Pokémon can be tracked by viewing the list of those nearby in the lower right-hand corner of the Pokémon GO play screen. Those Pokémon can be anywhere from zero to three pawprints away. Those with zero pawprints have either already appeared on your radar or are right about to appear. The more pawprints the Pokémon shows the farther away it is from you. I’ve read quite a few forums that speculate that one pawprint is equal to 10m (0.006 mi), two pawprints is equal to 100m (0.06 mi), and three pawprints is equal to 1000m (0.6 mi). This seems to be true in most instances, but not all. Prime example...I was in hot pursuit of a Pikachu that was three pawprints away. I had initially seen it on the list of nearby Pokémon while leaving a restaurant and just happened to have my Pokémon GO open. So I went north, south, east and west...still three pawprints. So I called my roomie who also collects Pokémon and guess what shows up on their nearby grid...Pikachu. So we jumped in the car (sort of cheating but it was for a Pikachu) and with me driving and them navigating the radars we went north, south, east, west...STILL three pawprints. Pikachu would be in slot six, then slot nine, then gone, then back on the grid again. We drove about two miles in each direction and would drive back and forth down the blocks hoping we’d be able to narrow in on its location by getting the pawprints down to two then one. We did this for THREE hours...no joke! By this time is was 11:00pm and after much debate we called it quits. So I guess I’ll keep searching for the most iconic Pokémon out there. If you’re new to or thinking about downloading Pokémon GO and don’t want to wait to get Pikachu, go read my article on How to Get Pikachu as Your Starting Pokémon!