OpenStreetMap
The Path That Went Viral
Δημοσιεύτηκε από τον/την UrbanRoaming στις 10 Ιούλιος 2025 στα English. Τελευταία ενημέρωση στις 13 Ιούλιος 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.
Συζήτηση
Σχόλιο από τον/την Le_Sharkoïste στις 12 Ιούλιος 2025 στις 01:41
Here less than 5% (let alone 1%) of people will recognize it as OSM data.
Σχόλιο από τον/την wjfarnell στις 12 Ιούλιος 2025 στις 04:10
It’s just nice to know that the data is helping people.
Σχόλιο από τον/την Preston Maness ☭ (aspensmonster) στις 12 Ιούλιος 2025 στις 20:42
Nice!
Σχόλιο από τον/την UrbanRoaming στις 13 Ιούλιος 2025 στις 15:50
@Le_Sharkoïste agreed! But it’s fun to see OSM edits appreciated either way!