[OSM-talk] data issues in London?

[Bernt M. Johnsen]

Applies also to E4 in Sweden close to Swedish/Finnish border. Is this
dealt with in a systematic way?

2008/11/26 Bernt M. Johnsen <berntm at gmail.com>:
> E6 and E105 in Northern Norway has also got some nodes i Portugal now.
> So, the the fix is still not complete.
>
>
> 2008/11/25 Dave Stubbs <osm.list at randomjunk.co.uk>:
>> 2008/11/25 Dave Stubbs <osm.list at randomjunk.co.uk>:
>>> 2008/11/25 Peter Miller <peter.miller at itoworld.com>:
>>>>
>>>> I have just uploaded an image of Europe which shows that the main data
>>>> problem emanates from London although there also seems to be a problem from
>>>> Holland to the same point on the Portuguese coast?
>>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterito/3058044385/
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> A user in Portugal has somehow managed to appropriate numerous node IDs.
>>> He's effectively moved them from where ever they were, to Portugal.
>>>
>>> I've contacted him to ask how it might have happened.
>>> He seems to have been using merkaartor, but whether it has anything to
>>> do with it, I don't know.
>>>
>>> I'm working on a revert script to tidy this up.
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>>
>> This should now be fixed. I reverted 420 nodes back to their London locations.
>>
>> Moral of the story is this:
>>
>> Never find a random .osm file, edit some nodes in it, then upload the
>> changes to the OSM server.
>> A mess you will cause. :-)
>>
>> Dave
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> Bernt Marius Johnsen
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