Hi, On 6/15/19 4:29 PM, Paul Johnson wrote: > I'm not against companies for hire mapping, but...do we have any > guidelines actually requiring them to accurately geocode what they're > bringing? Kind of feel like most of my dedicated mapping time is now > spent dealing with SEO spam and low quality brand location data.
We have organised editing guidelines that cover these kinds of jobs. The guidelines set some quality expectations and also request that people explain what they are doing *before* they do it, allowing us to ask questions like "how do you intend to geocode stuff" etc. https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Organised_Editing_Guidelines It makes total sense to point out these guidelines to any commercial mappers you encounter; if nothing else, this will divide those who want to play by the rules from those who don't give a shit. Not following the organised editing guidelines is not a rule violation in itself, but if not following the guidelines leads to bona fide mappers like yourself saying "most of my dedicated mapping time is now spent dealing with SEO spam and low quality brand location data." then this is clearly a case where the guidelines need to be enforced, and I'm more than happy to block any and all organised mapping teams who willfully disregard the guidelines and cause trouble down the line because of that. The guidelines are fairly new and haven't "arrived" in the community the same way the import or automated edit rules have, but I hope that awareness about this is growing, and everyday hobbyist mappers will start pointing out these rules to organiesed editors they encounter. Bye Frederik -- Frederik Ramm ## eMail frede...@remote.org ## N49°00'09" E008°23'33" _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
