jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoPokémon Go players are altering public map data to catch rare Pokémonarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1313arrow-down112cross-posted to: openstreetmap@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1301arrow-down1external-linkPokémon Go players are altering public map data to catch rare Pokémonarstechnica.comjeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square36fedilinkcross-posted to: openstreetmap@lemmy.ml
minus-squareQuadratureSurfer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up181arrow-down1·6 months agoIt’s worth pointing out that once Pokémon Go players found out about OSM, we saw a massive increase in new users as well as those contributing to OSM so that the maps would better reflect the areas they played in. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334378297_How_an_augmented_reality_game_Pokemon_GO_affected_volunteer_contributions_to_OpenStreetMap Unfortunately there are always a few that will try to game any system. In this case they’re essentially vandalizing OSM for their own selfish reasons.
It’s worth pointing out that once Pokémon Go players found out about OSM, we saw a massive increase in new users as well as those contributing to OSM so that the maps would better reflect the areas they played in.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334378297_How_an_augmented_reality_game_Pokemon_GO_affected_volunteer_contributions_to_OpenStreetMap
Unfortunately there are always a few that will try to game any system. In this case they’re essentially vandalizing OSM for their own selfish reasons.