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This is not about Pokémon . . .
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How Pokémon Go’s mapping data came to be
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A “player”
• John Hanke, CEO and founder Niantic
• A Google veteran– A founder of Keyhole
• The company Google bought to start Google Earth
• "A lot of us worked on Google Maps and Google Earth for many, many years, so we want the mapping to be good.”
SOURCES: HTTP://MASHABLE.COM/2016/07/10/JOHN-HANKE-POKEMON-GO/#G.LZ3WUXEMQ2WWW.ALLTECHBUZZ.NET
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The creation of gym locations
• Niantic asked Ingress players to submit places they thought would make good portals (Beta by Niantic launched in 2011).
SOURCE: HTTP://MASHABLE.COM/2016/07/10/JOHN-HANKE-POKEMON-GO/#G.LZ3WUXEMQ2
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The creation of gym locations
• 15 million submissions – 5 million approved– Most popular Ingress
portals became gyms – The next most popular
have become Pokéstops.
SOURCE: HTTP://MASHABLE.COM/2016/07/10/JOHN-HANKE-POKEMON-GO/#G.LZ3WUXEMQ2SOURCE: WWW.GAMENEWSPORTAL.COM
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The creation of gym locations
• Users helped create a pool of portal locations based on geo markers– Public artwork– Historical sites– Architectural buildings– Unique local business
SOURCE: HTTP://MASHABLE.COM/2016/07/10/JOHN-HANKE-POKEMON-GO/#G.LZ3WUXEMQ2
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“Gotta catch them all”
• Which Pokémon appeared where required other mapping data
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“Gotta catch them all”• Geographic markers determined Pokémon habitats.
– "We assign values based on whether there is a water body in an area, whether areas are designated as zoos or parks . . ." - Hanke
• Another data set drawn from geographic classifications
• Climate• Vegetation• Soil• Rock type
SOURCE: HTTP://MASHABLE.COM/2016/07/10/JOHN-HANKE-POKEMON-GO/#G.LZ3WUXEMQ2