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That's the nice thing with OpenStreetMap & mapping services using data from it. You can just register to OSM and fix the data and that's it. The OSM interface
by m4rtink 7y ago
That's the nice thing with OpenStreetMap & mapping services using data from it.
You can just register to OSM and fix the data and that's it. The OSM interface will update almost instantly while services based on OSM data will get the fix once they do their next data update.
- briandear 7y agoWhat’s to protect against false/bad/malicious data?
- mistrial9 7y agoOSM edits have been an "optimistic lock" -- changes are deemed good until they are proven not good.. all changes in OSM have an author ID associated, so that they can search and "rollback" bad changes.. it has been that way since the beginning.. post-New York renamed and a few other embarrassments, there are new steps added for verification, by some workflows, but it is in transition AFAIK