[talk-ph] Boracay Spam

maning sambale emmanuel.sambale at gmail.com
Mon Apr 20 03:43:34 BST 2009


I suggest we talk first to wmitchell  (when the API 0.6 is live)

On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:17 AM, Michael Cole <colemichae at gmail.com> wrote:
> We should have it removed.
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> It is not a map item, It is not helpful to the rest of the users of the
> system.
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> It only benefits the single person and detracts from the others.
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> If this continues we will remove the map from our website.
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> This is the reason we use OSM since it is clean and done professionally and
> with out all those entries you see on other maps like.
>
> Freds house, where i lived as a child...
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> Thats my two cents..
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> On Saturday 18 April 2009 23:35:59 Eugene Alvin Villar wrote:
>> Based on the history, that data was created by Wtmitchell, the resident
>> OSMer in Boracay, and the guy mentioned by Jim. So it's not really spam,
>> but the data is of questionable value for OSM.
>>
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>> On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 10:33 PM, Andre Marcelo-Tanner
>>
>> <andre at enthropia.com>wrote:
>> > I guess someone must have noticed our map already of Boracay, listing a
>> > lot for sale is spam right?
>> >
>> >
>> > http://www.openstreetmap.org.ph/map/c/11.977772943501266/121.912386417388
>> >92/17/ Andre
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