[OSM-talk] "guide to vandalism” in OSM?

[Dave F.]

Thanks to both for the clarification. The way it was written it implied 
bona fide editors were deliberately adding false POIs to catch vandals.

Now that I understand, I'm not sure they should be considered vandals. 
There appears to be no malice, just incompetence & laziness.

Dave F.



On 12/02/2015 12:45, Marc Gemis wrote:
> As far as I see it:
>
> The author says that it is pretty easy to vandalise OSM data, even 
> without creating an account. You just have to make a note with some 
> fake information and wait until an armchair mapper picks up the note, 
> does no verification on the ground and adds the POI.
> He shows 2 notes that he created to proof his point. He just tries to 
> warn other mappers not to follow the text in the notes without 
> verifying it on the ground.
>
> regards
>
> m
>
> On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 1:13 PM, Dave F. <davefox at madasafish.com 
> <mailto:davefox at madasafish.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi
>
>     http://www.weeklyosm.eu/archives/2388
>
>     Under 'Community' there a bullet point titled "guide to vandalism”
>     in OSM?
>     As my French is very poor, could someone translate & expand on the
>     process. Why is "false POI" being added to notes? It seems similar
>     to entrapment from what is written.
>
>     Dave F.
>
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