Map View

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:

collection of Pokémon and Pokémon Eggs
in-game Shop
Pokédex
Bag with Items
Battle page with access to Trainer Battles, GO Battle League and Battle Party.

It also lets player to go to:

game settings screen
check out Tips
in-game News and Notifications
ticketed events information, redirects to the external page which can be only accessed from the game itself

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:

Halloween 2022 and Halloween 2023 - PokéStops were orange, and Gyms and PokéStops had a series of pumpkins around the base of them. Leaf piles , grassy areas turned brown, water and clouds changed colors. Floating down leaves.
Holiday 2022 - Some PokéStops and Gyms had strings of festive lights around their base. Snow piles appeared around the map.
Festival of Colors 2023 - PokéStops would throw colored powder when Trainers approached them.
Some events on Season of Light - The night Sky would show galaxies.
Adventure Week 2023 - The Sky would show polar lights.

External links

Map View page in Niantic Support (currently outdated)