I mean, if you reverse engineer an api for "where is pokemon X", you may as well just reverse engineer your GPS device for "where am I standing" to move your in game character to right where the pokemon is.

Then you can do a for loop and catch all the pokemon in 30 seconds.

Actually catching the pokemon is a 0 skill item. Its literally dragging your finger across the screen.

The entire game is the exploring the real world part.

Depends on how you look at the game. The point of the game for users is to catch pokemon. The point of the game for Niantic is to have users wander around, so they can make money via sponsored locations.

A winning strategy must accommodate both.