They are develeoped by the same entrprise, Niantic, all the pokestops and gyms are the portals mpped by users in Ingress
Atentamente, Alejandro Suárez On 14 July 2016 at 15:29, Blake Girardot <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Polyglot, > > Have you seen the mobile game "Ingress" https://www.ingress.com/ > > That is an augmented reality, outdoor game related to mapping somehow. > I am seeing it mentioned in relation to this new pokemon game too, not > sure how they are related. > > It was also developed by a subsidiary of google so I am sure someone > has contemplated how it might be used to improve map data. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingress_(video_game) > > I do not know exactly how it is played, but there are portals which > are typically PoI's and businesses (part of the funding model). > > But ingress looked like a great app to help with OSM mapping in some > parts of the world if it could be adapted or partnered with. > > Now how you go about getting the exposure and network effect of > something like pokemon, that is a different story. Ingress looks super > cool and has been around for 4 years and I bet almost no one has heard > of it. (note they claim 7 million players, but i wonder is that is 7 > million signups really) > > cheers > blake > > On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 2:06 PM, Jo <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm not playing the game, as it would get in the way of making Mapillary > > pictures... > > If you could convince the creators of the game to include making pictures > > (and sending them out when back on wifi) to gain extra points of spots > where > > we need such pictures, then yes. Without their cooperation, you'd need to > > convince them to install another app and it wouldn't make the players win > > extra points in the Pokemon game, so I don't think they'd be very > > interested. > > > > Now, if we could launch a game of our own and hype that... > > > > Polyglot > > > > 2016-07-14 13:46 GMT+02:00 Svavar Kjarrval <[email protected]>: > >> > >> Hi. > >> > >> Now that Pokémon Go[1] is gaining popularity, people in general will > >> spend more time outside walking around with their phone in hand (and > >> some with mobile USB chargers). I'm wondering if there might be > >> opportunities for OpenStreetMap to utilise that activity to encourage > >> the gamers to collect (non-infringing) data for OSM while they're > >> playing the game anyway. > >> > >> I'm not claiming I have any specific ideas at this point. Just wanted to > >> bring this point forward. > >> > >> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Go > >> > >> With regards, > >> Svavar Kjarrval > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> talk mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >
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