One “problem” with Lightship Geospatial and the now-defunct Wayfarer App is that in order to activate a VPS, many scans are required over a large daily time difference. I understand that part. However, one well-made splat is FAR SUPERIOR in image quality to most “Good/Production quality” Geospatial Meshes i have seen. One example issue at hand here is I live near an Arboretum that already has 100s of Ingress wayspots that cannot be VPS activated because the Park is only open 10AM to 5PM daily. If splats could be used in lieu of Ingress portal scans this would be a great feature in this type of case especially.
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Hey @Nanodot99 ,
The “large daily time difference” you mention in indeed 5h minimum between the earliest scan and latest scan, based on the hour of the day.
With your example of the park, it should give plenty of time to capture the time difference.
Additionally, if you have issues with activating a location, you can always reach out to our support team who will be happy to assist you.
Keep in mind that currently VPS activation requests is a feature we provide to the developers of our Niantic Spatial Platform (including Lightship and 8thWall).
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