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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 09/02/2019 19:47, Sergio Manzi
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<p>The thing is quite obviously fruit of immagination, creativity,
and/or delusion: there surely isn't out there such a concoction
of toll booths (<i>many of them</i>), bunkers, town halls, dams,
towers, campgrounds, etc.</p>
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<p>As Simon has already mentioned this user has been reported,
reverted and blocked (and a number of sock-puppets have been
reverted and blocked too). I'm assuming it's just a kid and
they'll get bored eventually. It may take a while.<br>
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cite="mid:7d054a63-f743-848f-63d3-96821c6d732b@smz.it">... but
again I'm ready to bet that those detailed micronation's features
are not to be found on the ground.<br>
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<p>In a number of cases there _is_ something there, but what's there
isn't by any stretch of the imagination a "country". Sealand's
probably the most famous example of this, but there are plenty of
others , such as
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Hutt_River">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Hutt_River</a> . Just
map whatever's there such as a housename or a property name.<br>
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<p>And that concerns me a lot, because it is really hard not
thinking what implications events like this can have on the
reliable availability of OSM data/services. </p>
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<p>All data (not just OSM's) is "unreliable" for some value of
unreliable. OSM currently has two new-build houses down the
street from me now that I suspect no other provider has, but other
providers have plenty of information that OSM doesn't. Also,
every data consumer (of any data source) will always need to
sanity check what they read in to make sure that it's sensible.
That sanity checking might be a little or a lot, depending on what
you're doing with the data. Just displaying a nice geographical
background? Probably not so much checking needed. Displaying
"countries of the world" and specifically targeting India or
China? You'll definitely need to adjust the data to match the
"alternative facts" of your target market rather than actual
physical reality (and of course a map that works for one won't
work for the other).</p>
<p>Best Regards,</p>
<p>Andy<br>
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