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The Map View is the main screen of Pokémon GO, which allows access to most of the game elements. The screen shows a map representing the trainer surroundings in the real world and game elements such as Pokémon, PokéStops, and Gyms.

Overview[]

1 Main Menu button
Access to Pokémon and Egg collection, Pokédex, shop, Battle page, game settings, in-game news and tips.
2 Profile Icon
Access to Trainer's profile page and Friends list.
Shows Trainer's nickname and level progress.
3 Buddy Icon
Access to Buddy Adventure page.
Shows current Buddy Pokémon and its happiness level.
4 Nearby Tab button
Access to Nearby Screen with nearby Pokémon and Raids in Trainer's closest area.
Displays three wild Pokémon located nearby, prioritizing unregistered Pokémon and Pokémon manually selected to track.
The button turns orange when Trainer is invited to a Raid or are able to attempt to catch the Raid Pokemon if they got disconnected.
5 Research Tab button
Access to Field Research, Special Research and Timed Research tasks and Today View.
The button turns orange when any Research task is completed.
6 Compass
Toggles the viewing direction in the Map View. The player can switch between a north-viewing direction and auto-rotation, which follows Trainer's viewing direction using device's gyroscope.
Player can also rotate Map View using touch gestures.
Paired Pokémon GO Plus icon is displayed below it.
7 Weather Icon
Access to Weather Page.
Shows the current weather.
8 Avatar
Digital representation of Trainer which appears in player's current location.
While standing, avatar is rotated using device's gyroscope.
9 Wild Pokémon
Digital representation of Pokémon that are possible to catch.
Tapping on them accesses Pokémon encounter screen.
Weather Boosted Pokémon have special, flowing ring around them.
Lured Pokemon have a pink ring around them.
Each day when logging in after midnight, a single Pokemon will appear with a white ring around it; it will not despawn for the whole day and remain in that spot regardless of how far Trainer travels.
10 PokéStops
PokéStops – locations where Trainers can acquire items and Eggs.
Wild Pokémon naturally gather around them.
Not visited PokéStops have white, horizontal ring around them.
When occupied by Team Rocket, the cube above the stop will turn dark and shake wildly.
11 Gyms
Gym – locations which Teams can occupy by battling and deploying Pokémon.
Raid Battles take place at gyms.
12 Team GO Rocket Balloons
The Trainer can tap on the balloon to encounter the Team GO Rocket member riding in it.
13 Campfire icon
Opens the Campfire view.
14 Daily Incense Indicator
Indicates that the Daily Incense is available to be used.
15 Temporary item bonuses
It indicates items in effect and the time remaining of their corresponding bonuses, such as Incenses, Mystery Box, Lucky Egg, Star Piece, and Mega Evolution.
16 Rocket Radar Indicator
It indicates that Rocket Radar is equipped.

Main Menu[]

The Main Menu of the game is accessible from the Map View and allows player to enter such game elements, as:

It also lets player to go to:

Game settings[]

In game settings screen there are plenty of togglable options for player.

Redecorations[]

The Map View was redecorated for the following events. Check each individual event page for more details and images:

External links[]

  • Map View page in Niantic Support (currently outdated)

References[]

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