Steps to replicate the issue (include links if applicable):
- Go to the Wikimedia Map.
- Zoom in once on Ethiopia.
- Zoom in again one zoom level by one until it equals 10.
What happens?:
Blue tiles (same as water bodies) appear. They are not located at the same place depending on the zoom level and do not show if the zoom level is ≤ 5 or ≥ 10.
What should have happened instead?:
Show the map without fake squared water bodies.
Software version (skip for WMF-hosted wikis like Wikipedia): /
Other information (browser name/version, screenshots, etc.):
The Wikimedia map is often used in Wikipedia articles and this bug may confuse readers. The issue was raised on the French Wikipedia.
Since this issue is not present on OSM and the blue parts are equal squares and vary depending on the zoom, it looks like it is not an OSM object-related issue. Note that it seems to appear only in Ethiopia (the squares are truncated along the borders).
(I hope this is the right place to report this bug.)