Map View

The Map View displays the locations of Pokémon, PokéStops, and Gyms 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) Profile Icon &mdash; Shows Level progress and medals.
 * 5) Sightings &mdash; Displays wild Pokémon located nearby
 * 6) Research Tab &mdash; Show orange when research is comeplete, white when research is not complete, and has Professor Willow when a Special Research Task is done.
 * 7) PokéStops &mdash; Locations where Trainers can acquire items such as Poké Balls, Potions, or Eggs.
 * 8) Compass &mdash; When tapped, points your view in the direction you are facing.
 * 9) Weather &mdash; Shows the current weather.

Nearby and Sightings view
The Sightings  tab shows which Pokémon are within a 200 meter radius.

All the nearby Pokémon are shown in relation to pokéstops near the player. The same type of Pokémon are grouped together. For example, instead of showing multiple Rattatas in the area, there is only one Rattata icon in the locator. If the Sightings tab is empty, players can open it and tap the "No sightings yet" message to force refresh the list.

This tab was previously known just as Nearby (sometimes called Tracker by players). This was changed with the update to version 0.33. Nearby became the name of the beta tracker system, only available to select users.

There used to be footsteps which showed a trainer's proximity to the Pokémon, but that was removed in the 0.31.

After the Nov. 22, 2016 update, The Nearby tracker uses the closest Pokéstops within the trainer's virtual view.