To keep #OpenStreetMap.org up and running while we're being deluged by scrapers, we've blocked 320,000+ primarily residential IPv4 addresses in the last 24 hours (+ 100,000 IPv6) involved in scraping.
If you need OSM data, please don't scrape the website - use the official downloads at https://planet.openstreetmap.org
🙏🌍 #AI #Bots #Abuse
@osm_tech question. Why do people scrape server which make the data freely available? And, probably, better structured in the final product. I don't see the point.
@JonSaenzAgirre It is a good questions, and we don't know the answer either. Our planet data is so much easier to process and use.
