What about not adding restrictions to the rights, but implement some warning system?
We can use some "trust points" that are awarded for good mapping (objects that last on the map) Then warning points in each upload for possibly bad things (deleted nodes, removed tags, accidentally moving many nodes by same offset, etc ....) Then publish some feed or list of such edits above certain threshold - so they can be spotted and either marked as false positives (by trusted users) which will cause them to "lose" warning points (the more trusted user mark it, the more point lost), ultimately moving them off the list, or dealt with (reverted, etc ... - which will remove trust points from the user) Newcomer that deletes even single node can be spotted that way - and even older "trusted" people could be spotted if they start some massive vandalism or big error. As for "importing google maps" issue, we can mark some places that are known to have no coverage from allowed sources (Yahoo, french cadastre, ....) and every node there can trigger some warning points .... Point is, that suspicious edits (caused by lack of skill, human error or vandalism...) gets listed for people to review, while not limiting anybody. Martin _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
