[OSM-talk] Some thoughts against remote mapping

[moltonel 3x Combo]

On 16/06/2015, Andrew Wiseman <awiseman at gmail.com> wrote:
> Something else semi-related that might be a terrible idea: I wonder if
> there ought to be some way to show which edits are by remote mappers and by
> locals? Could you do this automatically via IP address or something by
> seeing who was nearby and who was not?


That's an interesting approach. I don't think IP-based identification
would work because of all the false-positives : I spend my time
between France and Ireland, and I'm a local in both places even if I
edit while in the other country.

What I've been mulling over is the "home location" data on the
profile. Right now it's close to useless. I'd like to be able to set
multiple areas (not points) and rate them "can survey / good local
knowledge / particularly interested". The tricky part is creating a UI
that isn't overwhelming. Appart from categorising if an edit is
"local" or not, it'd be very helpfull to contact relevant contributors
for an area. Pascal Neis's tools are usefull (and have the advantage
of not requiring opt-in), but not as good as explicit information
would be.