On 08/23/2012 07:59 PM, ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmen wrote: > > What is OSM's policy in mapping military installations... > Is it visible publicly legally (either locally or through remote imagery) ? Is it legal for you to map it, according to the laws of the country where you are physically ? If the answer to both of these questions is affirmative, then you are legally entitled to map to your heart's content.
Then there is the question of being caught accessing or publishing data that was mapped by someone legally unrestricted in doing so, but whose possession is illegal in your own country - or might just cause trouble for yourself, lethal or otherwise. Let's imagine you are developing a GIS portal for an Israeli government agency and still want them to do business with you. Then you might not want your map to feature that military base that was perfectly legally mapped by an Inuit using publicly available Bing satellite imagery, but whose pinpointing is frowned upon in Israel - but please do that bit of self-censorship as part of your own post-production process on your own copy of the data, not as censorship of the common work.
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