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There are some edits, comments and notes that are very suspicious in OpenStreetMap. Fake pois and new tags. Notes that have meaning but in some random places. Comments to edits that human-like but dont make sense. But what are you describing is more likely to be a newbie in my opinion
November 8, 2025 at 10:25 AM
There are some edits, comments and notes that are very suspicious in OpenStreetMap. Fake pois and new tags. Notes that have meaning but in some random places. Comments to edits that human-like but dont make sense. But what are you describing is more likely to be a newbie in my opinion
HOTOSM is very newbie friendly. So it's more likely done by a person who just doesnt know better. Usually it's possible figure out logic. For example if suggested imagery is blurry and they dont switch then they can add imaginary objects. Wrong tags are usually because of how it's described in iD.
November 8, 2025 at 10:18 AM
HOTOSM is very newbie friendly. So it's more likely done by a person who just doesnt know better. Usually it's possible figure out logic. For example if suggested imagery is blurry and they dont switch then they can add imaginary objects. Wrong tags are usually because of how it's described in iD.
Not the same quality but it already exists. People use regular 360 cameras instead of fancy stuff that google uses. Mapillary, KartaView and Panoramax. OpenStreetMap even has few cameras that they lend in EU and US so people dont have to buy. For example in US: openstreetmap.us/news/2025/04...
OpenStreetMap US & Mapillary Present: Camera Grants 2.0
Last year over 10 million images were uploaded in the United States by the 2023 awardees of the OpenStreetMap US + Mapillary Camera Grant. Now, OSM US and Mapillary are back for round 2, with 40 camer...
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October 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Not the same quality but it already exists. People use regular 360 cameras instead of fancy stuff that google uses. Mapillary, KartaView and Panoramax. OpenStreetMap even has few cameras that they lend in EU and US so people dont have to buy. For example in US: openstreetmap.us/news/2025/04...
After Mapillary was sold to Facebook there were calls to switch to Panoramax which is open source and federated. But I dont know if uploading focus shifted or not and I think people often upload to multiple websites anyway.
October 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
After Mapillary was sold to Facebook there were calls to switch to Panoramax which is open source and federated. But I dont know if uploading focus shifted or not and I think people often upload to multiple websites anyway.