Map View

The Map View displays the locations of Pokémon, PokéStops, and Gyms located in the real world.

Features

 * 1) Gyms &mdash; Locations where teams train and battle Pokémon.
 * 2) Profile Icon &mdash; Shows level progress and medals.
 * 3) Buddy Icon &mdash; Shows current Buddy Pokémon and distance traveled so far.
 * 4) Main Menu &mdash; Accesses to Pokémon and Egg collection, Pokédex, shop, setting, in-game news and tips.
 * 5) Sightings &mdash; Displays wild Pokémon located nearby.
 * 6) Research Tab &mdash; Collecting of field or special researches. Displays orange when research is completed, otherwise transparent.
 * 7) PokéStops &mdash; Locations where Trainers can acquire items or Eggs.
 * 8) Compass &mdash; Toggles the viewing direction in Map View. The player can switch between a north-viewing direction and auto-rotation, which follows your viewing direction. The player can also rotate using touch gestures.
 * 9) Weather &mdash; Shows the current weather.

Nearby tab
The Nearby tab is split into two tabs named Pokémon and Raid with wild Pokémon and the incoming and ongoing Raids nearby player shown respectively.

There are currently two sections of the Pokémon tab &mdash; Nearby and Sightings. The first one is showing Pokemon nearby PokéStops that can be seen in the Map View from the current location of player. The same species of Pokémon are grouped together. For example, instead of showing multiple Rattatas in the area, there is only one Rattata icon in the tab.

The second section appears if the first one is only one-row high or not present at all (if there is no Pokemon by any PokéStop or no PokéStops around at all), and then there are shown Pokémon with grass icons that are somewhere in player's closest area.

If the Sightings section is also empty, player can open it and tap the "No sightings yet" message to force refresh the list.

The Raid tab also split into two section &mdash; Local and Remote. The first one appears whenever there is incoming or ongoing Raid Battle at the Gym that can be seen from the current location of player.

Player can tab on the specific icon of the Raid to see where the particular gym is on the map.

The second section – Remote appears above the first one if Trainer gets invited to any Raid by invitation from the Raid lobby.

Trivia

 * Map View is one of most recognisable screens of Pokémon GO, alongside with encounter screen of wild Pokémon.