[talk-au] Map Note Flood

Graeme Fitzpatrick graemefitz1 at gmail.com
Thu Mar 31 01:48:03 UTC 2022


I did add a load of them yesterday, but was thinking it would be much
easier if they just created an account of their own & added them!

I'll hold off doing any more till something is decided.

Feel free to revert those that I've added if we decide they're not kosher.

Thanks

Graeme


On Thu, 31 Mar 2022 at 11:13, Dian Ågesson <me at diacritic.xyz> wrote:

> This is unusual behaviour, certainly.
>
> I can see that the notes in the US are being closed en masse as they can’t
> be verified through compatible sources.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> I would support a similar mass closure of these notes, referring to the
> lack of licensing information and directing Anonymous to contact the
> community.
>
> Dian
>
>
> On 2022-03-31 00:43, Andrew Davidson wrote:
>
> Just a heads up to let you know that someone is currently trying to
> bypass the import requirements of OSM by creating thousands of
> anonymous map notes.
>
> Seems to have started in the US and Canada:
>
> https://resultmaps.neis-one.org/osm-notes-country?c=United%20States
> https://resultmaps.neis-one.org/osm-notes-country?c=Canada
>
> and has now includes Australia:
>
> https://resultmaps.neis-one.org/osm-notes-country?c=Australia
>
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