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[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Over the years, players generated vast amounts of visual mapping data by scanning streets, buildings and public spaces to progress in the game.

Which I believe refers to AR Mapping . (Note it's an archive.org link because this feature was removed from the game earlier this month.) I haven't played Ingress in a few years, but I don't think it had these tasks.

Basically you take a video of the area you are in, and that data could in turn be used to create a 3D representation of whatever you scanned. So instead of knowing you having a house at a given location, you know how tall it is. Google Maps actually has a feature called "Aerial View" where you can see something similar.