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