OpenStreetMap
Here is a roundup of some suspicious changes to OpenStreetMap from this week (27 to 30 June):
- This changeset an experienced editor changed the value of a major highway in Nepal from
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway=trunktohttps://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway=yesmaking the highway disappear from the map for 15 days. - This user traced multiple buildings but forgot to tag it as a
building. Changeset - In this case the user was found adding an amenity on the road. Changeset
- We also came across an edit where the user was found deleting the tag
addr:housenumberfrom the buildings. Changeset
These were some of the inconsistent edits for this week. Do keep an eye and please comment on such changeset, this will help in maintaining the data on OSM accurate and coherent.
Discussion
Comment from SomeoneElse on 30 June 2016 at 23:50
In these cases was there any reason why you didn’t mention the problem to the users concerned? Most or all look like “cockup rather than conspiracy” - just genuine user mistakes, or perhaps inexperience (either in general or with a new editor - such as the maps.me POI in the middle of the road).
Obviously it’s great that “highway=yes” gets set back to the previous highway value but isn’t there a risk that they’ll do it again if they don’t know of the mistake that you’ve corrected?
Best Regards, Andy
Comment from NZGraham on 2 July 2016 at 04:03
If any of my edits ever feature as ‘suspicious’ please let me know. As Andy says, they are likely to be cockups - genuine user mistakes. I usually check via KeepRight but that doesn’t cover all eventualities.