OpenStreetMap community@lemmy.ml · 1 month ago

Pokémon Go Players Altering OSM

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Pokémon Go Players Altering OSM

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OpenStreetMap community@lemmy.ml · 1 month ago

Pokémon Go players are altering public map data to catch rare Pokémon

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OpenStreetMap contributors have been dealing with Pokémon Go players for years.

People are editing OSM to be able to get their Pokémon and others are changing OSM to mess with people so they can’t get them

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From the article it says they switched back in 2017 sometime.

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