Niantic has decided to do away with using Google Maps for their Pokemon Go game on mobile and it has now opted to use open-source, user-generated OpenStreetMap instead. You may see quite a different map when you next log-in as the company is performing a slow roll-out for the change with only a handful of countries noticing the change so far.
The change to OpenStreetMap should be welcomed as it editable by anyone which could mean many points of interest returning as data gets submitted by players. Unfortunately, some fans are already reporting that areas that were once abundant with activity have now turned into exactly the opposite.
A few days ago I catched a crabby inside my room Lol 😂
Lucky, all I ever got inside my place were pidgeys lol
So what does this mean for Google Accounts with saved progress? It’s gone, clean slate?
Oh boy.
…it doesn’t say anything about accounts. This is talking about where the map data comes from. Some people on Reddit noticed that some parts of their map is using data from OpenStreetMap instead of Google maps. This change is probably because of the fact that some locations on Google maps are outdated.
It has nothing to do with the data being outdated. It has to do with $$$. You have to pay to use Google information. You don’t have to pay to use crowd sourced maps.
That’s also true, but look at some of the differences between the two maps. You’ll see that there are roads that people input on OpenStreetMap that are not on Google Maps.
You are correct. It’s kind of strange though cause I’m sure that Niantic came from Google so I’d assume they can use their data, but I guess that’s not how it works.
Hmm not a good sign IMO for the Harry Game. We’ll see I guess.
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