The Path That Went Viral
UrbanRoaming tərəfindən 10 İyul 2025 tarixində English dilində paylaşılıb. Last updated on 13 İyul 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
Şərh Le_Sharkoïste tərəfindən 12 İyul 2025 01:41
Here less than 5% (let alone 1%) of people will recognize it as OSM data.
Şərh wjfarnell tərəfindən 12 İyul 2025 04:10
It’s just nice to know that the data is helping people.
Şərh Preston Maness ☭ (aspensmonster) tərəfindən 12 İyul 2025 20:42
Nice!
Şərh UrbanRoaming tərəfindən 13 İyul 2025 15:50
@Le_Sharkoïste agreed! But it’s fun to see OSM edits appreciated either way!