<div dir="ltr">As far as I see it:<div><br></div><div>The author says that it is pretty easy to vandalise OSM data, even without creating an account. You just have to make a note with some fake information and wait until an armchair mapper picks up the note, does no verification on the ground and adds the POI.</div><div>He shows 2 notes that he created to proof his point. He just tries to warn other mappers not to follow the text in the notes without verifying it on the ground. </div><div><br></div><div>regards</div><div><br></div><div>m</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 1:13 PM, Dave F. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:davefox@madasafish.com" target="_blank">davefox@madasafish.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi<br>
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<a href="http://www.weeklyosm.eu/archives/2388" target="_blank">http://www.weeklyosm.eu/<u></u>archives/2388</a><br>
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Under 'Community' there a bullet point titled "guide to vandalism” in OSM?<br>
As my French is very poor, could someone translate & expand on the process. Why is "false POI" being added to notes? It seems similar to entrapment from what is written.<br>
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Dave F.<br>
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