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Pokémon Go Players Altering OSM (arstechnica.com)

submitted 5 months ago by sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today to c/openstreetmap@lemmy.ml

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People are editing OSM to be able to get their Pokémon and others are changing OSM to mess with people so they can't get them

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[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago

One solution would be not allowing new users to tag beaches for a year or so. Or have all newly tagged or modified beaches to be confirmed by 5 long-term users.