Why are my edits visible in the United States but not the country where I made the edits, Belize?

mrileyplace · 2024-04-12T21:13:50.531Z

I made 2 edits to the map of Punta Gorda Belize:

I added the headquarters of my organization OpenStreetMap
I deleted the nonexistant “Punta Vista Hostel”

Per the forum and friends in the US, these changes are visible outside Belize, but on any devices here in Belize the changes are not appearing. What could cause this issue?

arctic-rocinante · 2024-04-12T22:06:37.709Z

Almost certainly related to caching. See:
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Browser_cache

As for why it’s impacting Belize locals more: I imagine they’re more likely to have viewed the area before, and therefore have cached tiles in their browsers.