With these Pokémon GO maps, you can find Pokémon in your area or nests of certain species.
One of the main tasks in Pokémon GO is to track down and catch wild Pokémon nearby. Initially, Niantic had a tracker that indicated how far you were from certain monsters using footprints. However, this system regularly caused server issues, which is why the developers replaced it with another mechanic. This new tracker does not work as some trainers would like.
Therefore, they resort to Pokémon GO maps, which show monsters in the area even if they haven’t been revealed in the game on the phone yet.
Pokémon GO Map: Live and through Trainer Entries
In the past, Pokémon trackers have been regularly banned by Niantic. The reason for this was the way these “helpers” operated, overwhelming the servers with their requests every second. After some of these trackers were banned, the developers had to provide players with new ways to discover Pokémon. It took some time for Niantic to meet the players’ demands. The new tracker now shows wild Pokémon in the game that are near the player or certain PokéStops. The latter narrows down the area of the monsters and gives trainers a chance to find these Pokémon more easily.
Many trainers are dissatisfied with this solution and are therefore looking for ways to search the wider area for Pokémon. With such Pokémon live maps, you can see what nests are in the neighboring city or other locations without having to travel there.
There are different types of maps for Pokémon GO:
- Live maps, which display in real-time which Pokémon are at certain locations. This often happens through fake accounts that constantly scan specific areas and provide users of the live maps with this information.
- Maps that show nests and Pokémon, which are entered manually by trainers. On these manual maps, trainers input the locations of the Pokémon they have caught.
Working Pokémon GO Maps for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland
Niantic takes a hard stance on live maps and has previously demanded that operators cease their services. Consequently, the availability of Pokémon maps has diminished, and only a few services remain with which you can locate nests or wild monsters.
Pokémon GO Maps – Online / Browser
- Gomap.at – Real-time Scanner – Popular among the Pokémon GO community is the Austrian website Gomap, which shows catch locations in Austria as well as locations in larger German cities. On the homepage, you select the appropriate country and then click on the corresponding region or city where you want to track down Pokémon. Here is the official website on Gomap.at
- pg-festzeit.ch – Real-time Scanner – This map particularly covers Switzerland but also southwestern regions of Germany. Here is the official website on pg.festzeit.ch
- Rocket Map – Real-time scanner specifically for Berlin and surrounding areas. Showed only gyms and their defenders during the last check. Here is the official website of Rocket Map on vserver.obihoernchen.net
- Pokehunter.co – Real-time scanner that allows specific locations to be scanned manually. A cooldown period must be waited between each scan. Here is the official website on Pokehunter.co
- GymHuntr – New to the round is the website GymHuntr, which is very popular among trainers in the community. There, for example, legendary raids are displayed. This is GymHuntr
It is unclear how long these websites will continue to offer their services until Niantic prohibits them. Therefore, those who prefer maps based on trainer information can resort to the following maps:
- TheSilphRoad: In the TheSilphRoad community, there is a nest atlas that is updated after each nest change. It does not operate as quickly as real-time scanners but is based on community information. Here is the global nest atlas on thesilphroad.com/atlas
- PokémonGoMap: Here you will find PokéStops and gyms all over the world – but no Pokémon. Here is the official website on PokemonGoMap.Info
Note: The article was originally published in February 2017. We updated it on July 31, 2017 with new information.
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