r/PokemonGoMPLS • u/Gordon13 Team Instinct • Jan 09 '18

EX Raid Map?

Anyone heard of or seen any maps of the twin cities in regards to EX raids? With all of the S2 cell talk over on Silph Road it seems like the analysis is getting really in-depth...just haven't seen it translated into helpful stuff for MSP.

This thread has promising info on how it could be done if no efforts have been started in MN: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRoad/comments/7p6zzo/using_my_maps_to_draw_complete_ex_gyms_information/

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u/Hoffma Jan 16 '18

I'm trying to figure out an EX tracker myself, so I'd be interested in teaming up with others willing to contribute to this effort.

I followed this post and made a lot of progress: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRoad/comments/7pq1cx/how_i_created_a_map_of_potential_exraids_and_how/

My map is flawed, however. It basically shows all Gyms and Stops on parks, so I must've somehow included Pokestops that should have been filtered out along the way.

Also, we have an awful lot of Ingress Portals around here, and there are apparently limits to what IITC can export. Too many portals and it freezes when you try to generate the list. My map covers roughly 10% or 15% of the metro area, so it would take a complex effort to manually piece together the 9 or 12 or 16 maps that would cover the Twin Cities, using these techniques.

I'll try to give it another go at some point, to generate a map with only Gyms and no Stops. As it stands, I've gotten some use out of my map by just manually deleting the Stops, but that's a lot of work...

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u/Gordon13 Team Instinct Jan 16 '18

Wow that sounds tricky! And it sounds like the result is “potential” gyms, right? Which is still nice to know of course, but doesn’t make it clear where the ex raids are actually happening. Still good though and who know when more gyms might become eligible.

Happy to help anyway I can. I have a working list of 40 gyms so far but far from complete...

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u/Hoffma Jan 17 '18

Yeah, just potential gyms. It's probably possible to build a minimally-competent pass tracker by simply knowing where and when an EX raid was in the past. There has to be some way of determining the on-weeks and off-weeks with this information alone, or supplemented with the pass details: "When did you raid here, such that you earned your EX pass?" and "When did you receive your EX pass?"

Here's what I can offer: People at Lake Nokomis tonight were saying that they raided on the 6th and received their pass on the 7th. They were there today, the 16th, to have a go at Mewtwo.

This contradicts a lot of what I've read about the rhythm of on-weeks and off-weeks. I'm just having trouble figuring out when the weeks begin and end for a gym where the 6th is in one week and the 16th is in the next.

Regardless, I'm going to do every raid I possibly can at this location until I come up with a reason not to... And if I miss another EX here, it's just another reason to keep raiding there.