2012/8/28 Gregory <nomoregra...@googlemail.com>:
> On 26 August 2012 11:02, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> -1, you might map the sign as "toy factory" (maybe I am
>> misinterpreting what you said? I never met a building that "said"
>> something ;-) ) but if _on the ground_ it is a military installation
>> and you ("everyone") know about this, mapping it as a toy factory
>> would be plain wrong and also a violation of the on the ground rule.
>>
>
> I mean if the military are keeping the site a secret and the building has a
> sign on it "Welcome To Mr Smith's Toy Factory", then that is what it should
> be mapped as because on the ground it says it is a toy factory. Local
> knowledge may say they never see toys coming out of it, only military
> personnel, but that is it.IMHO the "on the ground rule" should not encourage to add wrong information. local knowledge should beat (wrong) information on signs. E.g. if there is a typo on a road sign (and you can verify that it is a typo) then you'd better insert the correct name (and maybe give a hint in a note tag that the road sign is wrong, and possibly also a source:name-tag to explain where you got the correct information from). That said I agree that the given example case is difficult to judge, because if there is a well made up cover for a secret government installation it might be desirable to have this cover also in OSM. You can find some documented real world examples for (uncovered) offices/installations of one of the German secret services (BND) on wikipedia: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundesnachrichtendienst#Getarnte_Dienststellen_.28Deutschland.29 E.g. this one: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/25786821 http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundesstelle_f%C3%BCr_Fernmeldestatistik "Bundesstelle für Fernmeldestatistik" which translates roughly to "Federal Agency for Communication Statistics" ;-) cheers, Martin _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
