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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 · 4 months ago

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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It’s illegal, you should report it if you are sure it was from osm. But I guess they get data like that directly from municipalities, or road construction companies, or from the traces of users they spy on

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