What's new in my area? Track edits of OpenStreetMap with a watchlist!
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Benefits of OpenStreetMapsame - information is updated very quickly. In OpenStreetMap itself, unfortunately, there is no good watchlist, nor are there any “fresh edits” (for some reason, not all edits are displayed in History ) - another tool for tracking vandalism. What to do? How to deal with vandalism? Vandals will completely ruin the map and no one will even notice it!
Fortunately, a third-party solution to the problem was found by Matt . I present to you
So, go to this page , zoom in on the map, but not too much, click "Click here to generate an RSS feed", select the area on the map (it can be very elongated - this is an advantage over the "History") and go through the appeared link and subscribe to RSS - now you will be aware of all changes on the map (links from RSS lead to the map with small edit boxes marked with small rectangles - this also does not appear in the "History", it only shows a large rectangle there). Or you can zoom in on the map more easily and just click on the proposed rectangle.
Here, for example, edits to the center of Moscow or Manezhnaya Square .
Well, do not forget that you can also take part in updating the map by adding shops, pharmacies, cafes. Here are a few articles to help you with this . But if you are a little too lazy or have no time , then report the existence of a cafe, shop or pharmacy to the editors of the site using OpenStreetBugs and they will do everything right.
And further.
UPD . Of course, there is also an official list of edits on the “History” tab, but there you cannot select a strongly elongated area for observation and it is not directly marked on the map which places of the area were fixed. But in the "History" also appears to be RSS, which I did not notice something. =)) In general, "History" can also be used.
UPD2 : And another such difference. History is clogged with edits from bots that do this over a large area, and there is nothing superfluous in OWL. So OWL is still better. This text is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License . You can copy, edit and use for commercial purposes this text with the obligatory indication of authorship.
