At the outset, the National Map Policy is overarching and technically prevails over any mapping activity in the country. Having said that, in my opinion the Survey of India is not oblivious of OpenStreetMap and its activities in India. They are of course more concerned about Google. As I interpret the Map Policy, it will require anybody to take permission from SoI, which Google clearly didn't do. I believe there are other instances where SoI has permitted mapping by private entities as long as they kept away from the sensitive areas and installations.
Even in city master plans these are separately notified / as good as being masked. A decade ago, when we ordered remote sensing data from NRSC (then NRSA), defence areas were masked clearly raising more eyebrows. We had to work with this data anyways. As long as OSMers are keeping away from the sensitive areas/installations there is little to worry. Perhaps, I would request Arun Ganesh give some gyaan on this, as Sajjad mentions this has been raised at times on OSM mailing list. Going forward, we can be hopeful that DST/SoI will be able to accommodate data generated from OSM. Aside, there is a paper that points out that accuracy and updated information is better from volunteered geographic information (VGI; aka OSM) as a against maps produced by Ordinance Survey. Sudhira. On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 7:19 PM, Thejesh GN <i...@thejeshgn.com> wrote: > Some what related issue. Sometime back I was taking a picture of postbox > which unfortunately was in front of ISRO bldg. I remember having debate > about photography > > http://iconosquare.com/p/577298388664530627_31979172 > > May be in future we will have similar discussion about mapping too. Its > not a bad idea to know the language that we can use with public servants. > > > > Thej > > -- > Thejesh GN *⏚* ತೇಜೇಶ್ ಜಿ.ಎನ್ > http://thejeshgn.com > GPG ID : 0xBFFC8DD3C06DD6B0 > > > On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 6:53 PM, Sajjad Anwar <m...@sajjad.in> wrote: > >> We have had this conversation on the OSM mailing list several times. >> This is somewhat a known issue. >> >> The thing is that, we should worry only when we have vital points and >> defense installations mapped. Also, what Google did was completely >> insane to SoI because thousands of people visit their maps everyday. >> It's popular. OSM isn't, at least for now. >> >> I'd say not to worry about this too much. >> >> Some context about the National Map Policy that came out in 2006 - >> >> http://mycoordinates.org/india%E2%80%99s-national-map-policy-guidelines-a-new-movement/ >> >> Cheers, >> Sajjad. >> >> On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 6:23 PM, Venkatraman S <venka...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 5:59 PM, Thejesh GN <i...@thejeshgn.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> 2. Is there a list of restricted areas? Do public service agencies like >> >> post office, govt hospital, police stations come under it? >> > >> > >> > SoI decides that. And hence, some of the maps at certain resolutions >> are not >> > available for direct sale(try visiting SoI Koramangala and get some >> gyaan). >> > >> > -V >> > >> > -- >> > Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more >> > about us by visiting http://datameet.org >> > --- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups >> > "datameet" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> an >> > email to datameet+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> >> -- >> Sajjad Anwar http://geohacker.in >> >> -- >> Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more >> about us by visiting http://datameet.org >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "datameet" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to datameet+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more > about us by visiting http://datameet.org > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "datameet" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to datameet+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more about us by visiting http://datameet.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to datameet+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
