[OSM-talk] Your experience in reaching out to Maps.me users ?

Michał Brzozowski www.haxor at gmail.com
Thu Nov 12 16:58:40 UTC 2020


Hi Brian, the comment was probably made into an OSM Note. Check Notes on
that OSM user page.

Greetings
Michał

czw., 12 lis 2020, 17:56 użytkownik Brian M. Sperlongano <
zelonewolf at gmail.com> napisał:

> I downloaded and made a test edit (adding an address to a local POI) with
> maps.me just now to understand how it works.  It does at least make you
> log in to OSM.  I entered in a comment on the change, however, I note that
> maps.me overwrote my user-entered comment with a generic comment in the
> changeset.
>
> On Thu, Nov 12, 2020, 10:27 AM Stephan Knauss <osm at stephans-server.de>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> On 12.11.2020 10:55, Jean-Marc Liotier wrote:
>> > Is it just me or are Maps.me Openstreetmap contributors unaware of
>> > Openstreetmap messages ? Does anyone here have seen Maps.me
>> > Openstreetmap contributors answer to Openstreetmap messages ?
>>
>> I share your experience. Typical maps.me edits are of low quality and
>> frequently show a misuse of tags, certainly not following to our
>> community standards.
>>
>> I have a very low response rate on comments. Probaly one out of hundred
>> responds. And I have not seen them going back to fix their edits ever.
>>
>> I think OSM API should block edits until email address is confirmed.
>> And probably re-check the response to emails once a year or switch the
>> account into read-only mode.
>> Participating in changeset discussions or using osm messaging could
>> reset that counter as well.
>>
>> Stephan
>>
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