Pokemon-go – Red Eyed Aron in Pokémon Go

Note: As of Pokemon GO version 0.29.1 or so, the "footprint" indicator was disabled, and all Pokemon are three footprints away. This is a known bug, and the fault of Niantic Labs (and the server overload as a result of the game's popularity.

Note 2: As of Pokemon GO Version 0.30.1, the Footstep indicators have been removed. The game will show all Pokemon within 200 meters of your current location, with the nearest being anywhere in the list.

These steps represent the distance from the Pokemon currently.

Each footprint represents 50 meters of distance, starting with zero footprints means the Pokemon is no more than 50 meters away.

For example, one footprint means the Pokemon can be 51-100 meters away in any direction. Three footprints means the Pokemon is at most 200 meters away.

Note, however, that these numbers do not reflect Pokemon spawned through Incense or Lure Modules. Additionally, there is (at the time of writing - version 0.29.0) a bug that causes the distances to not update properly, causing the approximate values to be slightly "off."

This is a good question. I actually had a very similar situation when choosing to continue saving candy for a Nidoran or to go ahead and evolve the Nidorina.

CP is directly correlated and determined by the individual values, or IVs, of your specific Pokemon. To figure out what those IVs are, you have a few options to figure this one out.

1. You could use the appraisal feature built into the game as of a previous update, roughly a month ago. This will give you a general idea of how high your Pokemon's IVs are. I generally use this to weed out objectively weak Pokemon before using the other method.

2. You can get the exact IVs of your specific Pokemon by using an IV calculator, such as the ones found here or here.

Once you know how your Pokemon stack up IV-wise, you have to decide whether it is worth training a lower-CP Pokemon with near-perfect IVs or going along with a decently-high-CP Pokemon with lower IVs. In the end, the higher IV Pokemon will have higher CP, but it will take more time to get there.