[OSM-talk] talk Digest, Vol 144, Issue 40

[Federico]

> On 24 Aug 2016, at 20:04, talk-request at openstreetmap.org wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>>> On 08/23/2016 06:04 PM, Federico wrote:
>>> I've recently developed a Telegram Bot
>>> (https://telegram.me/SearchAroundBot) to enable users to easily add POI
>>> (currently only drinking water and toilets amenities) into OSM. Here is
>>> the OSM wiki page here: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/SearchAroundBot
>> 
>> Please ensure that everyone who contributes data to OSM with this bot
>> actually has got an OSM account (and hence has agreed to the OSM
>> contributor terms), and that the data is contributed using that OSM
>> account (not a generic account that you have created), and that they can
>> be reached by OSM user-to-user messaging if necessary.
> 
> Aren't there several cases where this isn't followed, like Wheelmap?

Thanks Nicolás for bringing this into attention.
Indeed SearchAroundBot follows the same approach of Wheelmap: Wheelmap.org is a community project – everyone can get involved. You don’t even need to register to map places!