[OSM-talk] Beware Pokemon users

[Toby Murray]

No, there is no evidence of diffs being used. Heck, there isn't even hard
evidence that they are using OSM data at all yet. And I agree, if they are
actually using OSM, it is most likely a snapshot that gets updated only
periodically.

But once there are enough reddit threads about it, it doesn't matter if
it's true. Anyone remember when a similar thing happened with Apple maps
and 4chan? That time it was all about changing famous street names to
vulgar terms just for the lulz.

Toby

On Jan 4, 2017 8:06 AM, "Steve Bennett" <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey everyone,
>
>   Just a question which no one seems to have addressed - is there any
> evidence that Go is actually using a *feed* of OSM data, rather than just a
> one-off dump? It's really rare, IMHO, for anyone to bother with a feed for
> a project like this - so much easier to just get a planet extract, process
> it, and do whatever you want with it. For the Go people to actually
> constantly update from live OSM data seems like a lot of work, for not much
> benefit.
>
> If they're *not* using live data, then as soon as the Go players realise
> that, then presumably the vandalism will stop.
>
> Steve
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