On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 7:12 PM, PlaneMad <theplane...@gmail.com> wrote:
> All the data that is currently on OSM (and any map in general) can be used > for a whole range of uses, from good to bad, depending on who is using it, > and the Indian govt has raised its voice enough over google earth regarding > this. If such data can empower property developers against the community (i > would think that property developers already have such data at their > fingertips), i'm also sure that they can empower a whole group of people to > work for the betterment of society. Slum's after all are a reality in our > cities, and i dont see any harm in recognizing that. > Arun, et al, I said "uncomfortable", not "opposed". Let's tag them as slums. Freemap Mumbai was supposed to empower slum dwellers, but far as I can tell, that never happened. The project lost steam and everyone eventually moved to OSM. I'm uncomfortable because this is the sort of tag that takes the map from a geek pursuit to one used to negotiate on the ground. Mikel's been through this with his various conflict zone mapping projects. We haven't had an episode in India yet.
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