Bolt campaigns in Thailand

[julcnx]

I have noticed the company Bolt started new contributions in Chiang Mai, mostly adding new minor roads.

I have contacted them in some changeset comments to come to introduce themselves and their new campaigns in Thailand to the community.

As you know, our Thailand wiki describes that every organized editing team should present their OSM campaign in Thailand beforehand so we can identify potential issues and share useful information.

Bolt already uses hashtags and has documented their OSM Activities globally:
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Organised_Editing/Activites/Bolt

[julcnx]

Update: while Bolt’s recent contributions look of decent quality, some may be more questionable e.g.

OSMCha

(geometries not really matching roads, and no residential area is visible on any imagery including the cited ESRI)

User Bolt057 in the last few hours has added new service and residential roads in Thailand, Bahrain, Ukraine, and South Africa, so definitely a little concerned, but I am looking forward to hearing from Bolt, and how we can map effectively together.

[stephankn (Stephan Knauss (he/him))]

They introduced themselves now here:

Hello Thailand OSM community from Bolt

We at Bolt are happy to introduce our company, our mission and, most importantly, our mapping objectives in Thailand. As a company, we are more than just another ride-hailing service. We’re on a mission to build cities for people, not cars. Committed to reducing the environmental footprint of mobility, we are fighting for better cities and a greener future by offering a better alternative to every purpose a private car serves. We, as a mapping team are working to improve the OSM data available…