Re: [OSM-talk] Should we be mapping transformers and powerlines?

2023-01-18 Thread Warin
On 19/1/23 14:03, john whelan wrote: Apparently you can do a lot of expensive damage by firing a rifle bullet through them as happened more than once in the US and given the situation in Europe at the moment is there a risk that something similar could happen there? Should we have a process

Re: [OSM-talk] Should we be mapping transformers and powerlines?

2023-01-18 Thread Paul Johnson
Ever been lost someplace where that's the only obvious set of fixed landmarks? On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 9:16 PM john whelan wrote: > Perhaps you could expand on the benefits of mapping them? > > Thanks John > > On Wed, Jan 18, 2023, 10:09 PM stevea, wrote: > >> I'd like to say "oh, please..." be

Re: [OSM-talk] Should we be mapping transformers and powerlines?

2023-01-18 Thread Clifford Snow
On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 7:05 PM john whelan wrote: > Apparently you can do a lot of expensive damage by firing a rifle bullet > through them as happened more than once in the US and given the situation > in Europe at the moment is there a risk that something similar could happen > there? > > Shou

Re: [OSM-talk] Should we be mapping transformers and powerlines?

2023-01-18 Thread Brian M. Sperlongano
Navigational landmarks while hiking. On Wed, Jan 18, 2023, 10:17 PM john whelan wrote: > Perhaps you could expand on the benefits of mapping them? > > Thanks John > > On Wed, Jan 18, 2023, 10:09 PM stevea, wrote: > >> I'd like to say "oh, please..." because this seems a bit harsh. But I >> und

Re: [OSM-talk] Should we be mapping transformers and powerlines?

2023-01-18 Thread stevea
On Jan 18, 2023, at 7:13 PM, john whelan wrote: > Perhaps you could expand on the benefits of mapping them? I don't wish to sound antagonistic, but that's like asking "what good is our map" and expecting the infinite "creative and unexpected purposes" that have, do and will evolve from our data

Re: [OSM-talk] Should we be mapping transformers and powerlines?

2023-01-18 Thread john whelan
Perhaps you could expand on the benefits of mapping them? Thanks John On Wed, Jan 18, 2023, 10:09 PM stevea, wrote: > I'd like to say "oh, please..." because this seems a bit harsh. But I > understand that people can be sensitive. > > But this is OSM and I'd like to believe we live in a world

Re: [OSM-talk] Should we be mapping transformers and powerlines?

2023-01-18 Thread stevea
I'd like to say "oh, please..." because this seems a bit harsh. But I understand that people can be sensitive. But this is OSM and I'd like to believe we live in a world that is more free rather than less free. What's next, do we stop mapping pre-school or kindergartens because they have chil

[OSM-talk] Should we be mapping transformers and powerlines?

2023-01-18 Thread john whelan
Apparently you can do a lot of expensive damage by firing a rifle bullet through them as happened more than once in the US and given the situation in Europe at the moment is there a risk that something similar could happen there? Should we have a process that says some things should not be mapped?