The rise of OpenStreetMap: A quest to conquer Google’s mapping empire

Re:The rise of OpenStreetMap: A quest to conquer Google’s ma... by RestlessMind on Saturday March 01, 2014 @01:38PM (#7325492)

Don't you think that kind of caution is warranted for a popular service like Google Maps? If/When OSM gets really popular, I am sure there will be efforts to spam/vandalize the data. At that point, "heavy-handed moderation" is essential to maintain quality. (Another example - wikipedia articles are sometimes heavily moderated).

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Re:The rise of OpenStreetMap: A quest to conquer Google’s ma... by bhousel on Saturday March 01, 2014 @02:04PM (#7325618)

No I don't think it's necessary. I think changing 200 ft of road across from where I live to "closed" while construction happens for the next year is a minor enough edit that it should be accepted no questions asked. I was tired of having navigation send me down a closed road.

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Re:The rise of OpenStreetMap: A quest to conquer Google’s ma... by hangonhn on Saturday March 01, 2014 @02:21PM (#7325688)

You can imagine how this can easily be gamed to change how Google routes people right?

If I was a shady business, you can imagine how I can mark all the roads in front of competitor as closed. Or I can mark the streets in such a way that traffic gets routed to go in front of my business.

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Re:The rise of OpenStreetMap: A quest to conquer Google’s ma... by br78 on Saturday March 01, 2014 @10:21PM (#7327549)

Hell, I'd seriously consider marking my commute route as closed if it thinned the traffic.

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Re:The rise of OpenStreetMap: A quest to conquer Google’s ma... by ghshephard on Saturday March 01, 2014 @02:21PM (#7325686)

So what would prevent vandalism? There is an enormous amount of effort in Wikipedia to repair the damage that vandals constantly do to it, and I'm sure that OSM/Google have run into the same issue.

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