[Talk-us] Months-old vandalism needs to be taken care of

[Nathan Edgars II]

Richard Welty wrote:
>On 5/4/10 7:09 AM, Nathan Edgars II wrote:
>> In southern Illinois -
>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=37.777&lon=-88.689&zoom=10&layers=B000FTF
>> - user bhj867 has added a number of new highways, most notably the
>> motorways at Murphysboro, Carbondale, Marion, and Harrisburg, and the
>> trunk from Eldorado to New Haven. But it appears that these are fake;
>>
>I suggest that you drop markers in http://openstreetbugs.appspot.com/
>A local mapper may see them ad investigate.

It doesn't need to be investigated; it's definite vandalism. The only
thing that needs investigation is which of his edits are not.

>> and any such cleanup that I
>> would be forced to do if nobody helps would be incomplete and probably
>> mess things up further.
>>
>i think it's also a really bad idea to see yourself as being "forced" to
>do anything
>to the map that might make things worse. if you're not local and can't
>do a ground
>survey, then just bring it up and move on.

And if the only local is the vandal? The US is a huge place, and this
would amount to an open invitation to vandals (who don't even need to
be local; they can just choose an area likely to have no local
mappers).