[OSM-talk] Beware Pokemon users

Michael Andersen osm at hjart.dk
Sun Jan 1 16:28:11 UTC 2017


On søndag den 1. januar 2017 01.32.53 CET Russ Nelson wrote:
> moltonel 3x Combo writes:
>  > While this is only an anecdotal result, there are clearly a lot more
>  > spawns on this walk than in the surrounding area (I regularly get
>  > 10-15 spawns on this 700m footway, but only 1-2 covering the same
>  > distance along the primary to get there).
>  > 
>  > IMHO, the biggest news here is that (a subsidiary of) Google is using
>  > OSM data in a high-profile product.
> 
> OR PoGo is using the fact that a bunch of people walk that way playing
> Pokemon Go than other places.

My experiences playing PoGo while walking around a large forest area near me 
indicate that this is unlikely to be the only explanation.





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