OpenStreetMap
The Path That Went Viral
Postiwyd gan UrbanRoaming ar 10 Gorffennaf 2025 yn English Diweddarwyd ddiwethaf ar 13 Gorffennaf 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.
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Sylwadau gan Le_Sharkoïste ar 12 Gorffennaf 2025 am 01:41
Here less than 5% (let alone 1%) of people will recognize it as OSM data.
Sylwadau gan wjfarnell ar 12 Gorffennaf 2025 am 04:10
It’s just nice to know that the data is helping people.
Sylwadau gan Preston Maness ☭ (aspensmonster) ar 12 Gorffennaf 2025 am 20:42
Nice!
Sylwadau gan UrbanRoaming ar 13 Gorffennaf 2025 am 15:50
@Le_Sharkoïste agreed! But it’s fun to see OSM edits appreciated either way!