Thanks to both for the clarification. The way it was written it implied
bona fide editors were deliberately adding false POIs to catch vandals.
Now that I understand, I'm not sure they should be considered vandals.
There appears to be no malice, just incompetence & laziness.
Dave F.
On 12/02/2015 12:45, Marc Gemis wrote:
As far as I see it:
The author says that it is pretty easy to vandalise OSM data, even
without creating an account. You just have to make a note with some
fake information and wait until an armchair mapper picks up the note,
does no verification on the ground and adds the POI.
He shows 2 notes that he created to proof his point. He just tries to
warn other mappers not to follow the text in the notes without
verifying it on the ground.
regards
m
On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 1:13 PM, Dave F. <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hi
http://www.weeklyosm.eu/archives/2388
Under 'Community' there a bullet point titled "guide to vandalism”
in OSM?
As my French is very poor, could someone translate & expand on the
process. Why is "false POI" being added to notes? It seems similar
to entrapment from what is written.
Dave F.
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