OpenStreetMap
The Path That Went Viral
Publicado por UrbanRoaming o 10 de Xullo de 2025 en English. Última actualización no 13 de Xullo de 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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Comentario de Le_Sharkoïste no 12 de Xullo de 2025 ás 01:41
Here less than 5% (let alone 1%) of people will recognize it as OSM data.
Comentario de wjfarnell no 12 de Xullo de 2025 ás 04:10
It’s just nice to know that the data is helping people.
Comentario de Preston Maness ☭ (aspensmonster) no 12 de Xullo de 2025 ás 20:42
Nice!
Comentario de UrbanRoaming no 13 de Xullo de 2025 ás 15:50
@Le_Sharkoïste agreed! But it’s fun to see OSM edits appreciated either way!