OpenStreetMap
The Path That Went Viral
Diposkan oleh UrbanRoaming pada 10 Julai 2025 dalam English Last updated on 13 Julai 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
Ulasan Le_Sharkoïste terhadap 12 Julai 2025 pada 01:41
Here less than 5% (let alone 1%) of people will recognize it as OSM data.
Ulasan wjfarnell terhadap 12 Julai 2025 pada 04:10
It’s just nice to know that the data is helping people.
Ulasan Preston Maness ☭ (aspensmonster) terhadap 12 Julai 2025 pada 20:42
Nice!
Ulasan UrbanRoaming terhadap 13 Julai 2025 pada 15:50
@Le_Sharkoïste agreed! But it’s fun to see OSM edits appreciated either way!