<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/></head><body style="font-family:Geneva,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Hello Max,<br />
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thank you for writing. I will investigate the issue. It is however possible that some of the data you now see removed was also removed by us because users had illegally traced building footprints from "vworld" imagery. I'll keep you posted.<br />
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Best regards<br />
Frederik Ramm<br />
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OpenStreetMap Foundation<br />
Data Working Group - data@osmfoundation.org<br />
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[Ticket#2017030110000095]<br />
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03/01/2017 17:46 - Max wrote:
<div style="border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt" type="cite">Just stumbled upon tha the NIS headquarter and some other objects have<br />
been deleted again. That's at least the 3rd time now.<br />
<br />
user woodpecker has already left a message on some of the changesets.<br />
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Comment from woodpeck 12 days ago<br />
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Hello, in this changeset you deleted y couple of buildings and your<br />
comment says that you deleted them because they are in a security area.<br />
However, OSM does not generally respect specific national security<br />
interests with regards to mapping. If a building is visible on aerial<br />
imagery, then it may be mapped in OSM, no matter whether it is in a<br />
security area or not. Deleting such a building, as you have done here,<br />
can be interpreted as an act of vandalism on OSM. Please don't do that.<br />
<br />
Some of the affected changesets:<br />
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<a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/46159152" target="_blank" title="https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/46159152">https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/46159152</a><br />
<a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/46159124" target="_blank" title="https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/46159124">https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/46159124</a><br />
<a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/46159152" target="_blank" title="https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/46159152">https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/46159152</a><br />
<a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/46159410" target="_blank" title="https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/46159410">https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/46159410</a><br />
<a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/46159815" target="_blank" title="https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/46159815">https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/46159815</a><br />
<a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/46159870" target="_blank" title="https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/46159870">https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/46159870</a><br />
<a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/46159916" target="_blank" title="https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/46159916">https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/46159916</a><br />
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probably more.<br />
<br />
the changeset comment is 건물삭제(보안구역) which translates to Removing<br />
buildings (Restricted areas)<br />
<br />
Questions:<br />
1. what are good tools to find more of this?<br />
2. what are the right steps to do if vandalism like this is detected?<br />
3. can this be avoided in the future?<br />
4. is there a tool to get notified if someone changes a specific area?<br />
5. who has authority to revert? should I try to do this, but I might<br />
miss something.<br />
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