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@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-Sitemap: http://www.openstreetmap.org/sitemap.xml.gz
+# OpenStreetMap's data is available for free in bulk from https://planet.openstreetmap.org
+# For regional extracts and documentation, see https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Planet.osm
+# We encourage you to use these instead of scraping our site.
+# Scraping puts a high load on our donated resources and will lead to your IP being blocked.
+# Please respect our resources, and help us keep the service free and accessible for everyone.
 
 User-agent: *
 Disallow: /user/*/traces/