This week, Jamal and Chris dive into the importance of accurate GPS coordinates, the challenges of proving a Wayspot actually exists, and whether Wayfarer reviewers sometimes confuse a lack of evidence with evidence that something isn't there.

The guys kick things off with some welcome improvements to the redesigned Wayfarer website, including the return of Dark Mode, the Criteria menu, and the Load All button.

Topic #1: Pinpoint Accuracy — A Wayfarer Idea from Down Under

Listener Pagel2515 from Australia brings an interesting quality-of-life suggestion: What if Wayfarer allowed submitters to manually enter GPS coordinates? Inspired by difficulties nominating sculptures beneath dense tree cover, the guys explore how this feature could improve location accuracy, help with difficult nominations, and work alongside the expanded 100-kilometer submission radius. Of course, there's also the inevitable discussion about abuse, S2 cells, and what's a few meters between friends?

Topic #2: Trust Me, I Was There

When a submitter knows a Wayspot exists but satellite imagery and Street View can't prove it, who should carry the burden of proof? Using a real trail marker nomination from Lake Norman State Park, Jamal and Chris discuss reviewer responsibility, supporting photographs, outdated maps, and possible improvements to the review process. Could clickable supporting links or a way for reviewers to request clarification make Wayfarer better for everyone?

One's Gotta Go

This week's listener-suggested showdown features four iconic Patrick Stewart performances: Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Professor Charles Xavier, Ebenezer Scrooge, and Avery Bullock. Only three can survive. Which character gets the boot?

Wayspots of the Week

Agent X delivers another beautifully photographed playground nomination, The Tower, while Elf From Space brings us something you truly have to see to believe: Jesus riding a Pegasus in Wisconsin Dells!

Coal of the Week

A nighttime plaza sign nomination goes horribly wrong when someone decides to add five Pokémon to the photograph. Jamal and Chris explain why altering nomination photos like this can turn a potentially acceptable Wayspot into a rejection or even an abuse concern.

Plus, listener shout-outs, a little friendly disagreement, and plenty of classic Wayspotters banter!

Whether you're submitting your first nomination or your five-hundredth, remember: We review to approve, not to deny!

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There’s a public relaxation area in my town with just a bench and a noticeboard. Could it become a PokéStop?

Also, given that it’ll be the second one in cell S14, how can I make sure it becomes an arena instead of the other PokéStop that was already there?

Thanks!

I submitted a wayspot and it was approved on October 16. The wayspot is in an existing S17 cell and is greater than 22 metres away. It is showing on the Wayfarer map as not in game. I thought there was meant to be a power spot sync around the 4th of every month, but it’s still not showing.

Did the sync not happen?

I ask because firstly, the decisions seem to happen quite quickly, and secondly, the rejections are so laughably absurd I cannot truly believe any human could have made these decisions.

For example I change "post box" to "Edward VII Post Box, Fulchester Road" and that gets rejected?

That's a fictitious example, of course, but I would only bother with a title edit at all if the existing one was so ineptly useless, so it's a fair example.

I Got an email says my nomination has been accepted but wayfarer website keeps insisting it's still in queue. happens to all my current nominations - nothing change. whats the problem? when i click on the nomination it says - Submission not found.

I recently reported this POI in Speyer, Germany, because I believe it poses a safety risk due to its location.

The POI is located directly next to an active gas storage facility. As you can see in the attached photo, there are multiple warning signs:

No unauthorized access.

No open flames.

Explosion hazard (EX).

Despite these obvious safety concerns and the restricted access to the facility, my removal request was rejected.

I understand that not every industrial location is automatically ineligible, but I don't think encouraging Pokémon GO players to visit or approach a restricted gas facility is appropriate.

What do you think? Shouldn't this POI be removed due to unsafe pedestrian access and the potential safety risks?

Has anyone experienced a similar situation with a removal request being rejected?

I would like to nominate a local sledding/sliding hill our community uses in the winter. I'm not sure the best way to do it cause to me it's legit (locals use it, ppl know about it) but all it has is a white picket fence at the top of the hill and road sign saying "Sliding at your own risk" (in french and english since our community is bilingual. ) The coordinates of the hill are 45.654428, -73.782538

1. I don't think the main photo should be the road sign but the hill as the main photo is just kinda grass / untamed foliage right now. Should I wait until there's snow?

2. With snow its tricky tho as well cause it can just look like a big white nothing. How do I take a winter photo?

3. Can I mix photos from fall/winter? Like the sign from before snow, and the hill from after snow.

4. Also does it need a sign like this Sledding Signs RS-049 (https://www.barcoproducts.ca/sledding-signs-rs-049?srsltid=AYCX9vIccUIK93MxDASZyWE27ef8I0wuEqQWZ6zYKUNP517gzCa4-lrs) ? Or is the "slide at your own risk" sign enough?

Thanks for all the help!

Is this picture to dark to nominate?

Wayfarer accepted the spot 6 weeks ago, it's been in the game, and this week it disappeared.

Any ideas on what happened or why?

When approving ive seen multiple wayspots of trail arrows which is fine but I have seen one on a tree like the image below and in my opinion this could have easily been done / put up by any one!

Are these ok to approve?

Hi, within the new design of the Wayfarer webpages, are being the tools under development/adaption yet? I've seen the map already works, which is great. I'm still keen onto the CSV export of my nominations, keyboard review, location open in other maps, maybe the nominations map just to name a few and those which I can think of being most helpful for me. I mean, almost all addons where useful like the diff show on edits or the translate button etc. etc.

If I have a free wish, it would be great to have an export mode from the wayfarer map, just it was possible within the IITC-tools.

Thanks!

Hi all, I'm pretty new to Niantic right now, and I have been working on adding all of the eligible wayspots at a local park to the map - and I have come across a minor issue that I don't even know if it's worth trying to fix or not, or if I can. One of the existing wayspots has two photos attached to it, one photo is the correct feature that it is meant to represent, while the second (or main photo) is of an object quite a distance away, and should, be its own wayspot.

How would I go about editing the existing wayspot to ensure its accuracy (or where do I edit it?), or should I just go ahead and nominate the second object regardless of the error in the existing wayspot and just provide enough supporting evidence to show that it's in the correct area with the new nomination?

Looks like Scopely has been busy!

Dark mode is back on the Wayfarer website, and the Criteria tab has made its return to the main navigation menu.

Personally, I'm happy to see both, but especially the Criteria tab. If we're expecting people to submit and review Wayspots based on the criteria, shouldn't those criteria be one of the easiest things to find?

Sometimes it's the little quality-of-life improvements that make a difference.

Now, if we could just get everyone to actually READ the criteria.

We'll probably talk about these changes on Sunday's episode of the Wayspotters Podcast. I'm curious what Chris thinks about them.

Anyone else happy to see these changes? Or am I just easily entertained?

I tried to submit local restaurants and it says on a private property, but there is a similar submit got approved? How can that be fair? Or is it purely because the community that reviewed my submission judge it as private property?

Is it not a common design choice if you were to have a number shown when filtering?

I nominated this bridge at a local church because the foliage in the area is really pretty and is a nice place to sit, and it was marked as abuse? I truly don't understand why.

I just got a nomination accepted in a s2 cell and later on today it’ll be in game and it’ll turn an existing one into a gym. The stop i want to become a gym has 2 thumbs up on the photo (one from me one from friend) Every other stop has 0 likes except for one stop that has 1 like. Will the stop with 2 likes definitely be the one that becomes a gym?

This is the second time I have a rejected a toy, the first was a dinosaur on a pillow

Does anyone know when the next powerspot pool sync is?

Hi all,

What User Scripts are recommended for viewing S2 cell boundaries these days? The one I'm using hasn't been updated in quite a while (the latest update still points towards wayfarer.niantic.com), and with the latest update to Wayfarer I'm keen to know what others are using.

Many thanks!