OpenStreetMap
The Path That Went Viral
Plasing deur UrbanRoaming op 10 Julie 2025 in English. Laas opgedateer op 13 Julie 2025.OpenStreetMap went viral! Well, sort of.
A recent Instagram video highlighted an area where Pokémon Go had better trail coverage than Google Maps. You can see for yourself:
Currently, the video has over 12.6 million views and 733 thousand likes!
As you probably know, Pokémon Go uses OSM for its map data. So it’s cool seeing it acknowledged that OSM data performed better, even if it was misguided as a compliment towards Pokémon Go/Niantic.
With a little bit of searching, I found the path that they were on: Way #518694188. Added 8 years ago by BikeRoad.
Discussion
Kommentaar van Le_Sharkoïste op 12 Julie 2025 om 01:41
Here less than 5% (let alone 1%) of people will recognize it as OSM data.
Kommentaar van wjfarnell op 12 Julie 2025 om 04:10
It’s just nice to know that the data is helping people.
Kommentaar van Preston Maness ☭ (aspensmonster) op 12 Julie 2025 om 20:42
Nice!
Kommentaar van UrbanRoaming op 13 Julie 2025 om 15:50
@Le_Sharkoïste agreed! But it’s fun to see OSM edits appreciated either way!