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darkwater ◴[] No.42198625[source]
I can really imagine a meeting with the big brasses of Google/Niantic a few years ago that went along

- We need to be the first to have a better, new generation 3D model of the world to build the future of maps on it. How can we get that data?"

+ What about gamifying it and crowd-sourcing it to the masses?

- Sure! Let's buy some Pokemon rights!

It's scary but some people do really have some long-term vision

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1. relyks ◴[] No.42198774[source]
They definitely had this as a long-term vision