On 2017.01.30. 21:16, Andy Townsend wrote: > On 27/01/2017 22:49, ajt1...@gmail.com wrote: >> On 27/01/2017 06:20, Will Senechal wrote: >>> I'll try to keep an eye on activity around here, and will try to >>> continue updating my area. >> >> They've just "edited" again, and I've blocked in >> http://www.openstreetmap.org/user_blocks/1169 , so I'd be grateful if >> people could keep an eye out for other problematical edits in the area >> from other names too... > > The Data Working Group have just had a mail from the mapper saying that > although the _previous_ ones were fake, their _last_ edit > http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/45573753 was actually valid (and > said "If there needs to be photographs taken I will gladly"). I replied > suggesting that they might want to post here to explain what happened, > and accepted their offer of photgraphic evidence. I have to say I'm > still somewhat sceptical - the features in > http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/45573753 were remarkably > Pokemon-friendly, and the "cars parked in something now mapped as a duck > pond" made it seem even more unlikely.
i commented on the changeset, asking for mapillary images. plain photos might be taken who-knows-where, but faking the location for mapillary would likely be too much effort :) > I'd be delighted to be wrong of course - it'd be great if this really > was someone trying to map real things (but perhaps not making a very > good job of it as this is their first non-fake edit). If anyone's in a > position to check the validity or otherwise of it please do (you can > visualise the change in > https://overpass-api.de/achavi/?changeset=45573753 - some things should > be easy to spot like the stream > https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/469546360/history "Glen Meadows > Subterrain Spring"). > > Best Regards, > > Andy -- Rihards _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us