Pokémon Go Players Altering OSM (arstechnica.com)

submitted 6 months ago by sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today to c/openstreetmap@lemmy.ml

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People are editing OSM to be able to get their Pokémon and others are changing OSM to mess with people so they can't get them

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[-] imnotfromkaliningrad@lemmy.ml 26 points 6 months ago

wait, that game still exists?

[-] SternburgExport@feddit.de 5 points 6 months ago

And so does Ingress

this post was submitted on 11 May 2024

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