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Mohd

Now this. openstreetmap.org/way/11341752

I believe someone referred to Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penang_S

Can I say that the Wikipedia article is somewhat misleading?

1 Jun 2023 at 5:05 | Open on en.osm.town
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Mohd

Official documents by both state and federal governments have records on both North and South Straits. While the Wikipedia article cited a sailing guide.

This is another instance I caught people thinking "copying Wikipedia to improve OpenStreetMap is okay-ish"

1 Jun 2023 at 5:09 | Open on en.osm.town
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@AkuAnakTimur Yeah, that happens a lot, especially for remote-only mappers.

This is good case of how often, local knowledge trumps everything else, including *good* intentions. 😜

1 Jun 2023 at 5:11 | Open on social.tchncs.de
Mohd

@gowin

I have *problems* with some people referring to Wikipedia. To start with, some article related to places in Malaysia (and to an extent, roads) are (in broad daylight) taken from *sigh* Google Maps and probably copyrighted sources.

1 Jun 2023 at 5:26 | Open on en.osm.town
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