The user in question now told me he's been using the Wisepilot app: http://www.appello.com/apps/wisepilot/ and seemed totally oblivious to it being a mystery, and that it creates strange and unhelpful notes in most cases.
I'm guessing Wisepilot doesn't make it very clear what happens when someone reports an error in the app. /Andreas On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 10:02 PM, Andreas Vilén <andreas.vi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Uhm, no, that's not it... Look at > http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/57.9221/12.5033&layers=N for > example. Also, at least 40-50 notes have been created on this exact > location: http://www.openstreetmap.org/note/215471 That leads me to > believe that that position is the "zero position" of the app used to create > these notes. > > It would be really great if the person who managed to figure out what app > creates these notes could speak out. The guy I contacted about this also > doesn't seem to want to answer questions... Why is everything so cryptic? > > /Andreas > > > On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 8:36 PM, John F. Eldredge <j...@jfeldredge.com> > wrote: > >> On 08/16/2014 01:34 AM, Mateusz Konieczny wrote: >> >> 2014-08-16 8:28 GMT+02:00 Maarten Deen <md...@xs4all.nl>: >> >>> On 2014-08-16 01:48, Andreas Vilén wrote: >>> >>>> This continues to be really annoying, and the obvious spam seems to >>>> cluster at a few locations, where 10-20 notes can be created with the >>>> same information. The maker of this app must be made clear that notes >>>> can't work like this, and users would at least be required to give >>>> some contact information. Most of the notes that come from this app >>>> are useless and will probably stay in the database forever. >>>> >>> >>> And the notes may be anonymous, but IMHO it is prudent to put in the >>> message or the metadata which app reported it. That way you don't have to >>> go on a wild goose chase to see where it is coming from. >>> >>> Maarten >>> >> >> If the useless notes are concentrated at a few points, it may mean that >> someone who lives there or passes through on a regular basis is >> alpha-testing or beta-testing an app. I agree that both a user contact and >> the identify of the app are needed. >> >> -- >> John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com >> "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. >> Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." >> Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> talk mailing list >> talk@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >> >> >
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