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No, unfortunately this creation of new pokéstops, especially in rural areas, does not depend on Pokémon GO users. Niantic is aware of user complaints and promises to provide a solution. However, what can be done is edit and alter the existing pokéstops Although most are correct in terms of name and representation, there are already those who has verified that they can be edited and changed. Of course, the task is not easy or fast.
The trick has been discovered on the Reddit forum, where it has been shared with other Internet users. Here's how to change a PokéStop's name, image, and description. And, most curiously, how this process has to be done through the cousin-brother game Ingress. A title created by Niantic before Pokémon GO and that draws from it both in terms of mechanics and resources. And the idea is to change an Ingress portal so that a Pokémon GO pokéstop can be modified It's that simple. Or almost.
PokeStops in Ingress
The key is to carry out the process directly in the Ingress game. Here, it is possible to request the edition of any of the portals that appear in the game. These are distributed in the same way as the poképaradas in Pokémon GO. In fact, on Niantic systems, they are the same georeferencesHence this whole process makes sense. The difference is that Pokémon GO is a game with many more players and economic interest than Ingress, so it does not allow you to modify your information. At least for now.
Just access Ingress, search for the portal you want to modify, and access its settings. From here you can select both a new name and a new image and add a description. All new, or to complete any question that does not match, if necessary.
After that, we receive an email stating that the changes have been received, and that they will be applied in the coming weeks. Apparently, and based on the experience of the Reddit user, it can vary from one to five weeks of time. After that, a new email lands in the user's inbox to confirm if the modification has been carried out or notImmediately afterwards, you just have to check that, both in Ingress and in Pokémon GO, the information of that pokéstop has been updated.
Ingress vs Pokémon GO
It is clear that the Niantic team continues to use its own old resources to bring Pokémon GO to life. Something that, considering the slowness with which improvements have arrived after the launch of the game more than a year ago, was necessary. And it is that nothing seemed prepared to withstand the avalanche of players. So creating new maps, georeferences and other issues, plus Pokémon adjustments, could have been an inhuman job.
Of course, this relationship between the games can also be a flaw. So far, discovered cheats like changing the name of the poképaradas have not resulted in any problems. In fact, Reddit talks about other interesting keys such as conquer new pokéstops before they reach Pokémon GO
For this it is necessary to capture an Ingress portal that appears without an image. Something not too likely. However, after the last expansion of Pokémon GO poképaradas, it has been discovered that these portals would end up being new poképaradas. And they would arrive with the image given in Ingress. Of course there are other important variables as declared by other users.
We will have to see if Niantic finally ends up cutting off the tap. And if it really creates a fair and equitable system for rural areas in which to build pokéstops. All this without having to be an Ingress agent of a certain level.
