[OSM-talk] vandolism on OSM

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From: talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Frederik Ramm
Sent: 03 October 2008 11:25
To: vegard
Cc: talk at openstreetmap.org
Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] vandolism on OSM

Hi,

vegard wrote:
> But we'll need a more permanent measure against vandalism.
> Something that'll make it easy to reverse things.

But note that our most potent weapon against vandalism is the ease and
speed with which it can be undone.



Frederick,
That's only the case for OBVIOUS vandalism or accident, as in the OP, that can be seen in a casual 'fly-over' the map. What about subtle vandalism (renaming random streets, changing one-way directions etc)
Even in areas that I have personally mapped, I doubt that I'd be able to tell at a glance that this had happened without digging out my original notes and comparing street by street(in effect, remapping the area) which I wouldn't do without a huge visual clue.

Cheers

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