sights.
Such maps are also ideal for PokéStops. In the end, such a location is important for the city and therefore an interesting place in Niantic’s games. You can often find such maps at train stations or central points in the city.
Clubs: Whether sports or culture, clubs are ideal locations for PokéStops. Almost every club also has a plaque or logo hanging on the building wall.
Photograph this logo, briefly explain the club, and you have a perfect PokéStop.
Besides football clubs, cultural clubs work wonderfully as well. Find out in your city where such clubs are located, and you will have a few more PokéStops in town.
Stumbling stones: It’s also worth looking down to discover new PokéStops. Small stumbling stones on the ground are ideal PokéStops and are almost always approved.
The stumbling stones bear family names and are often only found at a second glance. You often find such stones in city centers and on cobblestones.
It is important that you include the name on the stumbling stone in the title. This way, reviewers can easily distinguish between the stones.
Colorful garages or power boxes: There are often real works of art on local power boxes or garages. These are perfect for PokéStops.
However, be realistic in your proposal. Just because someone sprayed their name on the power box doesn’t mean it’s an artwork. Only proposals that are truly unique will be verified.
Graffiti: Just like with garages or power boxes, the same applies to graffiti: Beautiful graffiti are often turned into a PokéStop.
So look for places under bridges or on large building walls that have been adorned with beautiful graffiti. Here you have good chances of getting a new PokéStop.
Years: Take a close look at old buildings. They often have a year somewhere indicating when construction began. If it wasn’t just 10 years ago, then you have a good chance of getting a new PokéStop here.
My submission is not becoming a PokéStop – What to do? This could have many reasons. For one, there might already be another PokéStop in the cell of your submission. For each cell, which is approximately the size of 4 single-family houses, there is only one proposal for a PokéStop. The stop is verified at Niantic Wayfarer, but nothing enters the game.
Your stop may also be rejected if you took a bad picture or the description is incorrect. Pay special attention to this when making your submission.
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