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darkwater ◴[20 Nov 24 22:09 UTC] 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. KaiserPro ◴[21 Nov 24 11:30 UTC] No.42203233[source]▶

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> How can we get that data

Its far cheaper to pay people on bikes to go round places, than it is to do what niantic did. Mind you, they make money hand over fist, so the mapping is a side quest for them.

Apart from they need it to make AR work properly.

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