Yes, the buildings were deleted purposefully because they were not identifiable as buildings in the Bing imagery. In most cases, they were bushes or fenced-in ground areas.

I deleted lots of buildings on purpose because there were no indications of roofs or shadows that would indicate buildings on the Bing imagery.

I deleted lots of buildings on purpose because there were no indications of roofs or shadows that would indicate buildings on the Bing imagery.

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I didn't trace buildings with Google Earth. I used it to eliminate erroneous building objects. Feel free to examine the deletions, and let me know if there were any that show true buildings.

Whoever had placed the building symbols may not have been following the guidelines put forth for this task.

I didn't trace buildings with Google Earth. I used it to eliminate erroneous building objects. Feel free to examine the deletions, and let me know if there were any that show true buildings.

I didn't trace buildings with Google Earth. I used it to eliminate erroneous buildings. Feel free to examine the deletions, and let me know if there were any that show true buildings.

This was intentional. There were many specious building symbols in this area. I confirmed the mistaken buildings using a Google Earth image from 2023.

These were intentional. Someone had mistakenly placed many building objects in this area. I confirmed the deletion of the building using a Google Earth image from 2023, which is later than the Bing image used on hotosm.org.

Yes, the deletions were objects that someone had mistakenly identified as buildings. I confirmed the lack of buildings with an image on Google Earth from 2023, which is later than the Bing image used on hotosm.org.