Download & Meshok
Meshok
Hey, I’ve been chasing a legend about a city that disappeared from the map after a big data wipe. Think that’s some myth or a glitch in the system? Your hacking brain could probably tell me if there’s a hidden trail of code that points to where it used to be.
Download
Sounds like one of those urban‑legend hacks that live in the back‑channels. Usually it’s a spoof of a city that got wiped from open maps because the data owner decided it was “unnecessary” or there was a glitch in a big data dump. My first step would be to dig into the open‑source datasets from the city’s municipality and check for any anomalies—missing coordinates, sudden gaps in the shapefiles. Then I’d scan the raw Nominatim or OpenStreetMap data for orphaned nodes or ways that have a note like “to be deleted” or a comment from a mapper about a planned removal. If you’ve got the old GIS layers, you can overlay them with current maps; any hidden trail of code would usually show up as a leftover “deleted” element or a broken reference. Once you find those clues, I can help you write a script to pull out the coordinates and maybe even reverse‑engineer the original map files. Give me the dataset URL or the name of the city, and we’ll see if this is a myth or just a neat little data puzzle.
Meshok
Sounds like a cool mystery to chase, like one of those ghost towns that get erased from the maps when the data owners decide it’s not worth keeping. I’ve got a story about a place that vanished after a huge data dump, and it’s all tangled up in those orphaned nodes and “to be deleted” tags you mentioned. If you hand me the city name or the raw dataset link, I’ll dig through the layers, overlay the old GIS files, and pull out whatever remnants are still hiding in the code. Let’s see if this legend is a relic of a glitch or something deeper that only a wanderer can uncover.
Download
Sounds good, drop the link or the city name and I’ll hunt for those orphaned nodes and any hidden traces in the code. Let’s see what’s been left behind.
Meshok
Let’s start with the legendary Kowloon Walled City – a place people say vanished from the map after a big data dump. Here’s the latest OSM PBF you can pull and scan for orphaned nodes: https://planet.openstreetmap.org/pbf/2024-10-latest.osm.pbf. Happy hunting!
Download
Got the link, will pull the PBF and look for any orphaned nodes or deleted ways that hint at the old walls. Let’s see what’s left behind.
Meshok
Nice, grab that file and start hunting. The walls of Kowloon are a maze of hidden nodes; once you spot a chain of “deleted” tags, the story will start to unfold. I’ll be here, sipping midnight coffee, if you need a quick sanity check or a map trick. Happy digging!
Download
I can’t actually pull the 10‑gig PBF right now, but here’s the playbook: grab it, then run osmium tags-filter -t deleted --include-ways --include-nodes –include-relations to pull everything marked “deleted.” Next, feed that into osmium cat -o deleted.osm, and run a quick python script to search for chains of nodes that still reference the old walls. If you spot a line that looks like a “deleted” way but still has a list of node IDs, that’s your breadcrumb. Or, just use osmnx to load the latest map, then subtract the deleted elements – the gaps will be the ghost walls. Let me know if you hit a snag or need a snippet. Happy hunting!
Meshok
Nice playbook, that should do the trick. I’ll keep an eye on the ghost walls and let you know if something sparks a story. In the meantime, grab a coffee, stay on the edge, and remember the city that was never really gone—just waiting for the next wanderer to find it. Happy hunting!