Based on the comments on <https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/170268940 it looks like it may be remote organised editing.
Phil (trigpoint) On 23 August 2025 09:25:51 BST, Edward Bainton <[email protected]> wrote: >I can’t quickly find any of the Holiday Inn places you mention, but the >buildings with the eatbu address seem wrong. > >The brief cs comment often says “building added, merged with node” and to >me the merge seems a likely source of the error. I’d say the building >should be tagged for itself, with a node for the holiday apartment >separately - with link to the website if that’s appropriate. > >I do wonder what London will look like if every AirBnB gets added to the >map like this. Maybe that’s all good, and renderers can deprioritise the >resulting rash. But also wonder if the on the ground rule requires that >what looks indistinguishable from any old private door, shouldn’t get a >special tag. > > >On Sat, 23 Aug 2025 at 09:01, Steven Hirschorn <[email protected]> >wrote: > >> I haven't emailed the mapper yet, but was wondering about these edits: >> >> https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Amelia%20Harper/history#map=12/51.5288/-0.1589 >> >> - Many are tagged with the "Holiday Inn" brand and wikidata though I can't >> see evidence they are operated by Holiday Inn. >> - They all include links to a different website, eatbu.uk, which would >> seem unusual if any of them are run by Holiday Inn. >> - Sometimes additional tags for a rental apartment have been added to an >> existing building (eg. https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/24951392, >> https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/100608763) >> >> Am I being paranoid? Locations of guest houses with links are useful in >> OSM. >> >> Steven >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-GB mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >>
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