OpenStreetMap
The Path That Went Viral
Vum UrbanRoaming matgedeelt de(n) 10. Juli 2025 op English. Lescht Aktualiséierung de(n) 13. Juli 2025OpenStreetMap 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.
Diskussioun
Bemierkung vum Le_Sharkoïste de(n) 12. Juli 2025 um 01:41 Auer
Here less than 5% (let alone 1%) of people will recognize it as OSM data.
Bemierkung vum wjfarnell de(n) 12. Juli 2025 um 04:10 Auer
It’s just nice to know that the data is helping people.
Bemierkung vum Preston Maness ☭ (aspensmonster) de(n) 12. Juli 2025 um 20:42 Auer
Nice!
Bemierkung vum UrbanRoaming de(n) 13. Juli 2025 um 15:50 Auer
@Le_Sharkoïste agreed! But it’s fun to see OSM edits appreciated either way!