Areas & Location¶

You need either areas or a location (or both) set up to receive alerts. Areas are geofenced regions; location is a specific coordinate for distance-based tracking.

Areas¶

Areas are predefined geographic zones set up by your admin. You subscribe to areas to receive alerts for pokemon/raids/etc. within them.

List Available Areas¶

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!area list

/area list

Add an Area¶

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!area add downtown                  # Add a single area
!area add downtown uptown midtown   # Add multiple areas

/area add downtown
/area add downtown uptown midtown

Remove an Area¶

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!area remove downtown               # Remove a single area
!area remove everything             # Remove all areas

/area remove downtown
/area remove everything

View Your Areas¶

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!tracked                            # Shows areas along with tracking subscriptions

/tracked

Location¶

Your location is a specific latitude/longitude coordinate used for distance-based tracking (e.g. d500 = within 500 meters).

Set Your Location¶

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!location 40.7128,-74.0060         # Set by coordinates
!location New York City            # Set by place name (requires geocoding)

/location 40.7128,-74.0060
/location New York City

You can also send a Telegram location pin to set your location.

Remove Your Location¶

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!location remove

/location remove

How Areas and Location Work Together¶

Area only — alerts for anything in your subscribed areas
Location + distance — alerts within N meters of your location (use d<meters> in tracking commands)
Both — area-based tracking works alongside distance-based tracking. You can have some tracks using areas and others using distance.

Example: Combined Tracking¶

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!area add downtown                          # Area for general tracking
!location 40.7128,-74.0060                  # Location for distance tracking
!track pikachu iv90                          # IV90+ pikachu in downtown area
!track pikachu iv100 d500                    # Perfect pikachu within 500m of location
!raid level5 d1000                           # Level 5 raids within 1km of location

Note

If a tracking command includes d<n>, it uses distance from your location. If it doesn't include d, it uses your subscribed areas.