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Be on the Lookout for Fake Beaches (community.openstreetmap.org)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by QuadratureSurfer to c/open_street_maps
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Pokémon Go relies heavily on Openstreetmap for controlling what types of Pokemon spawn and where.

A recently added pokémon spawns in "beach" areas. Some users may place fake beaches near areas they frequent.

That being said, I would also expect to see a boost in legitimate beaches being added on to the maps now.

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[–] QuadratureSurfer 10 points 4 months ago

To be fair, there are far more people that got into updating maps in their local area because of Pokemon Go. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334378297_How_an_augmented_reality_game_Pokemon_GO_affected_volunteer_contributions_to_OpenStreetMap

We can still have nice things, there are a few bad apples that we just need to look out for.