OpenStreetMap
The Path That Went Viral
Pubblicato da UrbanRoaming il 10 luglio 2025 in English. Ultimo aggiornamento il 13 luglio 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.
Discussione
Commento di Le_Sharkoïste il 12 luglio 2025 alle 01:41
Here less than 5% (let alone 1%) of people will recognize it as OSM data.
Commento di wjfarnell il 12 luglio 2025 alle 04:10
It’s just nice to know that the data is helping people.
Commento di Preston Maness ☭ (aspensmonster) il 12 luglio 2025 alle 20:42
Nice!
Commento di UrbanRoaming il 13 luglio 2025 alle 15:50
@Le_Sharkoïste agreed! But it’s fun to see OSM edits appreciated either way!