Do we need an OSM disclaimer -- I've just had a mail from a gentleman
enquiring why an underground powerline
http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/127968407/history#map=17/51.50283/-2.55462
was drawn on OSM -- as he didn't want to buy a house on top of it and
Western Power told him the powerline couldn't be there! I think he
joined OSM just to message me?!?
As it happens I think I may have modified one end to change the overhead
route adjacent to it -- and when I checked the history I can see that I
didn't draw in the original version of the underground powerline.
I was very tempted to reply with the following disclaimer:
Caveat emptor; the presence/absence of any or all of the following items
on OpenStreetmap should not be considered definitive: power lines,
plague pits, mines, flood planes, mobile phone masts -- but all
contributions on these and other topics to OpenStreetmap are warmly
welcomed.
Unfortunately, I took the easy way out and merely referred him to his
solicitor and surveyer :-(
I suspect he might have been more upset if he was selling...
Cheers,
Neil (ndm)
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