Russian–Ukrainian war: Difference between revisions
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The [[wikipedia:Russo-Ukrainian War|Russo-Ukrainian War]] is an ongoing conflict since 2014. |
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Since then the OpenStreetMap community faces problematic edits, which often need to be reverted: |
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# Moving of borders. See [[Disputed territories#Europe|Disputed territories]]! |
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# Mapping of military objects. Which is forbidden by law in the Ukraine. |
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# Edit wars on the default names and removal of localized names. |
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The following appeal by [[User:Bezdna]] (translated by [[User:Velikodsky]]) may or may not reflect wishes of a majority of the Ukrainian OSM community {{Citation needed}}. |
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The appeal is disputed and [https://osmstats.neis-one.org/?item=countries&country=Ukraine partly ignored]. Please read the [[Talk:Russian–Ukrainian war|talk page]], the [https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/mapping-activities-in-active-war-zones-in-ukraine/7221 topic about mapping in war zones] and the [https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/russian-ukrainian-war/7285 request for community consensus] to learn about the disagreements! |
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Disputed things are: |
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# If not editing at all is good or bad. |
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# What should be omitted from editing. Military objects, transport infrastructure, civil building or benches? |
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# In which borders editing should be limited. Controlled territory from 2013, 2015 or today? |
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Two things are undisputed: |
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# It is not a good idea to map military infrastructure during conflicts |
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# It is good to help finding and reverting vandalism |
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= An appeal to the OSM community and its members! = |
= An appeal to the OSM community and its members! = |
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== External links == |
== External links == |
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* [https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/ukrainian-osm-community-appeal-re-edits-of-osm-data-during-russian-ukrainian-war/995 OSM Community |
* [https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/ukrainian-osm-community-appeal-re-edits-of-osm-data-during-russian-ukrainian-war/995 Ukrainian OSM Community appeal re edits of OSM data during Russian-Ukrainian war] |
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[[Category:Ukraine]] |
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Revision as of 07:40, 6 July 2025
An appeal to the OSM community and its members!
Russia attacked Ukraine on 24 February 2022, striking with missiles and bombs at airports, military bases and civilian infrastructure. This was another escalation of hostilities that began in 2014 with the annexation of Crimea and the partial occupation of Donetsk and Luhansk Regions.
On behalf of the OSM Ukraine in connection with Russia's ongoing military invasion of Ukraine we are turning to people who are contributing to the development and improvement of the OSM data.
We urge everyone to refrain from any mapping of the territory of Ukraine at the moment!
The Russo-Ukrainian War is unfolding on many fronts including the information one. The possible use of open data by Russian invaders to plan attacks on military and civilian objects is one of the most important reasons why we ask you not to perform any mapping of objects in Ukraine.
We shall take action to amend (delete, modify, revert to the previous state etc.) any found cases of mapping related to military or critical social infrastructure facilities as well as contact the DWG and other OSMF working groups to ban the users who systematically make similar changes (more than one).
Such a request (demand) echoes the provisions of the Article 114-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine according to which “Dissemination of information on redeployment, movement or location of the Armed Forces of Ukraine or other military formations established in accordance with the laws of Ukraine, if it is possible to identify them on the ground, if such information is not published by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, committed under martial law or state of emergency, shall be punishable by imprisonment for a term of five to eight years” (source).