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How to view sightings?

I live in Australia and we have just received the new tracking features. I understand how the Nearby feature works, however I cannot see the Sightings, being the Pokemon that are not near any pokestops. Is there a way I can access the sightings, if so, how?

EDIT: I have posted two pictures in the replies to further convey my issue. The "Sightings" are not visible, yet there are other Pokemon around at the time of the screenshot.

Asked by andrew21968 years 5 months ago

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It was pilot tested here in Arizona prior to the most recent roll out. The Sightings only seem to show 'mons that you can actually see (Sightings List is now irrelevant?). Not going to lie, it is a little frustrating. I live in the suburbs and have an empty Nearby/Sightings List (not a lot of Poke Stops near home). Anyone else seeing the same thing?

I can only see what is nearby the pokestop, however I can confirm there are a lot more spawns around my current location

Until the Pokémon actually SPAWNS, it will not show up on the Sittings Tracker. Makes the tracker virtually useless...

This is my current location, as you can see it is a fair distance away from the nearest pokestop, which happens to be the only pokestop visible on my map.

Same where I live. This tracker is stupid. In pokestop dense areas, it is functionally pokevision. In sparse areas it shows only pokemon near the one pokestop several blocks away with no indication of what is actually "nearby".

They spent three months testing this out in a city full of pokestops. Do they ever consider how this game plays outside pokestop rich cities?

They should have just brought back a modified version of the three-step radar.