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<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Jan 31, 2021, 23:45 by graemefitz1@gmail.com:<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" class="" dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div class=""><div class="" dir="ltr">On Sun, 31 Jan 2021 at 23:23, Paul Allen <<a href="mailto:pla16021@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">pla16021@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class=""><div dir="ltr"><div class=""><div><br></div><div>In each case I do a lot of checking to verify that there is no known<br></div><div>hamlet or locality of that name and that there is a named feature (house,<br></div><div>bridge or whatever) matching that name in that location. If I am certain<br></div><div>it is wrong, I fix it.<br></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>What's an acceptable length of time to wait for a response from the original mapper before fixing something yourself? <br></div></div></div></blockquote><div>It depends.<br></div><div><br></div><div>In cases of clear vandalism there is no need for any wait time<br></div><div>see for example <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/97419079">https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/97419079</a> <br></div><div><br></div><div>quoting comment from <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/97394624">https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/97394624:</a><br></div><div>"Taking a look at way: 894696391 (Infant Sacrifice Ritual Area). There is
a lot of Red<br></div><div>flags going off for this entry. First off you building way
measures 696m long<br></div><div>(or 2300ft) while a building of this length would
not be out of the ordinary for <br></div><div>a warehouse, the locations in the middle
of an ice sheet in Greenland makes <br></div><div>this almost impossible. Checking over
Arial maps of the location shows <br></div><div>no sign of civilization or anything
that would represent a place of human remnants."<br></div><div><br></div><div>(I deleted it based on name, location, newbie mapper and lack of any credible source<br></div><div>mentioned in changeset - I have not bothered with checking aerial imagery)<br></div><div><br></div><div>--------------<br></div><div><br></div><div>In cases where I surveyed this place on my own I would change it immediately.<br></div><div><br></div><div>--------------<br></div><div><div><div><br></div><div>In cases where user was/is blocked for damaging map I would likely fix<br></div><div>immediately.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Similarly in cases if HOT-quality mapping and in areas of extremely low<br></div><div>mapping quality.<br></div><div><br></div><div>And in cases where editing adding them had changeset description of type<br></div><div>"adding Pokemon GO parks" or "sdssfsdfssfs"<br></div><div><br></div><div>--------------<br></div><div><br></div></div></div><div>Otherwise in cases where I have not surveyed location but I am pretty sure that <br></div><div>there is a mistake I would ask mapper I would ask and wait until<br></div><div>- their next edit + 1 hour (if someone got message and ignored it then I see no reason to wait)<br></div><div>- or several days (to give time for reply)<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div dir="ltr"><div class=""><div>I spotted a couple of "forts" mapped, by the same person, in a small country town, which would be more than somewhat unusual!<br></div><div><br></div><div>On checking, one was an old jail, but the other is located in a park, with nothing visible on any of our imagery, nor Google street view or satellite, & I can't find any reference to a fort, or anything other military post, ever being built in this town.<br></div></div></div></blockquote><div>Google satellite, Google Street View must not be used for making edits and it includes deleting data.<br></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div dir="ltr"><div class=""><div>I left a changeset comment a week ago now but no response yet (&, TBH, I'm not expecting one as they haven't mapped for a few years now).<br></div><div><br></div><div>As I say, when is "long enough" to just fix it?<br></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>In such case I would delete it if you are sure that it is not present at all.<br></div> </body>
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