What a bummer. I went through all the ways in California, and half of them were in Orange County where I live, so I was able to confirm / fix them via public sources - two changelists reflect the confirmation and various fixes I made while I was in the area.
https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/51485799 https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/51486963 The rest are all but one in San Diego (one is in Los Angeles); those marked OK in the first column can be removed from the revert list; if anybody else has good data for San Diego, then perhaps we can deal with the rest of California, which is (sadly) only a small part of the area of concern. 5949993,"California","United States of America" Tulagi Road, San Diego 5957171,"California","United States of America" South M Avenue, San Diego 5959592,"California","United States of America" East B Road, San Diego 5959593,"California","United States of America" East B Road, San Diego 5960070,"California","United States of America" East F Road, San Diego 5963118,"California","United States of America" Kingston Court East, San Diego 5963190,"California","United States of America" Kingston Court South, San Diego 5963214,"California","United States of America" Kingston Court West, San Diego 5963786,"California","United States of America" East I Road, San Diego 5964547,"California","United States of America" South R Avenue, San Diego 5965288,"California","United States of America" McCain Boulevard, San Diego 5965292,"California","United States of America" McCain Boulevard, San Diego xx 5969001,"California","United States of America" 4th Sttreet -- fixed to "4th Street but" not confirmed 5969167,"California","United States of America" North 4th Street, San Diego 5970892,"California","United States of America" McCain West Boulevard, San Diego 5994791,"California","United States of America" East G Road, San Diego 5999933,"California","United States of America" East H Road, San Diego 6006131,"California","United States of America" East J Road, North Island Coronado 6012862,"California","United States of America" Hangar Road, North Island Coronado 6014150,"California","United States of America" South O Street, North Island Coronado 6017745,"California","United States of America" Avenida de las Arenas, San Diego 6020277,"California","United States of America" South Cays Court San Diego 6020279,"California","United States of America" South Cays Court San Diego 6026197,"California","United States of America" North Caribe Cay Boulevard San Diego 6049589,"California","United States of America" O'Keefe Street San Diego 13337365,"California","United States of America" 55th Place / Los Angeles #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # all these in Coto de Caza, Orange County California and confirmed/fixed OK 13340935,"California","United States of America" Kingfisher Court OK 13345902,"California","United States of America" Bentley Road OK 31793666,"California","United States of America" Bordeaux / Coto OK 31793683,"California","United States of America" Endicott / Coto OK 31793688,"California","United States of America" Taiga / Coto OK 31793691,"California","United States of America" Weather Ledge (was Weatherledge) fixed OK 31793693,"California","United States of America" Tucson / Coto OK 31793694,"California","United States of America" Lone Wolf OK 31793706,"California","United States of America" Loam OK 31793713,"California","United States of America" Shale OK 31793722,"California","United States of America" Vela Court OK 31793742,"California","United States of America" Wandering River OK 31793744,"California","United States of America" Hickory Fork OK 31793748,"California","United States of America" Sky Meadow (was plural) fixed OK 31793754,"California","United States of America" Fair Valley (location was wrong) fixed OK 31793759,"California","United States of America" Bent Oak OK 31793760,"California","United States of America" Slate Springs OK 31793763,"California","United States of America" Black Walnut OK 31793765,"California","United States of America" Knotty Oak Circle OK 31793766,"California","United States of America" Tortoise Shell OK 31793777,"California","United States of America" Weber Lane OK 31793778,"California","United States of America" Marchin Drive ( was Marchin Lane) fixed OK 31793780,"California","United States of America" Long View Drive OK 31793782,"California","United States of America" Roberts Drive OK 31793783,"California","United States of America" Taylynn Court OK 31793788,"California","United States of America" Running Brook Drive OK 31793790,"California","United States of America" Leatherwood Court OK 31793793,"California","United States of America" Rand Court OK 31793794,"California","United States of America" Hawthorne Lane OK 31793795,"California","United States of America" Salinger Court OK 31793801,"California","United States of America" Sharon Lane OK 31793808,"California","United States of America" Victoria Lane OK 31793829,"California","United States of America" Madeline Court OK 31793842,"California","United States of America" Stevenson Lane OK 31793847,"California","United States of America" Keats Court OK 31793878,"California","United States of America" Elliot Lane OK 31793883,"California","United States of America" Raeburn Lane OK 31793892,"California","United States of America" Thurston Drive OK 31793893,"California","United States of America" Addington Place OK 31793896,"California","United States of America" Raeburn Lane OK 31793908,"California","United States of America" Rosana Way #------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 33407712,"California","United States of America" Via Azul, San Diego OK 35343440,"California","United States of America" Bentley Road, Coto de Caza OK 35343441,"California","United States of America" Hawthorne Lane, Coto de Caza 100741105,"California","United States of America" Via Azul, San Diego 108246340,"California","United States of America" Via Inez, San Diego 122741458,"California","United States of America" Via Arezzo, San Diego 122741459,"California","United States of America" Via Arezzo, San Diego 122741464,"California","United States of America" Camino de la Rosa, San Diego 122741465,"California","United States of America" Via Fiesta, San Diego 122741466,"California","United States of America" Via Vivaldi, San Diego 122741467,"California","United States of America" Via Landini, San Diego 122741468,"California","United States of America" Via Bellini, San Diego 122741469,"California","United States of America" Via Bellini, San Diego 122741699,"California","United States of America" Camino de la Luna, San Diego 122741702,"California","United States of America" Delfina Drive, San Diego 122741703,"California","United States of America" Caminito Lazanja, San Diego 122741969,"California","United States of America" Lazanja Pass, San Diego 122741970,"California","United States of America" Caminito Santaluz Sur, San Diego 122741971,"California","United States of America" Caminito Santaluz Sur, San Diego 122741974,"California","United States of America" Caminito Santaluz Sur, San Diego 122741976,"California","United States of America" Entrada Lazanja, San Diego 122741978,"California","United States of America" Garden Trail, San Diego 122741990,"California","United States of America" Camino de la Rosa, San Diego 122742004,"California","United States of America" Garden Court, San Diego 122742005,"California","United States of America" Garden Terrace, San Diego 123698524,"California","United States of America" La Media Road, San Diego 123698533,"California","United States of America" Drucker Lane, San Diego OK 129282435,"California","United States of America" Falconridge Drive, Coto de Caza OK 129282441,"California","United States of America" River Rock Drive, Coto de Caza OK 129282443,"California","United States of America" Winston Drive, Coto de Caza OK 129282444,"California","United States of America" Flax Court, Coto de Caza OK 129282448,"California","United States of America" Devonwood Drive, Coto de Caza OK 129282450,"California","United States of America" Dark Horse, Coto de Caza OK 129282451,"California","United States of America" Marble Creek Lane, Coto de Caza OK 129282454,"California","United States of America" Sandy Knoll, Coto de Caza OK 129282456,"California","United States of America" Wellbrook Place, Coto de Caza 155532857,"California","United States of America" Via Verrazzano, San Diego 155532858,"California","United States of America" Via Verrazzano, San Diego 158079931,"California","United States of America" Firenze Lane, San Diego 158079932,"California","United States of America" Andante Lane, San Diego 158079934,"California","United States of America" Crescendo Lane, San Diego 158079935,"California","United States of America" Rancho Catalina Trail, San Diego 158079936,"California","United States of America" Rancho Ventana Trail, San Diego 158079937,"California","United States of America" Allegretto Lane, San Diego 158079938,"California","United States of America" Sondrio Lane, San Diego 158079939,"California","United States of America" Corelli Lane, San Diego 158079940,"California","United States of America" Soprano Lane, San Diego 158079941,"California","United States of America" Rancho Cabrillo Trail, San Diego Happy Mappy. Steve --- Stephen J Friedl | Security Consultant | UNIX Wizard | 714 345-4571 [email protected] | Southern California | Windows Guy | unixwiz.net -----Original Message----- From: Frederik Ramm [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2017 6:50 AM To: Talk Openstreetmap <[email protected]>; [email protected] Openstreetmap <[email protected]> Subject: [Talk-us] Redacting 75,000 street names contributed by user chdr Hi, in 2010 I was privately contacted by another OSM user with the suspicion that user "chdr" might be copying names from Google maps (there were few "easter eggs" in Oman that were only on Google and not in the real world, and they suddenly popped up on OSM). "chdr" was contacted at the time, but continued unfazed. In 2013 another mapper lodged a complaint with DWG about edits by chdr, and I emailed chdr asking him about his sources. At that point chdr stopped mapping. He never replied about his sources though, even when I set an ultimatum (of 31st August 2013) threatening to remove all names he contributed if he can't tell us his source. We do have to assume that all names contributed by chdr are copyright violations. (chdr has added names all around the world, making a harmless survey unlikely.) For various reasons I neglected to act on this, and was only reminded now, 5 years later, when DWG received a complaint from a user in Brazil where chdr has even used "source=google" occasionally. (But as I said, the suspicion is that Google was used throughout.) I have now compiled a list of all street names that were contributed by chdr and are still visible today; we're talking about almost 75,000 street names world wide. The most affected countries are: 18023 "United States of America" 16345 "Mexico" 15109 "Brazil" 6791 "RSA" 2802 "Spain" 2614 "Australia" 1923 "Argentina" 1673 "Nigeria" 1569 "India" 1441 "Canada" 954 "Malaysia" 744 "Botswana" 717 "Philippines" 619 "Indonesia" 553 "Italy" 414 "Turkey" 290 "Hungary" 284 "Chile" 250 "Kenya" 127 "Saudi Arabia" 107 "Paraguay" 106 "Panama" 100 "Morocco" I've left out those countries with less than 100 affected ways. For the US, I can break it down by state: 5696 "Arizona" 5116 "Texas" 2294 "New York" 1164 "District of Columbia" 740 "Iowa" 494 "Colorado" 416 "New Jersey" 339 "Illinois" 268 "Michigan" 239 "Pennsylvania" 181 "Missouri" 147 "Georgia" 129 "New Mexico" 123 "North Carolina" 115 "California" 106 "Virginia" The breakdown for Mexico: 7749 "Baja California" 2084 "Puebla" 1964 "Chihuahua" 1539 "Coahuila" 1161 "Mexico" 1040 "Chiapas" 342 "Tamaulipas" 241 "Sonora" 185 "San Luis Potosi" 129 "New Mexico" and Brazil: 10904 "São Paulo" 2605 "Paraná" 945 "Rio de Janeiro" 270 "Rio Grande do Sul" 154 "Goiás" and South Africa: 4422 "Gauteng" 750 "KwaZulu-Natal" 600 "Eastern Cape" 439 "Western Cape" 400 "Northern Cape" 179 "Mpumalanga" - each time leaving out a couple others under 100. We believe that only names, not geometries have been taken from other maps so we'll remove and redact the names only. In identifying "names contributed by chdr" I took care to really only pick up the names that were introduced by them, not names that were there before, and also when chdr split a way that had a name I will make sure that the newly created way doesn't count as "named by chdr". Additionally, I have ignored those cases where chdr simply performed a TIGER expansion (St->Street etc) of a name that was there before. My process has two weak points (that I am aware of): 1. It doesn't properly "follow" a chrdr-contributed name through way splits performed by other users; if someone has split a way created by chdr, then the name will remain on the bit that was created by this user. This is somewhat unsatisfying but after having manually checked a random sample I think the problem is small enough to be ignored. 2. It is possible that, like with a recent case in Switzerland where I had to do a similar redaction, some of these chdr-contributed names will have been confirmed by others in a survey, i.e. someone else surveyed the area and checked the name, but saw no need to change it in any way since it was already correct. Sadly my process will now remove the name even though, had the name not been there in the first place, that person could have added the name. This is not nice but I don't see how it could be avoided. Here's a list of way IDs affected, with country and state: http://www.remote.org/frederik/tmp/chdr.details I am trying to keep the damage to OSM to a minimum while at the same time respecting copyright. If anyone wants to spot check a few names in their area and can suggest a refinement of the process that would leave more names in place because there's reason to assume they are legit, I'm all ears. It has been suggested to me that even if names in the US were taken from Google, Google would in turn have had them from TIGER and hence we could simply leave them be. I am not convinced of this reasoning but willing to hear that case argued. It is sad that chdr isn't available for comment but I must take their silence as an admission of wrongdoing. I will fire off another message to them pointing to this thread. Bye Frederik -- Frederik Ramm ## eMail [email protected] ## N49°00'09" E008°23'33" _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
