When I'm out taking pictures for later entry into OSM, I bring a bunch of business cards to hand out. The card has my name, phone number, email and the OSM website. I do this because I'm hoping to get interested businesses to add more data to OSM. But giving the staff a card might also lessen their concerns. And it does help spread the word about OSM.
Clifford On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 9:39 AM Jmapb <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi USA, just wanted to bring up an issue that I've run into recently > while mapping businesses in NYC. > > Whenever I'm walking through the city, I tend to whip out the phone and > check for anything missing, incorrect, or incomplete. Often this means > pausing in front of a restaurant and keying in contact info or opening > hours. Sometimes I also take pictures with the intention of adding tags > later. > > There have always been a few who treat this sort of thing with suspicion > -- especially taking pictures. But a couple times lately I've met with > outright hostility from restaurant staff when taking down their data. > One owner complained he was sick of "people from websites posting his > information." Turns out the culprits were food delivery services, who > had been offering delivery from his place without authorization. I plead > my innocence, but this guy was in no mood to appreciate the differences > between a crowdsourced map project and a move-fast-and-break-things > delivery startup. > > I discussed this with a friend of mine who owns a restaurant, and he > recounted a similar story -- an angry customer calling the restaurant to > complain about a late delivery. This restaurant doesn't do delivery, and > has never partnered with any third parties for delivery. But a food > delivery startup (I'm not naming names... actually I can't even keep > them straight) apparently scouted their location, imported the menu > (which changes often and is not posted on the web), and listed the > restaurant as a delivery client -- all without even informing the > restaurant, much less attempting to make any sort of agreement. They > wouldn't even take down the listing when confronted -- figured they > could just bully their way into a business relationship. And they were > listing dishes that weren't even on the menu anymore! Though they took > them all down quickly when the restaurant's lawyer called. > > Don't know how common these sort of predatory tactics are outside NYC, > but fair warning, there may be businesses out there who are no longer > delighted at the thought of someone "from the internet" taking notice of > their publicly-posted information. > > Happy mapping, Jason > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > -- @osm_seattle osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch
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