On 02/12/2021 10:35, Adam Horan wrote:
In the last 2 weeks a handful of users have added or edited 182 beaches in Victoria.

Each changeset contains 1 beach, there's a closed way for the beach and there's a name. The changeset will reference Bing orĀ Esri World Imagery (Clarity) Beta as the imagery, and iD is used. The beach drawn typically doesn't match the imagery, although sometimes it does. There's no clue on the source of the name - you can't get the name from an aerial photo...

This is the query I used https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1dGR if you run it note that the updates are limited to VIC.

There's a handful of users doing this, and they're all fresh accounts with 'realistic' names, and all they've done is add beaches.

https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Ryan__Williams/history
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Finnegan%20BARNES/history
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Elly%20Gresle/history
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/alana%20labagnara/history

What to do?



I'd suggest initially sending a "hello and welcome to OSM" message via changeset discussion (so that everything can see) and then asking (nicely) where they got the name from.

It might indeed be a "stealth import"; but it might also be something like a school project, and trying to engage them in conversation will help tell the difference.

Best Regards,

Andy




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