jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoPokémon Go players are altering public map data to catch rare Pokémonarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10cross-posted to: openstreetmap@lemmy.ml
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkPokémon Go players are altering public map data to catch rare Pokémonarstechnica.comjeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square8linkfedilinkcross-posted to: openstreetmap@lemmy.ml
minus-squareshortwavesurfer@monero.townlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoI was not aware of this used to open street maps at all. I thought it was based on Google Maps. Still.
minus-squareempireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoIf they used Google maps, Niantic would have to pay Google. That’s no Bueno. Why pay for content critical to your apps success when you could just freeload on volunteers work instead?
I was not aware of this used to open street maps at all. I thought it was based on Google Maps. Still.
If they used Google maps, Niantic would have to pay Google. That’s no Bueno. Why pay for content critical to your apps success when you could just freeload on volunteers work instead?