The map of the route planner used by the Helsinki Region Transport (HSL) has been obtained from the ‘Volodymyr Zelenskyy Park’ at the address where the Russian Embassy is normally located.
Users looking for their tram stop could see buildings related to the Russian embassy at Tehtaankatu 1 on Thursday, which was renamed in honor of the President of Ukraine. Volodomyr Zelensky.
Thousands of people protested against the war 25. February in front of the Russian Embassy and Senate Square.
HSL removes “inappropriate editing”
HSL uses the publicly updated Open Street Maps, which is an open collaboration to create different types of maps in the same way that Wikipedia allows anyone to edit.
"Open Street Map is widely used and all kinds of editors are part of it," said Markku HuotariHSL location data specialist.
The map was edited on March 2nd. HSL announced that it would apply for an older version of the map and remove the Zelensky-inspired edit.
"Weโve been using Open Street Maps for five years, and this is the first time such inappropriate editing has entered our product," said Huotari.
HSL remains committed to using Open Street maps.
"You can be quite safe using it, fast feedback is possible," said Huotari.
Open Street Maps is also used by e.g. Facebook and Microsoft.
Source: The Nordic Page