It's nice to at least finally hear some explanations from their side.
But it does not really solve any of the issues.
Having the same establishments and landmarks is not problematic per se,
but there seems to be solid evidence that their hired third-party is (at
the very least partially) providing them with POIs copied from Google Maps.
Just as an example, here's a identical arbitrarily capitalized name in
the same arbitrary location:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/8873689562
https://goo.gl/maps/QzyJqMRShrnCn1vh8
Jan Rei Gallardo's edits are a significant improvement compared to the
previous para mappers. He seems to at least make sure to place nodes
within buildings and add proper tags, this makes it much more difficult
to verify if all of the data or just part of it is copied.
Para mappers in Davao Region (Abby Oavad Tagum, Dhadz and ortegajovan41)
were a lot less careful. Out of about 30 analyzed POIs every single one
is obviously copied from Google.
Shop without tags with identical wrong coordinates:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/8357629670
https://goo.gl/maps/qkXyyCtMoWkQR5qaA
Non-existent office in the middle of road:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/8654016808
https://goo.gl/maps/iZ3LvvWKB2fbnHEx5
Same wrong location, school within existing school:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/773674277
https://goo.gl/maps/hvDMT5ofVRfUUAtc9
Church and mosque within same building:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/8367729778
https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/8367763632
https://goo.gl/maps/SyhwJRQWE6Nw7yd86
https://goo.gl/maps/HHB8JMJoAXjGYaoC8
I'm also curious what the edits in Nigeria are about. Jan Rei Gallardo
is already the third para mapper (out of the 6 that were identified so
far) that is editing in Enugu Area.
On 2021-07-02 15:02, Erwin Olario wrote:
CC'ing the list of their latest response: https://imgur.com/ml0IR2e
<https://imgur.com/ml0IR2e>
We hire third-parties who are from the area being mapped to tag
the location of establishments, landmarks, and other government
offices. They will send to us the coordinates and the names of the
places, and will be encoded accordingly by a third-party.
The chances of having the same establishments, landmarks, and
government offices on the same location as Google is for the basic
reason that we are mapping the same areas on planet Earth. Unless,
Google mapped an alternate universe that would result in different
mapping of the same locality.
FWIW, I previously invited them to engage with the LoCo through an
online meeting, but instead got this response.
FYI.
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On Fri, Jul 2, 2021 at 12:19 PM Jherome Miguel
<jheromemig...@gmail.com <mailto:jheromemig...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Sorry, dapat send to all.
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From: *Jherome Miguel* <jheromemig...@gmail.com
<mailto:jheromemig...@gmail.com>>
Date: Thu, Jul 1, 2021 at 10:06 PM
Subject: Re: [talk-ph] Fwd: Another user possibly illegal copying
from GMaps
To: Erwin Olario <gov...@gmail.com <mailto:gov...@gmail.com>>
Naghihintay pa ako ng reply sa huli kong PM with Jan Rei. Sana may
linaw na ang kaso nung kay JP Baje, kung member sya ng PARA
mapping team. Di ko maiwasang mapa-PI at map-l****k nang nakita ko
ang mga edits ni Jan Rei. Salamat na we have now a direct contact
with a PARA map editor.
On Thu, Jul 1, 2021 at 9:59 PM Erwin Olario <gov...@gmail.com
<mailto:gov...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Sa palagay ko, ang pinaka-maganda ay makapag-setup ng dialogue
sa grupong (?) ito, para matulungan silang malinawan sa mga
alituntunin ng OSM, kung yun nga talaga ang isyu dito.
Sumagot ulit yung user na kausap ko, at sinasabi niyang hindi
daw kinopya sa ibang mapa yung mga edits niya, at kinalap daw
niya yon sa ibang sources. Hiniling kong mag-bigay siya ng
karagdagan pang detalye sa proseso nila.
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On Fri, Jul 2, 2021 at 11:39 AM Jherome Miguel
<jheromemig...@gmail.com <mailto:jheromemig...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Kinakausap ko na rin ang user kung kilala rin niya yung si
“JPBaje”. Lumalakas ang kutob ko na editor rin sya for
PARA, lalo’t hindi siya nag-reply sa una kong mga PM sa
kanya bago nirevert ang lahat ng edits niya at siya’y
binlock ng DWG.
On Thu, Jul 1, 2021 at 8:40 PM Erwin Olario
<gov...@gmail.com <mailto:gov...@gmail.com>> wrote:
I also got a reply, and the username[0] has been changed.
The user acknowledged their affiliation with the Para
app, but did not disclose the source of their edits.
I have previously been in touch with officers from
this corporation, and in the past, they promised that
they will abide by OSM rules. If you get any
permission to share that number, I'm willing to
discuss this further with their users
[0]:
https://osmcha.org/filters?aoi=68b0b447-b692-47cd-ac6d-7be521e084b4
<https://osmcha.org/filters?aoi=68b0b447-b692-47cd-ac6d-7be521e084b4>
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On Fri, Jul 2, 2021 at 10:07 AM Jherome Miguel
<jheromemig...@gmail.com
<mailto:jheromemig...@gmail.com>> wrote:
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From: *Jherome Miguel* <jheromemig...@gmail.com
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Date: Thu, Jul 1, 2021 at 8:04 PM
Subject: Re: Another user possibly illegal copying
from GMaps
To: Eugene Alvin Villar <sea...@gmail.com
<mailto:sea...@gmail.com>>
Just received reply (in Tagalog) from user, asking
me to contact by phone, but as I’m in Canada,
could discuss it on-site instead. I’m in a middle
of a mass revert of edits around BF Homes when I
received their PM.
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