[talk-au] Vandalism

Andrew Harvey andrew.harvey4 at gmail.com
Mon May 4 02:22:31 UTC 2020


I agree, I'll go through and revert and send a note as a first step.

On Mon, 4 May 2020 at 12:00, Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefitz1 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi all
>
> Found either some bad jokes or (I'm afraid) more likely vandalism, all
> done by one apparent new mapper, just on a month ago.
>
> User is https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Jelena%20Jaredic
>
> Their work, all done on the same day:
>
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Jelena%20Jaredic/history#map=6/-31.475/151.941
>
> The first one I noticed (by checking the incorrect phone numbers report!)
> was an internet cafe, supposedly in the middle of a service station
> carpark!
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/7372255785#map=19/-34.28286/150.63696
>
> I thought this may have been a simple error, or possibly mapping a
> building that doesn't yet appear on imagery, so was going to try to contact
> them via changeset comments, but I then saw that they had mapped 2 kindies,
> also on the grounds of that servo!
>
> Have now looked at all of their changesets & everyone of them appear to be
> dodgy, with Govt / telecommunications offices out in the middle of nowhere,
> cafes etc in the middle of parks, a waterfall named as "Aboriginal land" &,
> for the piece de resistance, a Doctor's office, supposedly located in St
> Kilda, but actually mapped in the middle of the taxiways at Sydney
> Kingsford-Smith Airport!
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/7372255885#map=17/-33.93882/151.17989
>
> Could somebody please revert all these changes?
>
> Is there anything else we should do here with regard to reporting them?
>
> Thanks
>
> Graeme
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