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