How Often Map Update Pokemon Go

We've recently seen a flurry of new map editing activeness from "Pokemon Get" players. This page shows some tips for our new mappers coming from Pokémon Become published originally on the OpenStreetMap Weblog.^[ane]

OpenStreetMap?

OpenStreetMap is a huge database with roads, rivers, forests, water, ... and much more. It is the information that powers the maps on Facebook Maps, Instagram-Maps, Maps.me, OsmAnd and many many more.

This map is freely usable by everyone (and thus powers a lot of applications) and is freely editable by everyone (after making an business relationship).

If you want to edit the map likewise, read the hints below.

Pokemon Go?

This hugely popular mobile game uses OpenStreetMap data to generate the in-game map. However at that place has also been speculation amidst some players that OpenStreetMap data is used to influence spawn points.^[ii]

This is interesting for several reasons. We always like to come across artistic and unexpected uses of our free and open map data, and this certainly fits into that category! (Note: our open license does crave crediting OpenStreetMap)

At that place is some new interest in editing the map from Pokemon Go players, presumably because the game is institute to be bringing in updates when changes are made to OpenStreetMap. It ever takes new folks some time to get to know OpenStreetMap, and we promise Pokemon Go players volition stick around to contribute some more. We've prepared the above guidelines to help empathize some aspects of OpenStreetMap related to the game.

Tips for new mappers coming from Pokemon Get

So, you want to find rare spawns and came to edit OpenStreetMap? Welcome to our community of people passionate about collaboratively building the all-time map ever!

Some tips for our new mappers coming from Pokemon Go:

Please,

do improve the map!
practice map things that be on the ground. The map is used by pedestrians, people with disabilities, cyclists, hikers, canoeists, drivers and others. Practice not add things -such as footways- that do not exist
do add things you see (i.e. benches, cafes, fire hydrants, bicycle parking spots) or things you know (if your favorite cafe offers free wifi, the blazon of cuisine of the nearby diner, accessibility, opening hours, official websites, wikipedia links)
want to add footways? Check what is considered every bit a footway: highway=footway tag docs. Desire to add together other features? Have a look at map features and search the wiki
practise connect your footways with the road network
tagging secondary institutions? Use amenity=school . Tagging universities? Employ assiduities=academy
do you still have questions? Inquire away at help.openstreetmap.org
do connect with the community! Detect your country'due south forum, mailing list/twitter account or other contact channel
do non add together copyrighted information from other maps/sources
exercise find other mappers that improve your neighborhood/metropolis east.one thousand. with the oooc map (you need to have contributed a bit earlier your nickname is shown)
do check your own stats after y'all have contributed a bit! e.yard. here
practice check existing events
practise mention "pokemon" in your changeset comments and a few words well-nigh what you added/changed. That volition help your neighbor mappers to check the changes you make and perhaps provide tips
practice contribute your GPS traces, particularly if yous live in a rural area
exercise check the good practice guidelines for more tips.

Y'all and over 3 meg of other contributors brand OpenStreetMap possible. Welcome to our customs – be fantabulous to each other and enjoy mapping our pale blue dot !

References

↑ Tips for new (Pokemon Go) mappers on OpenStreetMap Blog, December thirty, 2016. Retrieved on Dec 19, 2017.
↑ Frank, A. Pokémon Go'southward maps now look a lot unlike: Goodbye Google, hello OpenStreetMap on Polygon, December 4, 2017. Retrieved on Dec nineteen, 2017.