Then we should let it alone and bow for the international "common denominator" of forbidden subjects and stop mapping
fugitive camps military installations war monuments coffee shops governmental buildings or whatever any country will put on the list of forbidden to map ??? Isn't there a need for a official OSMF view on these matters ? On the topic of the Israeli airport: Is hiding the airport not an invitation to attack a civil airport instead? Or a bus stop? Or a shopping mall? And is that why military airports must be hidden? Or should we hide all potential terrorist attack targets? Where does this end ? And to Pieren: "create huge difficulties for the local community" is that to OSM as a "open" community acceptable as a reason "to unmap" subjects ? Gert -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: Pieren [mailto:pier...@gmail.com] Verzonden: Friday, August 24, 2012 9:39 AM Aan: OSM Onderwerp: Re: [OSM-talk] Policy in mapping military installations On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 8:46 AM, Michael Krämer <ohr...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think local law might apply even if you're somewhere else. Ergh, that's an interresting new concept. My friends tell me the same when they smoke joints : it's legal in Netherland ;-) > I'm not a lawyer I confirm. Btw, I remember the same issue raised in Russia few months ago. I don't know what is the consensus there. The main issue with putting something locally forbiden in OSM is that you create huge difficulties for the local community: they cannot use anymore global services provided remotely like map tiles or planet extracts. Basically, you will enforce them to do everything locally (filtered) when they don't have necessarily the resources for that. Pieren _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk