Why Pokémon GO and Pokeparadas know more about my neighborhood I?

If you're one of the lucky ones who has already begun to practice this new sport called "go outside to hunt bugs with Pokémon GO " surely you will be surprised to find Pokeparadas who know better than you your neighborhood, showing parks or areas of interest that had gone unnoticed so far. But how do you know the map of Pokémon GO existence of graffiti or sculptures that you had not ever noticed?

Ingress, the precursor of Pokémon GO

Thanks in this case must give to other players who went out there long before Pokémon GO exist, when the first game of the Niantic company started rolling back in 2011. The company, which once was a subsidiary of Google after the acquisition of Keyhole Corp. , has among its members former creators of projects such as Google Earth and Google maps, so they used their experience maps to shape a new kind of experience.

Ingress , so is the name of his first multiplayer augmented reality, we put on the skin of both sides struggling to control various parts of the world. Therefore we were invited to go out in search of portals in a similar manner to which we are now looking Pokémon in your new game. 

 The idea was focused on hack portals and defend the opposing team, linking the different parts of an area to create triangular fields showing control of both sides. Although most were small, some were able to expand tens of kilometers thanks to the strategy of nearby users were organized.

Some of these portals are now used as Pokeparadas, points of interest where resupply of objects that will help us to hunt and improve our bugs, and although the number of them to jump-start Ingress was much smaller, community collaborated in its constant expansion.

During its beta Niantic team created a baseline of portals based on points of interest or artistic projects collected by the geolocation of Google Photos. Places such as landmark buildings, historical sites, or anything that possessed a remarkable cultural interest. What later it would also cause the birth of Fieldtrip . 

Where do the Pokeparadas?

After it opened creating portals to invite them to highlight areas that could be interesting for the gambling community. All that was needed was to take a picture with GPS activated and share it with Niantic by email super-ops@google.com , reaching his approval team for these creasen the new portal in just a couple of weeks if he could overcome the filter.

The response from the public was massive, reaching 15 million proposals and approving around 5 millions around the globe , which involved the creation of a database of locations of important interest that has now harnessed to the creation of Pokémon GO.

Although the great asset of the saga has been resorting to its motto of "Get all" asking us to hunt all bichejos included in the game, Pokémon GO the aim is for the control and defense of Gymnasiums, the equivalent of portals Ingress. 

 Once captured by a Pokémon (hence the need to continue hunting more powerful animals constantly) we will control this battle Pokémon Gym and receive awards for their defense against other players.

Based on the activity of Ingress, those places that have received more attention over the past two years have ended up becoming Gyms implementing the Nintendo game, while those who follow him on the popularity scale in nearby environments they have become Pokeparadas.

Create Pokeparadas and Gyms

Although the popularity of Ingress led to the platform to have around seven million users worldwide, the popularity regarding Pokémon is light years away. Pokémon GO is not available officially in all countries, during their first US day the application was downloaded by 7.5 million users , making it a more than worthy successor to the previous proposal of Niantic and long - term project much firmer. 

 It remains to be seen what will happen to those less crowded areas or who did not have a large number of players Ingress, so it would not be surprising that the rise of users Pokémon GO invite Niantic to reopen the closed season for us to be us which we establish new Pokeparadas.

So you know, the next time you stand in front of the graffiti of the shutter of a Local wondering how on earth someone has decided it is a good place to resupply of Pokéballs, remember Ingress. These titans are those who have given you a new reason to go out while you heat you cook. 

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