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<p>This is unusual behaviour, certainly.</p>
<p>I can see that the notes in the US are being closed en masse as they can’t be verified through compatible sources.</p>
<p>On looking at the notes added in Australia, they do seem to be an automated script comparing what’s in OSM to an external source.</p>
<p>The notes added to Nhulunbuy, Groote Eylandt and Maningrida don’t seem to be coming from a suitable NT give source. One of the notes suggests a street name for a road I was only able to find in Google Maps.</p>
<p>I would support a similar mass closure of these notes, referring to the lack of licensing information and directing Anonymous to contact the community.</p>
<p>Dian</p>
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<p id="reply-intro">On 2022-03-31 00:43, Andrew Davidson wrote:</p>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace">Just a heads up to let you know that someone is currently trying to<br />bypass the import requirements of OSM by creating thousands of<br />anonymous map notes.<br /><br />Seems to have started in the US and Canada:<br /><br /><a href="https://resultmaps.neis-one.org/osm-notes-country?c=United%20States" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://resultmaps.neis-one.org/osm-notes-country?c=United%20States</a><br /><a href="https://resultmaps.neis-one.org/osm-notes-country?c=Canada" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://resultmaps.neis-one.org/osm-notes-country?c=Canada</a><br /><br />and has now includes Australia:<br /><br /><a href="https://resultmaps.neis-one.org/osm-notes-country?c=Australia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://resultmaps.neis-one.org/osm-notes-country?c=Australia</a><br /><br />_______________________________________________<br />Talk-au mailing list<br /><a href="mailto:Talk-au@openstreetmap.org">Talk-au@openstreetmap.org</a><br /><a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au</a></div>
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