Pokémon Go players are altering public map data to catch rare Pokémon
arstechnica.com
OpenStreetMap contributors have been dealing with Pokémon Go players for years.

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

  • 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    6 months ago

    One solution would be not allowing new users to tag beaches for a year or so. Or have all newly tagged or modified beaches to be confirmed by 5 long-term users.