Reverted here: osm.org/changeset/123376822

The name is irrelevant - this is just a regular road reserved for buses, not a guided busway. See the wiki for examples of guided busways: osm.wiki/Tag:highway%3Dbus_guideway

Hi meisoof,

In this changeset, you actually changed a busway to a service road. This busway was not tagged as an abandoned highway. I've reverted this changeset here: osm.org/changeset/123338895

Let me know if you have any questions.

-Clay

Hi there,

I noticed you removed the I-85 Business designation from the segment in Greensboro a few years ago. I drove this route last week and all I-85 Business signs are still present, so I restored the route designation to these segments:

osm.org/changeset/123255568

NCDOT may have received approval to remove this designation, but clearly they haven't acted upon it yet. Once the signs are truly removed, then we can remove the refs in OSM.

Thanks for the tip. Fixed here: osm.org/changeset/123100929

Route relations are used by OpenStreetMap-Americana, an alpha-stage OSM renderer, to determine which shields to display on roads. Most renderers, like OpenStreetMap-Carto (the "Standard" style on this website), just put the ref of the way in a rectangle. In this case, the unsigned status of other routes following 465 is reflected by the unsigned_ref tag on the underlying ways, but not the relations. Using unsigned_ref instead of ref in a relation will suppress shield rendering, while still signifying that it nominally belongs to that route.

Here's how 465 looks in Americana right now, with a lot of concurrent routes: https://zelonewolf.github.io/openstreetmap-americana/#12.59/39.70082/-86.08684

I'm glad you're trying to make things better, Avasquez. And I apologize for my accusatory tone earlier.

It's good to hear that Upland will stop using labels from OpenStreetMap at some point. Hopefully that will reduce the incentive for people to make edits that don't align with reality. In the meantime, I appreciate your effort in helping quality-check edits coming from Upland members.

As for the content of this particular changeset: we have a principle "one feature, one OSM element". This parking lot point was added 14 years ago, but it should have been removed when the parking lot area was drawn around it. Any additional information about this parking lot should go on the area instead of the point.

Though I'm curious why you added that the lot costs "25 upx" to park there. As far as I know, "upx" is not a currency accepted anywhere outside of a video game. Unless it's possible for a person to drive their car to this lot in real life and pay UPX to park there, I don't think that sort of information belongs on OSM.

Actually, we would appreciate it if you addressed this issue directly with Upland. Perhaps they could do something about the huge influx of new users like you who insist on adding low-quality fictional data.

oops, changeset comment was supposed to say Arizona county roads

aalox,

The employee timetable you've linked is from 12 years ago. The ownership of railroad lines can, and does, change often.

I would recommend you use a more authoritative, up-to-date source like the Federal Railroad Administration to determine who owns what railroad.

Hi JRWheels.

While I am not sure why you chose to respond in a private message, I do appreciate that you have told me your sources.

You listed Google Street View and the Los Angeles Conservancy website as your sources for this change. Both look like they're copyrighted. Please read through the following page and make sure you are not using data from copyrighted sources.

osm.wiki/Copyright

Please do not copy from other maps.

Why have you been lying about your motives in mapping? Why is it so important to you for things you like to show up in Upland that you poison our free community map with copyrighted data?

Hi JRWheels and welcome to OpenStreetMap.

I don't understand how you found the name of this building. In this changeset it looks like you used Bing aerial imagery. There is no indication of the name of the building on its roof, so where did the name come from?

Hello again theMETAVERSr.

In the Upland Discord server, you've mentioned that "i honestly don't want this fight in OSM but will continue it if the tags we're spending time adding will be blocked on the upland side". This indicates that your ulterior motive in mapping is to get things to show up in Upland, and you were lying about the map your sister uses, who you can't seem to decide is hard of hearing or visually impaired. Why were you lying about this?

Elsewhere, you mention that your "team of 8 mappers have strict instructions to be as through as possible". Who is this team? Please read the Organized Editing Guidelines and ensure that you and your team are following them:

https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Organised_Editing_Guidelines

I'm aware that you've had a personal dispute with an one mapper in NYC. I don't think they've done anything wrong.

Also, mappers have been having problems with your work nationwide. As I'm sure you're aware, everything in the US you have changed to shop=yes has been reverted:

osm.org/changeset/120647255

I've looked through your changesets and changeset comments, and the only hostility I'm seeing is from you. The rudeness from other mappers looks to be a response to your own rudeness.

When other mappers have disagreements with what you are doing, you need to come to common ground with them and find guidelines that work for everyone. OpenStreetMap has been a community-based volunteer project for a decade and a half. It's essential to get along with others in such a collaborative space. I would recommend you take an approach to communication that is more respectful of other, more experienced mappers, and the substantial amount of time they have spent creating the map you are looking at.

No, you haven't been threatened with a ban.

Here are details on the Data Working Group: osm.wiki/Data_working_group

Is there any reason you're being so rude and hostile to local mappers who point out problems with your edits? I don't think it's necessary to insult others for following consensus-based mapping practices that we've had years to develop. Since you're new, I would recommend you slow down and learn more about the history of OpenStreetMap, and try to build good relationships with local mappers in areas where you edit.

What mods do you speak of? There are no "mods" on OSM.

According to BlindSquare's own website, they do not use OpenStreetMap for points of interest at all. None of the changes you are making to points of interest will show up on BlindSquare:

"Although BlindSquare does currently use both Foursquare and Open Street Map data, it only downloads street map data and no information about other points of interest from Open Street Map."

As for the comment about "OSM mods", OSM does not have a concept of a moderator. There is a Data Working Group that is empowered to temporarily block users when they have done significant damage or refuse to communicate with the local community.

But nobody you have talked to so far is a representative of the DWG. We are all just regular mappers who care about OSM being an accurate reflection of reality. I would recommend you not berate other mappers for their perceived lack of maintenance of an area, especially since many of us have been volunteering this effort in our free time for years, and you are new to this project.