OpenStreetMap
The Path That Went Viral
Ipinaskil ni UrbanRoaming noong 10 Hulyo 2025 na nasa English Huling binago noong 13 Hulyo 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
Puna mula sa Le_Sharkoïste noong 12 Hulyo 2025 sa ganap na 01:41
Here less than 5% (let alone 1%) of people will recognize it as OSM data.
Puna mula sa wjfarnell noong 12 Hulyo 2025 sa ganap na 04:10
It’s just nice to know that the data is helping people.
Puna mula sa Preston Maness ☭ (aspensmonster) noong 12 Hulyo 2025 sa ganap na 20:42
Nice!
Puna mula sa UrbanRoaming noong 13 Hulyo 2025 sa ganap na 15:50
@Le_Sharkoïste agreed! But it’s fun to see OSM edits appreciated either way!