<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Brand new anonymous users come to the map every day and are confused by what these hamlets are. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">proof: <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/note/163246" class="">https://www.openstreetmap.org/note/163246</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I kind of doubt this person is going to stick around and improve the map. To them, it just looks like vandalism.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">(IMO the “Bender’s Corner” hamlet should probably just be deleted outright. I live near it and there really is no such thing.)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Mar 17, 2015, at 5:58 PM, Richard Weait <<a href="mailto:richard@weait.com" class="">richard@weait.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">Goal: A new local mapper in each BadHamlet<br class=""><br class="">Method:<br class=""><br class="">1) Create an overlay that displays the hamlets as ugly, rash-like<br class="">spots. It could even be a "rash" that allows checkouts a la tasking<br class="">manager.<br class=""><br class="">2) Encourage mappers to do outreach in each spot.<br class="">- Mapper in Oregon sees that there is a BadHamlet in Massachusetts,<br class="">adjacent to their old hometown / alma mater / vacation spot. Mapper<br class="">reaches out to their old classmates / colleagues / neighbours to find<br class="">one or more new mappers in / near that hamlet.<br class=""><br class="">3) New mapper fixes the BadHamlet and starts mapping their favourite<br class="">restaurants, bowling alleys and coffee shops.<br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>