Hello rafoolin

This message is to advise that a temporary block has been placed on your OSM account.

A number of other Mappers have contacted us to express their concerns that you may be editing OSM by using data from Google Maps e.g. https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/136616445 https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/136619512 https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/136619625 https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/136619738

It is one of the basic principles of OSM that no data may be copied from any copyrighted source without express approval being received in advance, as this could hold OSM open for legal action.

If this is indeed the case, this practice must stop immediately, and any invalid changes must also be reverted.

So we would ask what the source of your information is for making these changes?

I also notice on your recent changes that you have quoted a source as “#Snapp users feedback”. Do you also have permission from Snapp to make use of their data?

Once you have read this note, you will again be able to log-in and continue mapping in OSM.

However, if we have not heard from you with the required explanations by Wednesday 23 August, further action may have to be taken.

Please contact us by e-mail at data@osmfoundation.org quoting Ticket #2023081610000037 — Issue #24187 (User “rafoolin”)

Thank you,

Kind regards,

Graeme Fitzpatrick OSMF Data Working Group