OpenStreetMap
The Path That Went Viral
Publicat per UrbanRoaming el 10 Juliol 2025 en English. Última actualització de 13 Juliol 2025OpenStreetMap 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.
Discussió
Comentari de Le_Sharkoïste el 12 Juliol 2025 a les 01.41
Here less than 5% (let alone 1%) of people will recognize it as OSM data.
Comentari de wjfarnell el 12 Juliol 2025 a les 04.10
It’s just nice to know that the data is helping people.
Comentari de Preston Maness ☭ (aspensmonster) el 12 Juliol 2025 a les 20.42
Nice!
Comentari de UrbanRoaming el 13 Juliol 2025 a les 15.50
@Le_Sharkoïste agreed! But it’s fun to see OSM edits appreciated either way!