OpenStreetMap
The Path That Went Viral
Апублікавана карыстальнікам UrbanRoaming 10 Ліпень 2025 на мове English Апошняе абнаўленне 13 Ліпень 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.
Абмеркаванне
Каментар ад Le_Sharkoïste у 12 Ліпень 2025 у 01:41
Here less than 5% (let alone 1%) of people will recognize it as OSM data.
Каментар ад wjfarnell у 12 Ліпень 2025 у 04:10
It’s just nice to know that the data is helping people.
Каментар ад Preston Maness ☭ (aspensmonster) у 12 Ліпень 2025 у 20:42
Nice!
Каментар ад UrbanRoaming у 13 Ліпень 2025 у 15:50
@Le_Sharkoïste agreed! But it’s fun to see OSM edits appreciated either way!