[OSM-talk] Call for verification (Was: Re: VANDALISM !)

2020-08-22 Thread pangoSE
Hi 80hnhtv4agou--- via talk skrev: (22 augusti 2020 03:06:37 CEST) >ย  >Also there is no wiki on unverified edits. >ย  In OSM we don't yet have an established system for verification or accurate machine readable references for the data to my knowledge. This means the whole database is basicall

Re: [OSM-talk] Call for verification (Was: Re: VANDALISM !)

2020-08-22 Thread Mateusz Konieczny via talk
"It a playground with half-ass quality more than an authoritative and verified source of information (like e.g. Wikipedia)" I am not sure whatever you claim that Wikipedia is "playground with half-ass quality" or "authoritative and verified source of information". Though any of this claims would

Re: [OSM-talk] Use of OSM data without attribution

2020-08-22 Thread Simon Poole
To add to what Andy has already said, complaints about people using private paths etc are relatively common, not a large number in absolute terms, but there tend to be a couple each month which either land with the DWG, or LWG, or naturally with the local community (I've handled a couple of them wi

Re: [OSM-talk] Call for verification (Was: Re: VANDALISM !)

2020-08-22 Thread pangoSE
Here is yet another example of bad data in our database: Originalmeddelande Frรฅn: Martijn van Exel Skickat: 22 augusti 2020 00:33:24 CEST Till: talk@openstreetmap.org ร„mne: Re: [OSM-talk] Use of OSM data without attribution Curious anecdote: some AllTrails user apparently looke

Re: [OSM-talk] Call for verification (Was: Re: VANDALISM !)

2020-08-22 Thread Mateusz Konieczny via talk
Nobody claims OpenStreetMap data contains no mistakes. Are you really expecting that we will be shocked by proof that some data somewhere is wrong? I would be able to post one mail per minute with examples of serious mistakes, forever - even after my death, as it would be fairly easy to automate

Re: [OSM-talk] [Tagging] [Talk-us] VANDALISM !

2020-08-22 Thread Mateusz Konieczny via talk
Thanks to DWG for taking this action. Aug 22, 2020, 03:35 by claysmal...@gmail.com: > For those who aren't following, the DWG recently decided on a two-day ban for > the person who posted this, for the exact behavior they're exhibiting right > now: > https://www.openstreetmap.org/user_blocks/38

Re: [OSM-talk] Call for verification (Was: Re: VANDALISM !)

2020-08-22 Thread pangoSE
Hi ๐Ÿ˜€ Mateusz Konieczny skrev: (22 augusti 2020 09:55:10 CEST) >"It a playground with half-ass quality more than an authoritative and >verified source of information (like e.g. Wikipedia)" > >I am not sure whatever you claim that >Wikipedia is >"playground with half-ass quality" or >"authoritativ

Re: [OSM-talk] Call for verification (Was: Re: VANDALISM !)

2020-08-22 Thread pangoSE
Hi again Mateusz Konieczny via talk skrev: (22 augusti 2020 10:20:51 CEST) >Nobody claims OpenStreetMap data contains no mistakes. > >Are you really expecting that we will be shocked by proof that >some data somewhere is wrong? No. Are you shocked by my constructive criticism and constructive s

Re: [OSM-talk] Call for verification (Was: Re: VANDALISM !)

2020-08-22 Thread Mateusz Konieczny via talk
(1) Wikipedia may strongly encourage or mandate it in theory, but there are still edits being made without any citations (2) Wikipedia is explicitly forbidding original research, OSM is explicitly encouraging it The best edits are where people map things not mapped anywhere else, or at least not

Re: [OSM-talk] Call for verification (Was: Re: VANDALISM !)

2020-08-22 Thread Alan Mackie
On Sat, 22 Aug 2020, 09:28 pangoSE, wrote: > Hi ๐Ÿ˜€ > > Mateusz Konieczny skrev: (22 augusti 2020 > 09:55:10 CEST) > >"It a playground with half-ass quality more than an authoritative and > >verified source of information (like e.g. Wikipedia)" > > > >I am not sure whatever you claim that > >Wikip

[OSM-talk] New API suggestion: Allowing contributors to easily track their OSM-objects over time

2020-08-22 Thread pangoSE
Hi I would like to track all objects that I ever created or edited. I suggest we implement a system to make this easy. I suggest we create a new system that is updated every time a changeset is uploaded. The new system tracks userids and osmids and date of last change/edit. When I create or edi

Re: [OSM-talk] [Tagging] Call for verification (Was: Re: VANDALISM !)

2020-08-22 Thread pangoSE
Thanks for sharing. I have no intention of contacting the user in question. It was just an illustrative example. I don't know why this was posted to the tagging list. I intend to keep this discussion on the talk list so please respond there to keep the discussion together. Cj Malone skrev: (

[OSM-talk] Let's think about how we use mailing lists (was: Re: Call for verification (Was: Re: VANDALISM !))

2020-08-22 Thread Andy Townsend
On 22/08/2020 09:12, pangoSE wrote: Here is yet another example of bad data in our database: (to "pangoSE", via the list): Sometimes it helps to think about how we react to things in the spur of the moment.ย  Martijn's anecdote was about something that he mapped 9 years ago that was _correct

Re: [OSM-talk] Call for verification (Was: Re: VANDALISM !)

2020-08-22 Thread pangoSE
Hi ๐Ÿ˜€ Mateusz Konieczny skrev: (22 augusti 2020 10:51:49 CEST) >(1) Wikipedia may strongly encourage or mandate it in theory, but there >are >still edits being made without any citations Yeah I know, but the point is its really hard to create a new article in WP without references without it be

Re: [OSM-talk] New API suggestion: Allowing contributors to easily track their OSM-objects over time

2020-08-22 Thread Andrew Harvey
I think you can set this up with OSM Hall Monitor https://github.com/ethan-nelson/osm_hall_monitor by tracking all the objects you touch and setting them up as subscriptions. Personally I found it easier to just subscribe to my whole city in OSMCha. Nothing is stopping such a system being built a

Re: [OSM-talk] Call for verification (Was: Re: VANDALISM !)

2020-08-22 Thread Andrew Harvey
On Sat, 22 Aug 2020 at 18:28, pangoSE wrote: > Hi ๐Ÿ˜€ > > Mateusz Konieczny skrev: (22 augusti 2020 > 09:55:10 CEST) > >"It a playground with half-ass quality more than an authoritative and > >verified source of information (like e.g. Wikipedia)" > > > >I am not sure whatever you claim that > >Wik

Re: [OSM-talk] Let's think about how we use mailing lists (was: Re: Call for verification (Was: Re: VANDALISM !))

2020-08-22 Thread pangoSE
Thanks for the heads up. Words are really powerful so its wise to weigh them carefully before disclosure. I have no intentions of highlighting the errors of others just for the sake of it. Individual errors are not interesting, but they can give input to a healthy discussion. I have ideas fo

Re: [OSM-talk] Call for verification (Was: Re: VANDALISM !)

2020-08-22 Thread Jo
On Sat, Aug 22, 2020, 11:30 pangoSE wrote: > Hi ๐Ÿ˜€ > > Mateusz Konieczny skrev: (22 augusti 2020 > 10:51:49 CEST) > >(1) Wikipedia may strongly encourage or mandate it in theory, but there > >are > >still edits being made without any citations > > Yeah I know, but the point is its really hard to

Re: [OSM-talk] Call for verification (Was: Re: VANDALISM !)

2020-08-22 Thread Mateusz Konieczny via talk
Aug 22, 2020, 11:28 by pang...@riseup.net: > Hi ๐Ÿ˜€ > > Mateusz Konieczny skrev: (22 augusti 2020 10:51:49 > CEST) > >(1) Wikipedia may strongly encourage or mandate it in theory, but there > >are > >still edits being made without any citations > > Yeah I know, but the point is its really hard

Re: [OSM-talk] New API suggestion: Allowing contributors to easily track their OSM-objects over time

2020-08-22 Thread Andy Townsend
On 22/08/2020 10:32, Andrew Harvey wrote: Nothing is stopping such a system being built at the moment as a 3rd party service, just needs someone motivated enough to build and support it. Yes - exactly that. Until such time as someone writes a "mailing list post to software translator"* it

Re: [OSM-talk] Call for verification (Was: Re: VANDALISM !)

2020-08-22 Thread pangoSE
Hi Jo skrev: (22 augusti 2020 11:44:49 CEST) >On Sat, Aug 22, 2020, 11:30 pangoSE wrote: > >> Hi ๐Ÿ˜€ >> >> Mateusz Konieczny skrev: (22 augusti 2020 >> 10:51:49 CEST) >> >(1) Wikipedia may strongly encourage or mandate it in theory, but >there >> >are >> >still edits being made without any citati

[OSM-talk] Default access rights (was: Re: Use of OSM data without attribution)

2020-08-22 Thread Andy Townsend
On 22/08/2020 08:56, Simon Poole wrote: To add to what Andy has already said, complaints about people using private paths etc are relatively common, not a large number in absolute terms, but there tend to be a couple each month which either land with the DWG, or LWG, or naturally with the local c

Re: [OSM-talk] New API suggestion: Allowing contributors to easily track their OSM-objects over time

2020-08-22 Thread Andy Townsend
> How/where was the notes addition proposed and implemented? If I remember correctly, it was done as a "Google Summer of Code" project - effectively a sponsorship deal.ย  However, that project requires a clone of the OSM website, which is a much harder job than merely doing something with OSM d

Re: [OSM-talk] Call for verification (Was: Re: VANDALISM !)

2020-08-22 Thread Alan Mackie
On Sat, 22 Aug 2020 at 11:02, pangoSE wrote: > Hi > > Jo skrev: (22 augusti 2020 11:44:49 CEST) > >On Sat, Aug 22, 2020, 11:30 pangoSE wrote: > > > >> Hi ๐Ÿ˜€ > >> > >> Mateusz Konieczny skrev: (22 augusti 2020 > >> 10:51:49 CEST) > >> >(1) Wikipedia may strongly encourage or mandate it in theory

Re: [OSM-talk] New API suggestion: Allowing contributors to easily track their OSM-objects over time

2020-08-22 Thread mmd
On 2020-08-22 11:08, pangoSE wrote: > The system can then be queried lke this: > > IMPLEMENTATION SUGGESTION: > > GET Openstreetmap.org/api/userobjects/pangoSE > Outputs objects for user pangoSE with the oldest first (outputs 10 > entries, &offset can be used to get more, &size can be used to out

Re: [OSM-talk] New API suggestion: Allowing contributors to easily track their OSM-objects over time

2020-08-22 Thread Simon Poole
As, independent of any other concerns, a matter of good form, I would want to point out that there is no such thing as ownership of OSM-objects, and discussing a concept of "their OSM-objects" is starting the discussion on the wrong foot. Am 22.08.2020 um 11:08 schrieb pangoSE: > Hi > > I would li

Re: [OSM-talk] Call for verification (Was: Re: VANDALISM !)

2020-08-22 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
sent from a phone > On 22. Aug 2020, at 10:15, pangoSE wrote: > > Here is yet another example of bad data in our database: fix it ;-) Of course OpenStreetMap contains errors, just like any other source, and probably more, given that most contributors are laymen and have very few experienc

Re: [OSM-talk] New API suggestion: Allowing contributors to easily track their OSM-objects over time

2020-08-22 Thread pangoSE
Hi mmd ๐Ÿ˜€ mmd skrev: (22 augusti 2020 13:41:00 CEST) >On 2020-08-22 11:08, pangoSE wrote: >> The system can then be queried lke this: >> >> IMPLEMENTATION SUGGESTION: >> >> GET Openstreetmap.org/api/userobjects/pangoSE >> Outputs objects for user pangoSE with the oldest first (outputs 10 >> entr

Re: [OSM-talk] New API suggestion: Allowing contributors to easily track their OSM-objects over time

2020-08-22 Thread pangoSE
Hi Simon Den Sat, 22 Aug 2020 14:22:07 +0200 skrev Re: [OSM-talk] New API suggestion: Allowing contributors to easily track their OSM-objects over time: > As, independent of any other concerns, a matter of good form, I would > want to point out that there is no such thing as ownership of > OSM-ob

Re: [OSM-talk] New API suggestion: Allowing contributors to easily track their OSM-objects over time

2020-08-22 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
sent from a phone > On 22. Aug 2020, at 19:44, pangoSE wrote: > > Maybe we should first add permanent ids (new table) and reference that. we do have permanent ids for nodes, ways and relations. ;-) What kind of permanent ids do you want? For some more abstract concept like a road with a spe

Re: [OSM-talk] New API suggestion: Allowing contributors to easily track their OSM-objects over time

2020-08-22 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
sent from a phone > On 22. Aug 2020, at 19:44, pangoSE wrote: > > So one new table for permanent ids that is updated every time: > * a node is created or deleted > * a way is created from scratch or deleted > * a relation is created from scratch or deleted > * a way is converted to a relation

Re: [OSM-talk] New API suggestion: Allowing contributors to easily track their OSM-objects over time

2020-08-22 Thread stevea
One of the best suggestions I and others have made to pangoSE regarding this proposal is a very strong use case or solid, easily-grasped geographically-based examples of a problem (exclusively or largely unsolvable in OSM today, with today's data and tools) that would make for a solvable proble

Re: [OSM-talk] New API suggestion: Allowing contributors to easily track their OSM-objects over time

2020-08-22 Thread mmd
On 2020-08-22 19:55, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > What kind of permanent ids do you want? For some more abstract concept like a > road with a specific name? A shop? A building? If thereโ€™s a way tagged with > building=supermarket, shop=supermarket, name=Foo, and you add a permanent id > to it. Th

Re: [OSM-talk] Call for verification (Was: Re: VANDALISM !)

2020-08-22 Thread 80hnhtv4agou--- via talk
>it was one person in CA adding 400 unverified tags to rail service in chicago. >ย  >one just 818 m, away from my home. >ย  >>Saturday, August 22, 2020 12:32 PM -05:00 from Martin Koppenhoefer < >>dieterdre...@gmail.com >: >> >>sent from a phone >>ย  >>> On 22. Aug 2020, at 10:15, pangoSE < pang...@

Re: [OSM-talk] [Talk-transit] Call for verification (Was: Re: VANDALISM !)

2020-08-22 Thread Clay Smalley
Everyone knows who you're talking about at this point, and nobody cares. Use the remaining day or so of your temporary ban to work on some hobbies outside of OpenStreetMap. And be careful about who you say isn't local. I'm moving to Northern Indiana next week and I'll certainly get the chance to s

Re: [OSM-talk] Call for verification (Was: Re: VANDALISM !)

2020-08-22 Thread Shawn K. Quinn
On 8/22/20 03:20, Mateusz Konieczny via talk wrote: > Nobody claims OpenStreetMap data contains no mistakes. There are a lot of cases where OSM data is better than that in Google Maps, Mapquest, Bing Maps, etc. Unfortunately there are also a lot of cases where the converse is true; in particular,

Re: [OSM-talk] Call for verification (Was: Re: VANDALISM !)

2020-08-22 Thread Shawn K. Quinn
On 8/22/20 03:26, pangoSE wrote: > I meant that a verification system does exist in Wikipedia and they > now require references on all statements to keep up the quality of > the articles which is sane IMO. We have no such system. The big, huge difference between Wikipedia and OSM is that Wikipedia

Re: [OSM-talk] New API suggestion: Allowing contributors to easily track their OSM-objects over time

2020-08-22 Thread pangoSE
Hi Martin :) Den Sat, 22 Aug 2020 19:55:16 +0200 skrev Re: [OSM-talk] New API suggestion: Allowing contributors to easily track their OSM-objects over time: > sent from a phone > > > On 22. Aug 2020, at 19:44, pangoSE wrote: > > > > Maybe we should first add permanent ids (new table) and refer

Re: [OSM-talk] Call for verification (Was: Re: VANDALISM !)

2020-08-22 Thread pangoSE
Hi Shawn "Shawn K. Quinn" skrev: (23 augusti 2020 00:31:28 CEST) >On 8/22/20 03:26, pangoSE wrote: >> I meant that a verification system does exist in Wikipedia and they >> now require references on all statements to keep up the quality of >> the articles which is sane IMO. We have no such system