[Talk-us] New MapRoulette Challenge: Website Mismatch: Give it a try

[Bryce Nesbitt]

This is a website keyword matcher.

For example a website associated with "name=Cafe Fanny/phone=555-1212"
would be expected to have at least the words Cafe, Fanny, or a matching
phone number.

The match is fuzzy. Any website with no match is flagged for human review.
These are often:

   - Spam websites.
   - Hijacked domains.
   - Business that have changed focus.
   - Out of business businesses.
   - Website has moved.

There are false positives also:

   - Redirects with error codes in the 300 range.
   - Flash based websites with no text whatsoever.
   - Chain stores and schools that frequently reorganize their pages.
   - Small regional chains where the store page is either non-existent, or
   a URL that's sure to chance in the future.  The root URL is better, but
   won't match the name on the node.

If you work on the challenge you'll appreciated crafting a future proof
URL.
The best URL for osm is the simplest one if possible (no
http://example.org/a/b/q?q=50505 ).

The challenge shows how quickly restaurants in particular come and go.



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The challenge works regionally so you don't have to "save" after every node.
Right now it's set for the Northwest USA:

http://maproulette.org/#t=webtegrity/www-osmid-1723639413
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