Hello and welcome to OpenStreetMap!

(this is a message sent to lots of Los Altos High School new users)

OpenStreetMap is a map that anyone can edit - but please only add valid new information. As you may have seen, people will spot fake names and will change them back.

We’d like everyone to continue to map in OSM, but only adding valid data. Anyone who continues to add fake names etc. will be prevented from editing.

Best Regards,

Andy Townsend, on behalf of OSM’s Data Working Group.