If its not on the map the game doesn't know its there.

the white circle is the catchment zone around the stop. Its 250m, and means that passengers will "walk" between that stop and any building, poi, or bus stop for another service that is within that circle.

Originally posted by kwesidbz21:

How does the game recognize poi on the map? Like if there no icon on the map but you know something is there in real life does will it not count as a poi on the map if it not labeled? Also what does the white circle when you placing bus stop mean?

The game get's it's data from the Open Street Map project, which is community/crowd sourced. Anyone can contribute. You can add things that are missing, and they will eventually make their way into the game... Not sure how often the devs update their maps tho, so it could be a while.

Cheers,
Chris.