piebro/osm-data huggingface dataset:
Myazyk (2016-04-12 17:28:15+00:00): просто подумав, що там зігненим службовий проїзд від вул Коновальця до будинку не може бути
mavl (2016-04-13 15:24:16+00:00): Здравствуйте. Вы указали адрес Денисовский переулок, 23. На сайте указан адрес Денисовский переулок, 23, стр.6. Я удалил адрес, так как он совпадает с адресом дома, в котором находится это заведение.  
Также убрал из названия прописные буквы.
literan (2016-04-13 12:28:58+00:00): Столовая это не ресторан
Hjart (2016-04-12 17:53:36+00:00): You are the operator of these things?
Dero Bike Racks (2016-04-12 17:56:57+00:00): We are the manufacturer. The customer (in this case DTU) takes responsibility for maintaining the equipment.
Hjart (2016-04-12 18:02:02+00:00): Ah, good.  Could be good to state this in your profile though.
Xelgen (2016-04-18 18:05:39+00:00): Reverting, please don't put types, titles, or categories of POIs in name tag. E.g. shop name can't be "Shop", so drinking water fountain name tag, shouldn' be "fountain".
Please, see http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Names#Name_is_the_name_only
j-wills (2016-04-13 11:57:50+00:00): Google????????
AndreyKoshelev (2016-04-13 13:56:38+00:00): Course not, my expirience and Mapbox like backgound.
Znaika (2020-09-03 18:03:04+00:00): Hallo.

Was ist das für eine Route über Moselstraße für den BUs 842? 
https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/6133113

Gab's die vor 4 Jahren? ich kenne solche nicht. Und zur Zeit finde ich auch nichts ähnliches bei SWN.

https://www.stadtwerke-neuss.de/nahverkehr/fahrplan#3

Danke und Gruß
Z.
naoliv (2016-04-12 18:16:22+00:00): Marcos, o que seria esse "castelo" que você criou?
Roger C Soares (2016-04-14 02:55:04+00:00): Inspecionei a região e não encontrei esses POIs. Changeset revertido.
poornibadrinath (2016-04-15 05:26:04+00:00): Hey, @Arie de Graaf
You should not be using Google/yahoo as a source of information for addition of any data on OSM. Look in here for more information - http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/FAQ#Why_don.27t_you_just_use_Google_Maps.2Fwhoever_for_your_data.3F
Also there is some excellent documentation about OSM here - http://learnosm.org/
Best,
 Poornima Badrinath
Deanna Earley (2016-04-26 11:35:15+00:00): This changeset has been reverted fully or in part by changeset 38884124.
下り専門 (2016-04-13 05:09:10+00:00): こんにちは。
日本の編集をレビューしている下り専門と申します。
名前に不要な空白を入れると検索できなくなって不便なので入れないようにしてください。
また段数は名前ではないので step_count=* タグに分離するのがよいと思います。
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/JA:Tag:highway=steps?uselang=ja
方法がわからなければご連絡ください。
rene78 (2016-04-12 21:08:44+00:00): "keine Bushaltestellen"?
rene78 (2016-04-12 21:09:38+00:00): "Mo-Su 00:00-00:00"?
literan (2016-04-13 13:20:46+00:00): задублировали, уже есть 3 года этот детский сад
Влад Лушин (2016-04-13 17:19:58+00:00): Я думал это я для себя отмечаю...
literan (2016-04-14 21:45:38+00:00): нет, изменения из maps.me сразу поступают в общую базу OSM, и весь мир наслаждается ими :-)
nammala (2016-04-26 06:30:36+00:00): Hey, @Arie de Graaf 
You should not be using Google/yahoo as a source of information for addition of any data on OSM. Look in here for more information - http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/FAQ#Why_don.27t_you_just_use_Google_Maps.2Fwhoever_for_your_data.3F
Also there is some excellent documentation about OSM here - http://learnosm.org/ 
Best, 
Krishna
Arie de Graaf (2016-04-26 06:49:26+00:00): Hello Krishna,

Thanks for the information. I will not use it anymore.

Regards, Arie
nammala (2016-04-26 08:45:09+00:00): Thank you so much 
Happy mapping

cheers,
krishna
Arie de Graaf (2016-04-26 09:37:58+00:00): Hello krishna,

Do you know how I can remove the source from the change set? I tried it, but can not find a way.

Regards, Arie
Deanna Earley (2016-04-26 11:04:22+00:00): Can you confirm which data has been taken from Google?
This will stop us having to remove the entire changeset.

Thanks.
Deanna Earley (2016-04-26 11:05:23+00:00): You can't change the source once it's been uploaded, but you can remove any copyright infringing data that you've added and upload as a new changeset.
Arie de Graaf (2016-04-26 11:15:08+00:00): Hello Deanna,

I did not take data from Google. I just looked at the situation of the road on Google Maps and draw the road into OSM.
Deanna Earley (2016-04-26 11:21:40+00:00): That is data.
Is this the only changeset you've sourced from Google?
Arie de Graaf (2016-04-26 11:27:59+00:00): No, I just it in changeset:

38507069
38551563

And wil NEVER use it again! I promise.

Regards, Arie
Deanna Earley (2016-04-26 11:35:00+00:00): This changeset has been reverted fully or in part by changeset 38884124.
Deanna Earley (2016-04-26 11:41:01+00:00): Thank you.
While the edits generally looked good and useful, we prefer to err on the side of caution with potentially copyright infringing data.
I would recommend updating the data in those 3 changesets again, using just your survey/GPS data.
Thanks
Deanna, DWG.
Arie de Graaf (2016-04-26 12:23:53+00:00): Hallo Deanna,

I do not understand (my English is not so good). The roads look good now, but I still have to update? And how do I update? As you can see / read I am a beginner at OSM.
Deanna Earley (2016-04-26 12:33:44+00:00): Hello. I have just removed the changes you made in those 3 changesets. You can re do them again without Google as a source if you want.
Arie de Graaf (2016-04-26 12:48:41+00:00): Hello Deanna,

Stupid me. I looked ad the situation (change set 38507069) and it was still there. I thought what I saw was what I made, but when I look now I see it is the older version, before my change set. I am learning every day still.

Thanks again.
saintam1 (2016-04-12 22:47:31+00:00): Здравейте,

Какъв е точният адрес на Ник Ауто - "ж.к. Люлин-2 бл.231" или  "ул. Виолета Ячкова №231"?
marczoutendijk (2016-04-14 10:12:03+00:00): Als je een bedrijfsnaam toevoegt, moet je ook het bedrijfstype toevoegen, anders is het op de kaart niet te zien.
Lees ook mijn welkomstmail.
grouper (2016-04-14 23:32:20+00:00): Welcome to OSM! FYI: you cannot use Google Maps to verify or source edits in OSM. It is a violation of Google's copyright and its incompatible with OSM's license.
nammala (2016-04-13 06:14:25+00:00): Hi gormur,

Thanks for contributing to OpenStreetMap your buildings look great and the modifications you have done was awesome but the buildings are merged to one another please resolve them.

Happy mapping

cheers,
krishna
gormur (2016-04-13 12:29:09+00:00): Can you please link to one example building with a problem?
nammala (2016-04-13 13:10:07+00:00): http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/100863996#map=19/63.41575/10.44675

you can see here the buildings are connecting with each other
gormur (2016-04-13 15:24:51+00:00): They look totally fine to me. They do touch eachother in real life too.
And by the way: I only updated the addresses in this changeset. Someone else drew the houses before me.
nammala (2016-04-14 05:03:12+00:00): okay fine
marczoutendijk (2017-03-12 19:48:19+00:00): Ook hier geldt: niet de name-tag gebruiken voor de soort.
Zie:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:natural%3Dtree
user_7622 (2016-04-12 19:56:29+00:00): Die Bundesstraße wird nach http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Attributierung_von_Straßen_in_Deutschland als primary gekennzeichet. Auf den Abschnitten auf denen sie Kraftfahrstraße ist, ist sie zusätzlich mit motorway=yes gekennzeichet. Sie ist nicht autobahnähnlich als Schnellstraße ausgebaut (mit entsprechender Beschilderung) was trunk rechtfertigen würde. Auch die Stückelung in 300m-Stücke, die dann wiederum primary waren wurde damit zurückgenommen. 

Zusätzlich sind damit Verbindungsknoten zwischen Wassertunnel im layer -1 und Straße im layer 0 im revertierten changeset wieder entfernt
user_5359 (2016-04-13 18:57:39+00:00): Welcome to OSM! Is the name the guesthouse really only B ? Can please add the add:street and add:house number information?
user_3816715 (2016-04-13 21:32:32+00:00): I was marked guest_houseby mistake. Please delete its guest_house'mark.

iPhoneから送信 ⌘
user_5359 (2016-04-15 17:04:41+00:00): Done
user_5359 (2016-04-13 19:00:29+00:00): Welcome to OSM! Is the house number really "408 West 22nd Street #2R" or only "408" But attention: Is is the third house with the number 408 in this street!
Rezequiel (2016-05-04 14:35:01+00:00): Fijate que hay dos lineas que las descolocaste totalmente. Por favor no edites más hasta que los corrijamos. Gracias.
AgusQui (2016-05-05 04:45:55+00:00): ¿Pudiste mapear el viverovivero Marcela? ¿Necesitas ayuda?
R0bst3r (2016-04-14 18:44:19+00:00): Hallo und willkommen bei OSM!
Durch den Changeset wurden Nodes der Brandenbuger und die Enkheimer Straße um mehrere Kilometer verschoben. Siehe https://overpass-api.de/achavi/?changeset=38510819


Ich habe mir erlaubt den Changeset daher komplett zu revertieren. Siehe https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/38563943.

Viel Spaß  noch beim Mappen!
Grüße, R0bst3r
Владимир К (2016-05-08 08:34:06+00:00): улицу не знаете?
utack (2016-04-13 11:09:41+00:00): Are you sure you wanted to create a "chemist"?
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:shop%3Dchemist
R0bst3r (2016-04-14 05:53:59+00:00): See http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposal_process
tosky (2018-05-06 12:56:12+00:00): Stavo rivedendo questa (larga) modifica (che forse sarebbe stato meglio spezzare), e in particolare la parte che riguarda la pista ciclabile:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/180128098/history

Credo che non abbia senso inserire "pista ciclabile" come name: è una descrizione, comunque generica e ricavabile dai tag, e non il nome ufficiale. Provvederò quindi a rimuovere il tag name.
fayor (2018-05-06 13:26:42+00:00): Sono d'accordo. Comunque anche se la cronologia dice il contrario, sono quasi sicuro che non è opera mia, nel senso che questi tag non li uso mai, devo averli copiati tali e quali da un oggetto preesistente.
tosky (2018-05-06 14:01:52+00:00): Ah, ok, sono stato ingannato dalla cronologia :)
apm-wa (2016-05-08 06:22:01+00:00): Нельзя обрисовать отдельные кварталы если нет особой причины. Надо обрисовать весь район или микрорайон, и обозначить как Residential Area.
下り専門 (2016-04-13 04:54:51+00:00): こんにちは。 
存在しないPOIや地物を編集しているように見受けられます。OpenStreetMapは、現実の世界を地図に記載する国際的なプロジェクトであり、世界的な協調が求められています。 
お手元のAndroidのMAPS.MEで保存した内容は全世界に向けて発信されています。
元に戻す方法がわからなければご連絡ください。
utack (2016-04-14 18:49:27+00:00): I would say you should just revert this? Sounds very unlikely that this is a camp_site, and maps.me people tend to not respond to emails.
下り専門 (2016-04-14 22:00:13+00:00): If there is no response, I'll revert next week.
Thank you.
下り専門 (2016-04-18 08:59:29+00:00): I've deleted the camp_site.
apm-wa (2016-05-08 05:48:18+00:00): Нельзя обозначить целый квартал Apartments.  Apartments это квартирный дом отдельный (одно здание).  Жилой квартал -- Residential Area, и нужно обрисовать всю территорию заодно, не квартал за кварталом.
nammala (2016-04-13 05:17:46+00:00): Hi Maricar Rabonza,

Thanks for contributing to OpenStreetMap your building edits look good but some of the buildings are being merged please go through them and fix them please.

Happy mapping.

cheers,
Krishna
Maricar Rabonza (2016-04-13 05:36:50+00:00): Hi,

I don't know what you mean by merged buildings. Are they same with overlapping buildings?
Maricar Rabonza (2016-04-13 05:40:02+00:00): I think I got it.
Thank you.
nammala (2016-04-13 05:45:56+00:00): yes don't overlap the buildings then it will be fine
GOwin (2016-11-27 03:50:09+00:00): Hello there. Welcome to OpenStreetMap.

I've seen some of your recent edits, and I noticed that you've been tracing buildings that don't reflect the size, as seen in the imagery.

Kindly try to trace the building outlines, as accurate as possible.
vichada (2016-04-13 18:40:14+00:00): Sorry. Again comment and source should be:

source=gps/ppp; imagery provided by Bing.

Comment:
gps survey, bicycle, surveying local hiking trails
下り専門 (2016-04-13 05:26:59+00:00): こんにちは。
日本の編集をレビューしている下り専門と申します。
Googleの地図やストリートビューを参照して編集されているように見受けられます。
OpenStreetMapではGoogleや他の地図やストリートビューの情報は利用してはいけません。
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/JA:%E3%82%88%E3%81%8F%E3%81%82%E3%82%8B%E8%B3%AA%E5%95%8F#.E3.81.AA.E3.81.9C.E6.89.8B.E3.81.A3.E5.8F.96.E3.82.8A.E6.97.A9.E3.81.8F_Google_.E3.83.9E.E3.83.83.E3.83.97.E3.81.AA.E3.81.A9.E3.81.AE.E3.83.87.E3.83.BC.E3.82.BF.E3.82.92.E4.BD.BF.E3.82.8F.E3.81.AA.E3.81.84.E3.81.AE.E3.81.A7.E3.81.99.E3.81.8B.EF.BC.9F
2週間前の編集も含めて元に戻してほしいですが、元に戻す方法がわからなければご連絡ください。
nyampire (2016-04-13 08:24:34+00:00): Yamakawaさんの2週間前の編集は、問題の有りそうなものは私の方で元に戻してあります。（Yamakawaさんには3月30日に、メッセージさせていただいています）
それはそれとして、下り専門さんの指摘のとおり、ストリートビューなど、許諾されていない情報源からの編集は避けていただけますようお願いします m(_ _)m
manings (2016-04-13 06:03:41+00:00): Hi, This name on a node doesn't make sense: http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/4117975173

I've revereted your changeset. http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/38516198
Achoin (2016-04-19 16:57:29+00:00): Удалил точку "Магазин "Карамель". На карте с недавних пор уже присутствует этот объект.  + нет необходимости указывать в названии POI слово "магазин", это итак понятно исходя из выбранного вами типа точки. 
Сборки карт для MAPS.ME пока недостаточно актуальны из за редкого обновления, поэтому о наличии объекта уточняйте на сайте http://www.openstreetmap.org/  карты с этого сайта используются в MAPS.ME.
mavl (2019-01-08 16:36:21+00:00): This changeset was redacted.
mavl (2019-01-08 16:36:25+00:00): This changeset was redacted.
mavl (2019-01-08 16:36:28+00:00): This changeset was redacted.
mavl (2019-01-08 16:36:32+00:00): This changeset was redacted.
Achoin (2016-04-19 16:44:24+00:00): Отредактировал правку "площадка для выгула собак". Это место, надеюсь, не является достопримечательностью.
dima51 (2016-04-19 16:55:53+00:00): Это для собачников, чтобы собаки не гадили где попало!!!
Achoin (2016-04-20 08:47:49+00:00): Ну и хорошо. Я согласен. Только ненужно использовать для собачьей площадки тип "достопримечательность", а то знаете ли при поиске достопримечательностей города Мурманска будет в список попадать и площадка для выгула собак - непорядок. Понимаю, что в maps.me пока нет типа "dog_park", поэтому исправил на как надо. И имейте ввиду, что в openstreetmap принято отмечать на карте реально существующие объекты, то есть площакда для выгула должна быть именно площадкой для выгула а не просто участком придомовой территории которую не жалко. Спасибо за внесенные замечания.
dima51 (2016-04-20 10:09:36+00:00): Буду иметь ввиду!! Это площадка официально таковой и является
Achoin (2016-04-20 10:13:52+00:00): Спасибо!
mavl (2019-01-08 16:36:36+00:00): This changeset was redacted.
mavl (2019-01-08 16:36:40+00:00): This changeset was redacted.
kcwu (2016-04-23 13:33:45+00:00): 疑, "信義四獸山雨量站" 移了四百多公尺? 這是 survey 發現的還是不小心手誤? 今天我走到你標的地點附近沒注意到有雨量站
愛台玩 (2016-04-26 03:16:03+00:00): 吳兄指豹山的雨量站？
kcwu (2016-04-26 03:29:37+00:00): 是的, 根據
http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2355932375/history#map=18/25.03102/121.58385
豹山旁有個雨量站(node 2355932375),  原本版本#2座標在 25.0292671, 121.5829772
你在 13 天前把它搬到座標 25.0330246, 121.5821179 (版本 #3)
愛台玩 (2016-04-26 04:31:20+00:00): 南港山gpx描绘麗山段其他沒動後存档
另剛根据台北市府衛星加了一个豹山水士氣象站点
图如登山捕给站帖述
kcwu (2016-04-26 05:37:47+00:00): 依你的描述, 應該是不小心把 node 2355932375 移動了, 那正確作法應該是把它移回來, 而不是畫一個新的
kcwu (2016-04-26 05:46:50+00:00): 我們說的是同一個雨量站沒錯, 它的解說牌是用「信義四獸山雨量站」稱呼它的。
http://www.geo.gov.taipei/public/Attachment/17281521239.jpg
除非它的名字會跟別的混淆，不然一般建議 name 填它當地看到標示的名稱
愛台玩 (2016-04-26 05:51:26+00:00): 了解
依市府的衛星看到的雨量站画設的点
.之前有走过
有gpx軌跡与照片比讨
最近利用国士中心的图資与市府图資茇現一
些問题
吳兄提到这雨量站剛好田野比对
改天会再去走走定位
这雨量站在氣象局与水保局
北市府都有经緯度
比对

谢々吳提醒
愛台玩 (2016-04-26 06:34:51+00:00): 吳兄設立的雨量站可否自行放回你設位置
我編輯画面没顯示吳兄設点
我依北市府画設的点为區别另名僅作在下比对用
会拿来比对名衛星画設比对与不同平台定位之用
一比对之後再刪除
另用水土称之是主管机關不同
氣象局水土有地方政府学校学術單没点不同
mavl (2019-01-08 16:36:44+00:00): This changeset was redacted.
mavl (2019-01-08 16:36:48+00:00): This changeset was redacted.
mavl (2019-01-08 16:36:52+00:00): This changeset was redacted.
Achoin (2016-04-20 11:41:27+00:00): О, кто-то мой черновичок подправил. Хорошо. А то сам всё не мог доехать посмотреть поподробнее
SomeoneElse (2016-05-08 11:03:32+00:00): Hello,
Something went very wrong here.  You've dragged a node from northern Russia http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/256942178/history into France, merged it with two roads there and added a restaurant.
This has also happened in http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/39041932 , http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/39064964 , http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/39141191 and http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/39092525 .  Can you please explain how this happened?
Best Regards,
Andy Townsend (SomeoneElse) on behalf of OpenStreetMap's Data Working Group

Bonjour,
Quelque chose allait très mal ici. Vous avez fait glisser un noeud du nord de la Russie http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/256942178/history en France, a fusionné avec deux routes là-bas et ajouté un restaurant.
Cela a également passé en http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/39041932, http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/39064964, http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/39141191 et http: / /www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/39092525. Pouvez-vous s'il vous plaît expliquer comment cela est arrivé?
Meilleures salutations,
Andy Townsend (SomeoneElse) au nom du groupe de travail des données de OpenStreetMap
Hjart (2016-04-13 08:06:04+00:00): Hej
Velkommen til vores projekt og tak for dine bidrag. Bemærk at du til højre under "Baggrundsindstillinger" kan vælge at bruge Geodatastyrelsens fotos. De er nu fra foråret 2015 og nyere end dem du bruger her. Man kan også på dem bedre følge stier og andet i løvskove.
Marych_ (2016-04-13 11:04:49+00:00): Павел,
вы 65-й на 64 номер поправили
а дом чуть выше, сейчас тоже иммет номер 64
получается 2- 64-х дома
Если вы там живете уточните пожалуйста.
Marych_ (2016-04-13 11:06:54+00:00): И возле 302 школы 2 здания похожих на детСады

не моглибы уточнить что там находится
Спасибо!
Pavel Sherbaev (2016-04-13 11:31:54+00:00):  Marych73, если я не ошибаюсь это дом 66, а дом между ним и домом 70 - 67, сегодня уточню.
Здания возле школы 302 действительно детские сады.
Commodoortje (2016-04-16 07:09:39+00:00): Kun je iets meer uitleg geven bij de aangebrachte moestuin?
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/57796845
Baloo Uriza (2019-02-01 18:49:15+00:00): Considering that all state highways in Oregon are RCNs by default, what's the rationale with removing most of this route?
Richard (2019-02-01 21:50:55+00:00): Thread way back in 2005 in which a clever chap for whom I have the utmost respect posted "These relations could probably be truncated to just the diverging aspects":

https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-us/2015-January/014115.html
Richard (2019-02-01 21:51:18+00:00): (2015, not 2005. This is ancient history but not _that_ ancient ;) )
Baloo Uriza (2019-02-03 21:52:41+00:00): Fair, though at least on the freeway on the westside, probably should still include it because that is a signed bike route through the west hills.
joost schouppe (2016-04-14 09:53:35+00:00): Dag Jan,
Wat voor een ding is Nino-Trac? De informatie die je toevoegt moet overigens op de data zelf staan, niet in de omschrijving van wat je gedaan hebt...
SomeoneElse_Revert (2026-01-17 14:14:46+00:00): Hello,
The name that you have added here looks like the personal name of someone who lives there. If that is the case, please don't do that - see osm.wiki/Mapping_private_information .
Best Regards,
Andy Townsend, on behalf of OSM's Data Working Group.
SomeoneElse_Revert (2026-01-17 14:15:28+00:00): Halo,
Nama yang Anda tambahkan di sini tampaknya adalah nama pribadi seseorang yang tinggal di sana. Jika memang demikian, mohon jangan lakukan itu - lihat osm.wiki/Mapping_private_information.
Salam Hormat,
Andy Townsend, atas nama Kelompok Kerja Data OSM.
ulmtuelp (2016-04-21 17:45:46+00:00): In Etzoldshain bit es zwei übereinanderliegende MPs, welche nicht mit weiteren Eigenschaften versehen sind. Bitte überprüfen.
SomeoneElse (2016-04-14 18:38:41+00:00): Hello,
The mapper who's work you reverted here tried to contact you 5 days ago in https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/38427540 and you didn't reply.
OpenStreetMap is a collaborative project; we need to work togther to create the best map.  
Boundaries can be particularly tricky where there are conflicts - the "line of control" may be in flux and in sea areas difficult to establish.
If you think that something in OSM is mapped incorrectly please do explain what the problem is.  Most discussion about international boundaries happens in the forum at http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=53173 so that would be a good place to start.
Best Regards,
Andy Townsend (SomeoneElse) on behalf of OpenStreetMap's Data Working Group
Geography Canada (2016-04-26 22:46:40+00:00): SomeoneElse?
wambacher (2016-04-27 10:09:54+00:00): Yes, the username is "SomeoneElse". He's one of the DWG (Data Working Group) members.
Geography Canada (2016-04-27 22:20:15+00:00): I know him already. I just wanted to notify him about this alarming changeset: http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/38534150.
SomeoneElse (2016-08-03 22:22:06+00:00): Hello,
I'm writing to you on behalf of OSM's Data Working Group.  Questions have been raised about the accuracy of the boundaries of Morocco, and I'm sending this message to many of the mappers who have edited in the area or expressed an interest, including you.

We're aware that there is disputed territory in the region.  Most notably the area covered by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Sahara , and also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceuta and other areas to the north.

First, it's worth mentioning https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/w/images/d/d8/DisputedTerritoriesInformation.pdf .  That explains that what matters most to OSM in terms of names, borders and boundaries is the "on the ground" rule.  For example, if a majority of the population of an area speaks language "a" then it makes sense for OSM's "name" tag to be in language "a" (though of course other name tags such as name:b, name:c etc. can also be used to make maps in other languages).  Similarly, if the people of an area consider themselves to be part of country "a" and country "a" does indeed have control over the area, it makes sense for the area to be part of country "a" (and only country "a") in OSM.

Potential problems in the area covered by the Morocco admin_level 2 relation http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3630439 include:

1) That relation includes not only the part of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Sahara currently administered by Morocco (the part west of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_Wall_%28Western_Sahara%29 ), it also includes the part of that territory east of it too.  Is this correct?  It seems at odds with OSM's "on the ground" rule, and with the UN peacekeepers' position described at http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/missions/minurso/background.shtml .

2) That relation also includes territories administered by Spain such as Ceuta and Melilla.  What evidence is there that Morocco controls these territories and that Spain does not?

Another major question, (largely dependant on the answer to (1) above) is:

3) If the area east of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_Wall_%28Western_Sahara%29 isn't part of Morocco, what status should it have?  http://osm.mapki.com/history/relation.php?id=195838 did represent this territory and had several different admin levels before it was deleted.

The DWG would be grateful for your opinions on these matters.  You can either reply here or, if you prefer you can email data@osmfoundation.org directly and we'll read through all the replies.

Best Regards,

Andy Townsend (SomeoneElse) on behalf of OSM's Data Working Group.
SomeoneElse (2016-08-30 21:08:23+00:00): Hello again,
Following on from my "I'm writing to you on behalf of OSM's Data Working Group" comment above, we'd had feedback from lots of OSM mappers in the area.  The findings and the changes that will be made are described at 
http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?pid=606038#p606038 .  If you have any further comments you can contact the Data Working Group by email on data@osmfoundation.org
Thanks,
Andy
literan (2016-04-13 13:18:48+00:00): эк они у вас там часто :-) Я исправил на русский язык и добавил доп. теги
Hjart (2016-04-13 09:53:42+00:00): Hvad er dette?
R0bst3r (2016-04-15 13:09:12+00:00): Hi autiste29,
you added a lot of invalid keys "electric_welchair". I adapted it to your experimental key "electric_wheelchair".