[OSM-talk] Thousands of small changesets by Tim Proegler

[Shaun McDonald]

I also sent him a mail and have just received a response saying that  
he'll remove the feature until the problem is resolved.

Shaun

On 24 Jun 2009, at 19:59, Rolf Bode-Meyer wrote:

> On 2009-06-24 18:58, S Knox wrote:
>> Does anyone know why Tim Proegler
>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/timproegler/edits has made so many
>> small edits under the name of KMLManager in such a short space of
>> time (1 day as a member)? The recent changes page was at one point
>> full of his changesets. Is this legitimate, or a mistake?
>
> Though it might have the side effect off causing changes in the app  
> that
> KMLManager uploads not that visible in future, I wrote a longish  
> mail to
> the author of that program.
>
> I tried to detail why it's no good idea to upload converted waypoints
> with just a note tag, why it's bad to upload raw GPS traces as ways.
>
> Granted he's not really liable for what users do with that app, but he
> shouldn't make it to easy to produce crap. And he's at least  
> responsible
> for how misbehaved KMLManager is on uploading.
>
> This for the records so you know he has been contacted and he won't  
> get
> a dozend mails. I'll let you know of any answer.
>
> Regards,
> Rolf
>
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