OpenStreetMap
The Path That Went Viral
Verfasst von UrbanRoaming am 10. Juli 2025 in English Zuletzt aktualisiert am 13. Juli 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.
Diskussion
Kommentar von Le_Sharkoïste am 12. Juli 2025 um 01:41 Uhr
Here less than 5% (let alone 1%) of people will recognize it as OSM data.
Kommentar von wjfarnell am 12. Juli 2025 um 04:10 Uhr
It’s just nice to know that the data is helping people.
Kommentar von Preston Maness ☭ (aspensmonster) am 12. Juli 2025 um 20:42 Uhr
Nice!
Kommentar von UrbanRoaming am 13. Juli 2025 um 15:50 Uhr
@Le_Sharkoïste agreed! But it’s fun to see OSM edits appreciated either way!