Portals

All the portals that appear in Ingress are crowdsourced. They are submitted by agents and approved by higher level agents (>=level 12).

Portal Submission
The player needs to attain level 10 first to start submitting portals. The submission itself can be done through the old Ingress redacted app and required the following steps:
 * 1) Portal.jpg press and swipe to the right on the target location. Your device will open the camera to take a picture of the location.
 * 2) To achieve the best result, make sure that the picture is well lit and that it does not contain any person.
 * 3) After taking a picture, the agent will then need to enter a title and description. They should be concise yet unique to easily tell them apart.
 * 4) Confirm the location as your device's sensor could be off.
 * 5) Submit the portal.

Eligible candidates

 * A location with a cool story, a place in history or educational value
 * An interesting piece of art or unique architecture (Statues, paintings, mosaics, light installations, etc.)
 * A hidden gem or hyper-local spot
 * Public parks
 * Public libraries
 * Public places of worship
 * Major transit stations hubs (like Grand Central Station)

NOT eligible candidates

 * Places without safe pedestrian access. All PokéStop nominations must have pedestrian access otherwise they will be rejected regardless of the quality of the PokéStop.
 * Private residences & surrounding private residential property
 * Locations that interfere with operations of fire stations, police stations, or hospitals
 * Places on the grounds of child care centers or primary/secondary schools
 * Natural features such as landscapes, mountains, waterfalls (however, man-made points of interest connected to these natural features are great, such as plaques or informational signs)
 * Objects that are not permanent (such as seasonal displays)
 * Adult-oriented stores or services (such as liquor stores, adult entertainment, shooting ranges, firearm stores, etc.)