OpenStreetMap contributors have been dealing with Pokémon Go players for years.
  • shortwavesurfer@monero.townEnglish
    512·
    6 months ago

    I was not aware of this used to open street maps at all. I thought it was based on Google Maps. Still.

    • Rentlar@lemmy.caEnglish
      15·
      6 months ago

      For anyone else that didn’t read the article (or can’t hear words in parentheses because they are too quiet):

      According to a report from 404 Media, some of those players have been adding fake beaches to OpenStreetMap so they could have easier access to the beach biome in Pokémon Go (though the game Go initially used Google Maps data, it apparently switched to OpenStreetMap at some point in 2017).