[OSM-talk] Bitcoin Spam

Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdreist at gmail.com
Thu Dec 5 12:23:51 UTC 2013


2013/12/5 Paul Norman <penorman at mac.com>

> Generally they’re not offices but mailboxes in post offices that are the
> problem. They get tagged, but if you go there, all that’s there is a
> private post office.



because you checked this personally? How would you know that these are
mailboxes and not offices? I agree that there are quite probably some
mailbox-only businesses in the short list Frederik has posted (i.e. they
have been inserted at their legally registered address and not form their
operating base), but discriminating them solely based on the fact that they
didn't use an explicit shop tag or office tag and that they accept bitcoin
payments doesn't look right neither.

I have checked the second example of Freds list (via Streetview) and it
looks as if there is a computer repair shop (or some related office):
https://maps.google.it/maps?q=Noosphere+Limited&hl=de&ll=41.417178,-81.693306&spn=0.013452,0.027788&cid=4977184682897610927&gl=IT&t=m&z=16&layer=c&cbll=41.417948,-81.694777&panoid=ONU6tFeKPE5-KyYoBq-1fg&cbp=12,18.93,,1,0.76

I think this POI is incomplete, but not spam:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2523904649


Also this one: http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2537387222
(webhost poland) is consistent (address and position in OSM):
http://www.webhost.pl/kontakt

cheers,
Martin
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