Ask HN: How does Pokemon Go know all of the landmarks in each city?

1 points by gillis 9 years ago | 2 comments

There must be some API work at play... Does anyone have information on this?

minimaxir 9 years ago |

The data was user-submitted from the game Ingress over the period of several years.

skiman10 9 years ago |

It uses the database of user submitted portals from Ingress.

minimaxir 9 years ago |

The data was user-submitted from the game Ingress over the period of several years.

skiman10 9 years ago |

It uses the database of user submitted portals from Ingress.