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Pokémon Go players are altering public map data to catch rare Pokémon (arstechnica.com)

submitted 7 months ago by jeffw to c/technology

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[–] QuadratureSurfer 184 points 7 months ago

It's worth pointing out that once Pokémon Go players found out about OSM, we saw a massive increase in new users as well as those contributing to OSM so that the maps would better reflect the areas they played in.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334378297_How_an_augmented_reality_game_Pokemon_GO_affected_volunteer_contributions_to_OpenStreetMap

Unfortunately there are always a few that will try to game any system. In this case they're essentially vandalizing OSM for their own selfish reasons.