Re: [OSM-talk] "Incorrect speed limit" anonymous notes - who is behind that?
2014-08-16 8:28 GMT+02:00 Maarten Deen : > On 2014-08-16 01:48, Andreas Vilén wrote: > >> This continues to be really annoying, and the obvious spam seems to >> cluster at a few locations, where 10-20 notes can be created with the >> same information. The maker of this app must be made clear that notes >> can't work like this, and users would at least be required to give >> some contact information. Most of the notes that come from this app >> are useless and will probably stay in the database forever. >> > > And the notes may be anonymous, but IMHO it is prudent to put in the > message or the metadata which app reported it. That way you don't have to > go on a wild goose chase to see where it is coming from. > > Maarten > > > > ___ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > With low quality and no information about source this should be treated as a spam. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] "Incorrect speed limit" anonymous notes - who is behind that?
On 2014-08-16 01:48, Andreas Vilén wrote: This continues to be really annoying, and the obvious spam seems to cluster at a few locations, where 10-20 notes can be created with the same information. The maker of this app must be made clear that notes can't work like this, and users would at least be required to give some contact information. Most of the notes that come from this app are useless and will probably stay in the database forever. And the notes may be anonymous, but IMHO it is prudent to put in the message or the metadata which app reported it. That way you don't have to go on a wild goose chase to see where it is coming from. Maarten ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] "Incorrect speed limit" anonymous notes - who is behind that?
This continues to be really annoying, and the obvious spam seems to cluster at a few locations, where 10-20 notes can be created with the same information. The maker of this app must be made clear that notes can't work like this, and users would at least be required to give some contact information. Most of the notes that come from this app are useless and will probably stay in the database forever. If this continues, maybe anonymous notes can no longer be accepted and that would be sad. /Andreas On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 1:02 PM, Philip Barnes wrote: > On Mon, 2014-08-11 at 09:54 +0100, Tom Hughes wrote: > > On 10/08/14 21:16, Norbert Wenzel wrote: > > > > > Since these notes are automatically generated there's no on you could > > > ask for clarifications, which is needed for all issues. And that has > > > been tried. The quality of these reports has already been discussed on > > > this list so I don't see any value in these notes. And I don't think > I'm > > > alone with my judgment since most if not all of these notes have been > > > closed by now by different users. > > > > Just to let people know, I have now managed to make contact with the > > authors of the app that is creating these notes and they are now > > reviewing the comments in this thread and working on improvements. > > > What is the app called? Do tell. > > Phil (trigpoint) > > > > > ___ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
[OSM-talk] Note spam
Seriously, what is this and where is it coming from? http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/57.92258/12.50192&layers=N and the exact location of http://www.openstreetmap.org/note/215471 seem to be the most affected areas. I just close notes on these locations with the comment spam, as that is what it is. Also, there are obscure speed limit notes as limit 35 km/h, 0 km/h and so on. I saw it discussed earlier but it seems the discussion died out. It's starting to get really annoying, and also with all these obvious errors it's hard to take real error reports from this software (?) seriously. /Andreas ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] OSM in Saudi Arabia?
On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 10:52 AM, Osama Khalid wrote: > I noticed that the maps on Saudi Arabia are fairly accurate and more > rich than I thought, but I couldn't find a mailing list for > contributors from Saudi Arabia and the self-identified users from > Saudi Arabia seem to be inactive. > > 1. Does anyone know of OSM contributors in Saudi Arabia? > 2. What could be the source of the currently mapped Saudi cities? >I found it pretty difficult to get through the OSM history, but it >would be great to find who is contributing to try to establish some >kind of a group. > Last year two people joined a mapping party we hosted in Renton, WA. I believe both were from Saudi Arabia and were interested in learning how to use iD so they could map their hometowns. I suspect there are other ex-pats mapping in Saudi. You might want to consult http://resultmaps.neis-one.org/oooc by Pascal Neis to identify mappers. Clifford -- @osm_seattle osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
[OSM-talk] OSM in Saudi Arabia?
Hello Open Street Mappers, I noticed that the maps on Saudi Arabia are fairly accurate and more rich than I thought, but I couldn't find a mailing list for contributors from Saudi Arabia and the self-identified users from Saudi Arabia seem to be inactive. 1. Does anyone know of OSM contributors in Saudi Arabia? 2. What could be the source of the currently mapped Saudi cities? I found it pretty difficult to get through the OSM history, but it would be great to find who is contributing to try to establish some kind of a group. Regards, pgpQrw17o18Vj.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
[OSM-talk] Custom Imagery in Potlatch
When I use the Background > Edit... > Add dialogue to add a custom imagery layer in Potlatch2, the new layer does not appear in the Background dropdown. (Fortunately, assigning a function key and using that does work.) Anyone else seeing this problem? -- Steve --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] New mapping satellite
On Friday 15 August 2014, Kevin Bullock wrote: > You are assuming that all of DG's imagery gets published in > Mapbox/Google/Bing, which is incorrect. Please see my SOTM-US > presentation; 4m00s in. > http://stateofthemap.us/session/mapping-the-world-in-raster/ Interesting talk, thanks for pointing out. This is however kind of my original point - the new satellite will likely not have much influence on what practically is available to the OSM mapper since what images can be and are taken and which are made available to the OSM mapper are two entirely different things. -- Christoph Hormann http://www.imagico.de/ ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
