OpenStreetMap
The Path That Went Viral
Käyttäjä UrbanRoaming kirjotti tämän 10. Julya 2025 kielellä English Last updated on 13. Julya 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.
Discussion
Kommentti käyttäjältä Le_Sharkoïste 12. July 2025 klo 01.41
Here less than 5% (let alone 1%) of people will recognize it as OSM data.
Kommentti käyttäjältä wjfarnell 12. July 2025 klo 04.10
It’s just nice to know that the data is helping people.
Kommentti käyttäjältä Preston Maness ☭ (aspensmonster) 12. July 2025 klo 20.42
Nice!
Kommentti käyttäjältä UrbanRoaming 13. July 2025 klo 15.50
@Le_Sharkoïste agreed! But it’s fun to see OSM edits appreciated either way!