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OpenStreetMap community@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 days ago

OpenStreetMap is concerned: thousands of AI bots are collecting data

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OpenStreetMap is concerned: thousands of AI bots are collecting data

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OpenStreetMap community@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 days ago

cross-posted to:
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Bots are said to be harvesting OpenStreetMap data on a large scale. This costs money and endangers the project.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/57995511

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should we add fake roads to osm to see if Boogle will add them (like paper map publishers used to do) ?
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