jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoPokémon Go players are altering public map data to catch rare Pokémonarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10cross-posted to: openstreetmap@lemmy.ml
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkPokémon Go players are altering public map data to catch rare Pokémonarstechnica.comjeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square8fedilinkcross-posted to: openstreetmap@lemmy.ml
minus-squareshortwavesurfer@monero.townlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months 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-up0·2 months 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?