I can’t find the community forum thread where I originally learned about it, but here’s a BBC article discussing the downstream fallout for apps that use OSM data.

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-45354311

Reminds me of this asshole who vandalized openstreetmap a while back to “point out a security flaw”

By changing the names of a bunch of prominent buildings to racist terms

Yes. I’m a near surface geophysicist. So I don’t look for oil or minerals but I do try to figure out what’s going on underground without digging. Mostly looking for mine or karst voids under new construction.

I’m not from Canada, but because I have the natural human instinct to help people

Same boat here. I’m not a vegan (pescatarian) but it seems to me people are reacting (understandably) emotionally because everyone loves pets and wants the best for them.

I remember seeing this when I still used reddit, but forgot about it since then. Thanks for posting on Lemmy too! Signed up for the Beta

Sciatic pain is the worst. Only had what I would consider really bad once (maybe another 2-3 with fainter intense pain lasting a few weeks), but it can bring me to tears. Lying in bed trying to find a position for a moment of respite but it never comes

10am and later, I think

Same, like no need to get angry on my behalf. I am literally happy with this too

Short answer: yes

Pretty much all of the imagery options available on ID are orthoimagery, since that just means it’s been corrected to remove distortions from camera angle, lens, and topography.

Unfortunately, that doesn’t always make them perfectly accurate. The only good way to check if a particular dataset is accurate is to record GPS along a feature identifiable in the imagery and check out the offset.

Usually the best one to use is a more local survey that covers just the city (usually only done for larger cities). Also ones where the area you’re tracing has a more “overhead” camera angle (hard to trace when the top of tall buildings are very offset from their base).

I think the RapID editor automatically provides a few additional local imagery sets, depending on where you are working.

By using it. People don"t post freely when Aunty Carol is gonna comment and snitch

Gotcha makes sense now

Just kind of an asshole then I guess