I've encountered a user that has changed many highway tags I added last summer in Homer, Alaska, where I have lived for 30 years. I'm suspicious that the user, USAMAP85, who has not yet replied to a message I sent, might be an automated bot or something. USAMAP85 has been very active with over 1300 edits in Alaska and the western United States since joining OSM in July 2013. The usual comment on almost every changeset is "fix some roads". The Alaskan roads in question are all residential but are unpaved, a common situation in the entire state. User USAMAP85 has changed many of these to highway=track, which is incorrect. I am aware of discussions going on in the tagging group about the track classification but would someone merely launch such an automaton without first discussing it with other mappers? Is there any way to determine who (or what) USAMAP85 is?

I've encountered a user that has changed many highway tags I added last summer in Homer, Alaska, where I have lived for 30 years. I'm suspicious that the user, USAMAP85, who has not yet replied to a message I sent, might be an automated bot or something. USAMAP85 has been very active with over 1300 edits in Alaska and the western United States since joining OSM in July 2013. The usual comment on almost every changeset is "fix some roads". The Alaskan roads in question are all residential but are unpaved, a common situation in the entire state. User USAMAP85 has changed many of these to highway=track, which is incorrect. I am aware of discussions going on in the tagging group about the track classification but would someone merely launch such an automaton without first discussing it with other mappers? Is there any way to determine who (or what) USAMAP85 is?