OpenStreetMap
The Path That Went Viral
Postitas UrbanRoaming kuupäeval 10. juuli 2025 – English. Viimati uuendatud: 13. juuli 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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Kommentaar kasutajalt Le_Sharkoïste 12. juuli 2025, kell 01:41
Here less than 5% (let alone 1%) of people will recognize it as OSM data.
Kommentaar kasutajalt wjfarnell 12. juuli 2025, kell 04:10
It’s just nice to know that the data is helping people.
Kommentaar kasutajalt Preston Maness ☭ (aspensmonster) 12. juuli 2025, kell 20:42
Nice!
Kommentaar kasutajalt UrbanRoaming 13. juuli 2025, kell 15:50
@Le_Sharkoïste agreed! But it’s fun to see OSM edits appreciated either way!