""The closer you are to the equator, the smaller your radius of detection of Wild Pokemon and Pokestops is" - a huge bug (?) that has not been fixed since July 2016"

#PokemonGO: Edit 1: others have said that this is not a bug and that:the world is round, and to unfold the earth onto a flat surface gives you something like thisthe further away you are from the equator, the more the map needs to compensate for certain things (this is why Greenland appears larger than it physically is on many world maps)the digital world of pokemon go might actually be stretched out, the farther away you are on the equator, giving the illusion that the "radius of detection" is larger than it really is.physically, the radius of detection might be the same, since actual physical distances are not stated at all on pokemon go, it is hard to tellthis is why it is suggested to use ingress to check if this is correct, as ingress can tell you exactly how far a portal is, right from where you areI'll be back with more info when I can, need to check these with ingress soon. If someone from Norway or somewhere northern could help measure distances with ingress and/or provide screenshots on pokemon go and ingress, we could compare to see exactly how big the difference, or lack of, is. Won't be so soon as I am pretty busy today, but I'll update when I can.**** For more information on said bug, please refer to this topic below from year agohttps://www.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRoad/comments/55h5g4/possible_bug_distance_to_a_pokestop_is_calculated/Original post:Hey guys. So as you can see, I live in Singapore and am a pretty active player.It's always been frustrating for me and many other local players in this tropical country (and nearby countries like Indonesia and Malaysia etc. as my friends tell me) that the little pulsating ring that spreads out from your trainer character doesn't actually seem to signal anything.For us trainers near the equator, as we have seen, even if a pokestop is within the circle, if it's near the outer edge and is already "open" ie. the little cube has unfolded and is ready for spinning, you can't actually spin it as it's "too far away".This has been a known problem and I've always wondered why this was the case, as to say that it has been a nagging frustration due to being unable to spin pokestops that are nearby due to GPS drift is putting it rather lightly.I just recently returned from a trip to Finland/Norway, and Holy Cow. The radius you guys get is H U G E.I could spin pokestops that were OUTSIDE the circle. And far away.I don't know why this is the case, and after having spent 2 weeks there and coming back to gen 3, the local radius just seems tiny, if not even moreso than it was before.I don't know why Niantic has refused to acknowledge that this is happening, or doesn't care about fixing this. There have been a few threads about this but I guess that it hasn't really blown up as a huge issue.I'd tag Niantic George and Indigo for an answer, but I'm sure they have a lot on their plate now and I hope that some guys from Niantic see this and address this frustrating problem. :/(if you guys could upvote this topic for visibility that'll be great too) via /r/TheSilphRoad http://ift.tt/2jFSD1f