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Recent updates from both Niantic and The Pokémon Company provide more details on how geographic features and landmarks affect different aspects of upcoming Android and iOS game Pokémon Go.As with Niantic’s Ingress, Pokémon Go both takes advantage of common travel patterns and encourages players to discover new routes and places through use of the app.And as with Pokémon, the action focuses around discovering new Pocket Monsters hidden all around, and training them up to reach their full potential.PokéStops built on ‘interesting places’Once found, capturing a Pokémon within the world of Pokémon Go appears to be as simple as aiming a smartphone screen before tapping to throw a Poké Ball enclosure at the digital creature.But Poké Balls come in many flavours, some more effective than others depending on the quarry, and those and other items can be replenished at PokéStops.These in-game PokéStops are found by going to “interesting places,” The Pokémon Company and Niantic Labs explained in separate posts, such as “public art installations, historical markers, and monuments.”Also available at PokéStop locations are Pokémon Eggs, which can contain special rare Pokémon, but ha...