Bots are said to be harvesting OpenStreetMap data on a large scale. This costs money and endangers the project.
    • infeeeee@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Some people write that to changeset comment. Osmcha even flags changesets using such terms automatically.

      If something is suspicious, I can ask them in a comment. They can lie, but most people do this because they don’t know it’s illegal.

      • Niquarl@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        1 month ago

        Oh didn’t realise that. I’ve definitely seen people use Google’s street view as an aid for double checking at least I suppose before