On Sat, 9 Feb 2019 10:54:16 +1000 Graeme Fitzpatrick <[email protected]> wrote:
> Does OSM recognise, & allow the mapping of, micronations as defined > areas? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micronation > > Was looking for something completely different :-) & just found this > https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/653287455#map=15/38.0034/-87.6183 > showing the "nation" of Pitchfork Union > https://micronations.wiki/wiki/Pitchfork_Union, complete with it's > Government Headquarters, Town Hall, military training areas, network > of roads, toll booths on the public roads giving access to the area, > 6m tall city wall & so on, none of which is visible in any overhead > or street level imagery I can find. > > Everything has been created by one user over the last couple of > months. > > Before contacting them to confirm that any of this stuff actually > exists, I thought I'd check to see if what they've done is allowed, > or if it counts as vandalism? > > Is there another way of handling this? My usual approach to micronations and fictional countries is to delete them, warn the user about mapping things that don't exist (yes, it's a form of vandalism), and point them at https://opengeofiction.net/ -- Mark _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
