Re: [OSM-talk] Should we be mapping transformers and powerlines?

2023-01-18 Thread Warin
On 19/1/23 14:03, john whelan wrote: Apparently you can do a lot of expensive damage by firing a rifle bullet through them as happened more than once in the US and given the situation in Europe at the moment is there a risk that something similar could happen there? Should we have a

Re: [OSM-talk] Should we be mapping transformers and powerlines?

2023-01-18 Thread Paul Johnson
Ever been lost someplace where that's the only obvious set of fixed landmarks? On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 9:16 PM john whelan wrote: > Perhaps you could expand on the benefits of mapping them? > > Thanks John > > On Wed, Jan 18, 2023, 10:09 PM stevea, wrote: > >> I'd like to say "oh, please..."

Re: [OSM-talk] Should we be mapping transformers and powerlines?

2023-01-18 Thread Clifford Snow
On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 7:05 PM john whelan wrote: > Apparently you can do a lot of expensive damage by firing a rifle bullet > through them as happened more than once in the US and given the situation > in Europe at the moment is there a risk that something similar could happen > there? > >

Re: [OSM-talk] Should we be mapping transformers and powerlines?

2023-01-18 Thread Brian M. Sperlongano
Navigational landmarks while hiking. On Wed, Jan 18, 2023, 10:17 PM john whelan wrote: > Perhaps you could expand on the benefits of mapping them? > > Thanks John > > On Wed, Jan 18, 2023, 10:09 PM stevea, wrote: > >> I'd like to say "oh, please..." because this seems a bit harsh. But I >>

Re: [OSM-talk] Should we be mapping transformers and powerlines?

2023-01-18 Thread stevea
On Jan 18, 2023, at 7:13 PM, john whelan wrote: > Perhaps you could expand on the benefits of mapping them? I don't wish to sound antagonistic, but that's like asking "what good is our map" and expecting the infinite "creative and unexpected purposes" that have, do and will evolve from our

Re: [OSM-talk] Should we be mapping transformers and powerlines?

2023-01-18 Thread john whelan
Perhaps you could expand on the benefits of mapping them? Thanks John On Wed, Jan 18, 2023, 10:09 PM stevea, wrote: > I'd like to say "oh, please..." because this seems a bit harsh. But I > understand that people can be sensitive. > > But this is OSM and I'd like to believe we live in a world

Re: [OSM-talk] Should we be mapping transformers and powerlines?

2023-01-18 Thread stevea
I'd like to say "oh, please..." because this seems a bit harsh. But I understand that people can be sensitive. But this is OSM and I'd like to believe we live in a world that is more free rather than less free. What's next, do we stop mapping pre-school or kindergartens because they have

[OSM-talk] Should we be mapping transformers and powerlines?

2023-01-18 Thread john whelan
Apparently you can do a lot of expensive damage by firing a rifle bullet through them as happened more than once in the US and given the situation in Europe at the moment is there a risk that something similar could happen there? Should we have a process that says some things should not be

[Talk-gb-london] #waymap-project-SB cycleway vandalism

2023-01-18 Thread Robert Skedgell
I had previously thought that @alisonlung's #waymap-project-SB edits were no worse than just a few decorative sidewalks, with some slightly irritating footway routing as a result. Unfortunately, I was wrong. I hadn't noticed what looks like real, and frankly quite nasty, vandalism by