Hi and welcome to OpenStreetMap. I see you have added a lot of parks which either do not seem to be there in aerial imagery or appear to actually be parking lots. Are you confused about how to mark parking lots or are you trying to create pokemon nests?

If you are confused about parking lots, please look at this wiki page: osm.wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dparking

If you are trying to manipulate Pokemon then please stop. OSM accepts all edits that are based on reality. Intentional edits based on fiction are considered vandalism and will be removed.

Hi and welcome to OpenStreetMap. We've had some new users from Pokemon Go that have added bogus information to try and get spawns/nests/biomes/whatever (I don't play myself) at their house. Your changesets came up in my search for rogue Pokemon edits but I'm glad to see that you seem to be adding legit and useful data :)

One thing I noticed about your changes: They seem to be heavy on landuse tags and sometimes missing primary attribute tags. For example, the "RBC Parking lot" should have an amenity=parking tag on it instead of the landuse=retail it has now. The Lumsden Home Center should probably have a shop=<something> tag on it. (is it a hardware store?). The RBC should have an amenity=bank tag. I think there should be a shop=clothes in there as well.

Landuse polygons are typically drawn around larger collections of businesses/houses, not for individual establishments. It is a good way to label named shopping areas.

For example here is a retail landuse area I added for a named shopping area: osm.org/way/70733877

Please keep the good data coming! If you have questions, please refer to the wiki at osm.wiki/

I started a thread about this on the talk mailing list: https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2016-December/077243.html

Basically some Pokemon players got it in their head that Pokemon Go is using OSM data and that by editing OSM they can get pokemon to spawn at their homes.

First off: no, we can not use Google maps to check anything. This would be a copyright violation. OSM must only use authorized sources of information or first-hand observation.

The path in the park should not be changed to a foot path. Please read this page on the wiki: osm.wiki/Tag:highway%3Dfootway

Specifically: "For multi-use or unspecified paths and trails used by a variety of non-motorised traffic the tag highway=path may be better suited." So that was an obvious change that was made for Pokemon Go that was not appropriate.

Similar with the road in the air base. If it is a road that is primarily for pedestrian traffic but can still carry vehicles then it should likely be labeled as a pedestrian street, not a foot path. And that means changing the classification of the existing service road and not adding a separate foot path that follows the same path.

So it may have been a little strong to call your edits outright vandalism, more just lack of experience and some faulty guidance from reddit. I've been reverting all kinds of Pokemon Go edits over the last few days, some of which are blatant vandalism so I'm not being very nuanced in my changeset comments.

Please feel free to continue editing OSM with on-the-ground knowledge. Just consult the wiki if you have questions. You can also drop in on IRC any time to ask questions. There is a web interface at http://irc.openstreetmap.org/

You added paths that don't exist. Please do not add fictional items to OpenStreetMap. If you are interested in mapping golf courses correctly, please read this page: osm.wiki/Tag:leisure%3Dgolf_course

I have reverted your changes.

Please do not add fictional data to OpenStreetMap. I have deleted this edit.

Thanks for your additions at the air force base and the park. However you seem to have also changed Wellston Trail form a path to a footway in this changeset which I suspect is an attempt to game Pokemon Go. Please do not do this. OSM is a map of the real world and should not be abused to (maybe) influence a game. I have undone your change to this trail and removed the footway you added on top of the service road in the air force base. You also modified a surface tag from asphalt to a more generic "paved" value which lost information contributed by someone else. Please be careful when modifying existing objects.

Thank you for your addition to OpenStreetMap! I have seen a rash of edits related to Pokemon Go that are adding bogus data to try and get spawns at peoples houses and such. But this edit looks legit so thanks. Keep them coming! :)

Please do not vandalize OpenStreetMap for the sake of Pokemon Go. I have reverted this edit.

Please do not add fictional things to OpenStreetMap. I have removed this edit. You are welcome to experiment with Pokemon Go by adding actual features that are missing and observing their effect on the game.

Please do not add fictional information to OpenStreetMap. In this changeset you actually destroyed information that someone else had added. This is vandalism and I have reverted it. Your subsequent edits seem ok to me. Please keep the good data coming. Just leave pokemon out of it :)

Please do not edit OpenStreetMap just to affect Pokemon Go. OSM is a real map for real things. Does this park actually exist?

Please do not modify OpenStreetMap just to affect Pokemon. OSM is a real map of real things. I have reversed this edit.

I am not harassing anyone. There has been a rash of pokemon related vandalism to OSM which I am working to undo. Your changeset comment explicitly said that you were changing data in order to affect Niantic servers so I undid it as part of the world-wide vandalism fix I am doing. Perhaps you are right about this being a footway. However just because you don't see a lot of bicycles on it doesn't mean it shouldn't be tagged as a cycleway. Please review the OSM wiki pages for the footway and cycleway tags and decide what fits best: osm.wiki/Tag:highway%3Dcycleway and osm.wiki/Tag:highway%3Dfootway

Due to the history of OSM and its heavy influence from the UK, sometimes the meaning of specific features is a little different than what you might commonly think it means in the U.S. so please make sure your edits are in line with our conventions before you go changing data that others have submitted.

Please do not edit OSM just to affect Pokemon Go. I have undone these changes. If you want to try and affect Pokemon Go, find some real footpaths that are not mapped and add them. OSM is a real map for real things. Changing it just to affect Pokemon Go is vandalism.

Please do not put data into OSM just to try and affect Pokemon Go. This seems to be a driveway and not a footway. I have retagged it as a driveway. I have left the other information you tagged such as width, lighting and surface. I hope these are correct.

Please do not do this. Changing data in OSM simply to affect Pokemon is considered vandalism. I have reverted this change. Now, if you want to add footpaths that are really missing from the map, by all means, please do so! But OSM should reflect what is actually there in reality. Thanks!

Please do not add fictional things to OpenStreetMap. These have already been removed by someone else.

Your message is not entirely clear but I think you are saying that you have copied information from Google Maps into OpenStreetMap. If this is true, please stop immediately and read this wiki page: osm.wiki/RU:%D0%90%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0

Any edits you made using data from copyrighted sources will need to be removed from OpenStreetMap. I am going to contact the Data Working Group and let them handle this. (see osm.wiki/Data_working_group )

I commented on another changeset a couple of days ago and haven't heard a response. This is another one that I'm curious as to your source of data for this Neurosurgery operation. Please explain your edits better in the changeset comments. Thanks!