(Apologies for cross-posting) Hi all, I am an academic researcher and I am studying the issue of vandalism in OpenStreetMap (see http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Vandalism <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Vandalism> for a general discussion). I am very interested in the motivations that lead users to vandalise OpenStreetMap. Can you point me to specific instances of vandalism that have an *identifiable reason*?
Examples might include: - People changing borders of countries in conflict zones - People renaming famous places with their name/interests - Companies damaging data to prevent competition (such as the alleged vandalism by Google’s contractors) - People damaging symbolic places (e.g. deletion of the White House or the Eiffel Tower) - People damaging data to bully locals/other users - People creating imaginary places - People who are frustrated with the editing tools and start using them to damage data Thanks in advance for sharing your experiences! Mulone -- View this message in context: http://gis.19327.n5.nabble.com/Interesting-cases-of-vandalism-tp5750346.html Sent from the General Discussion mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
