Re: [OSM-talk] Stares

2008-03-30 Thread Kyle Gordon
Thomas Szukala wrote: I remember a story of a guy who was trying to photograph a highway by night (long time exposure). A policeman came by and was some kind of picky about what the strange guy with this strange equipment (DSLR, tripod, etc) was doing, unitl he showed him on the camera

Re: [OSM-talk] Stares

2008-03-26 Thread tim
On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 3:13 PM, Thomas Szukala [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What about some flyers which you can give to somebody if he shows interest in what you are doing or is suspicous about it. You could even make custom flyers for the area you are mapping at the moment. This would

Re: [OSM-talk] Stares

2008-03-12 Thread Bruce Cowan
On Tue, 2008-03-11 at 15:23 +0100, J.D. Schmidt wrote: Aaaww shucks - There goes 250 down the drain. Anybody interested in a full urban camouflage battledress, complete with matching ghillie-suit and a discreet handwoven OpenStreetMap Surveyor tag ? Mint condition, only used at night, in

Re: [OSM-talk] Stares

2008-03-11 Thread Iván Sánchez Ortega
El Martes, 11 de Marzo de 2008, Igor Brejc escribió: I tend to keep my GPS unit in my pocket when I encounter people. The accuracy probably suffers, but at least I don't get the stares :) I discovered the wonders of Velcro, and a wool pullover. This way I keep the GPS on my shoulder, and put a

Re: [OSM-talk] Stares

2008-03-11 Thread Martin Simon
Am Dienstag, 11. März 2008 10:43:44 schrieb Iván Sánchez Ortega: El Martes, 11 de Marzo de 2008, Igor Brejc escribió: I tend to keep my GPS unit in my pocket when I encounter people. The accuracy probably suffers, but at least I don't get the stares :) I discovered the wonders of Velcro,

Re: [OSM-talk] Stares

2008-03-11 Thread Nick Whitelegg
I tend to keep my GPS unit in my pocket when I encounter people. The accuracy probably suffers, but at least I don't get the stares :) To be honest I'd have thought keeping the gps unit out would mean you're less likely to get harassed - it makes you look like you're kind of doing something

Re: [OSM-talk] Stares

2008-03-11 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder)
Nick Whitelegg wrote: Sent: 11 March 2008 1:24 PM To: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Stares I tend to keep my GPS unit in my pocket when I encounter people. The accuracy probably suffers, but at least I don't get the stares :) To be honest I'd have thought keeping the gps unit

Re: [OSM-talk] Stares

2008-03-11 Thread J.D. Schmidt
Andy Robinson (blackadder) skrev: There is no need for OSM data gathering to be a subversive activity. Make a statement about it and tell people what you are doing. Aaaww shucks - There goes 250 € down the drain. Anybody interested in a full urban camouflage battledress, complete with

Re: [OSM-talk] Stares

2008-03-11 Thread Gregory
Yep it's either rough areas or where people would probably take forever to understand me, that I fear being seen. However there are the times (maybe as many) when I'd like to be asked. On 11/03/2008, Igor Brejc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nick Whitelegg wrote: I tend to keep my GPS unit in my

Re: [OSM-talk] Stares

2008-03-11 Thread Gora Mohanty
On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:34:56 - Andy Robinson \(blackadder\) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] Luckily I've never really had any major trouble but my standard response would probably be Got the internet? Look up www.openstreetmap.org. Is your street on there and named? No? Will it soon will

Re: [OSM-talk] Stares

2008-03-10 Thread Abigail Brady
On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 7:07 PM, SteveC [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone else noticed the number of stares going up? I had about 5 in my hour or so of mapping. I waved at 3 of them and got one wave back. Last month I had someone ask me if they had parked their car in an OK place. They

Re: [OSM-talk] Stares

2008-03-10 Thread Mikel Maron
P.S. Schuyler, and Mikel nearly got arrested while mapping Ludhiana in India. No no not at all. We simply got asked a series of rapid, intense, probing questions from a representative of Ludhiana's police department. I'm sure she was just curious about OSM.

Re: [OSM-talk] Stares

2008-03-10 Thread SteveC
On 10 Mar 2008, at 13:34, Mikel Maron wrote: P.S. Schuyler, and Mikel nearly got arrested while mapping Ludhiana in India. No no not at all. We simply got asked a series of rapid, intense, probing questions from a representative of Ludhiana's police department. I'm sure she was

Re: [OSM-talk] Stares

2008-03-10 Thread Gregory
In my last blog post ( http://www.livingwithdragons.com/2008/03/mapping-meets-geocaching) I ommited that someone was waiting in their car for ages with the engine on while I mapped passed them. I was waiting for them to leave and eventually when I had gone out of their sight for 5 minutes they

Re: [OSM-talk] Stares

2008-03-10 Thread Igor Brejc
Gregory wrote: In my last blog post (http://www.livingwithdragons.com/2008/03/mapping-meets-geocaching) I ommited that someone was waiting in their car for ages with the engine on while I mapped passed them. I was waiting for them to leave and eventually when I had gone out of their sight

[OSM-talk] Stares

2008-03-09 Thread SteveC
Has anyone else noticed the number of stares going up? I had about 5 in my hour or so of mapping. I waved at 3 of them and got one wave back. have fun, SteveC | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.asklater.com/steve/ ___ talk mailing list

Re: [OSM-talk] Stares

2008-03-09 Thread Jon Stockill
SteveC wrote: Has anyone else noticed the number of stares going up? I had about 5 in my hour or so of mapping. I waved at 3 of them and got one wave back. Yes, but that's mainly due to the fact that I've spent the last couple of weekends mapping an area where wandering around with something

Re: [OSM-talk] Stares

2008-03-09 Thread Stephan Schildberg
With its right wing? Stephan. Has anyone else noticed the number of stares going up? I had about 5 in my hour or so of mapping. I waved at 3 of them and got one wave back. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] Stares

2008-03-09 Thread graham
SteveC wrote: Has anyone else noticed the number of stares going up? I had about 5 in my hour or so of mapping. I waved at 3 of them and got one wave back. No, but I'm definitely noticing an increase in the number of agressive dogs :-( Graham SteveC | [EMAIL PROTECTED] |

Re: [OSM-talk] Stares

2008-03-09 Thread 80n
I think this might be the cause: http://www.met.police.uk/campaigns/counter_terrorism/ct_camera_2008.pdf More details: http://www.met.police.uk/campaigns/campaign_ct_2008.htm 80n On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 7:52 PM, graham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SteveC wrote: Has anyone else noticed the number

Re: [OSM-talk] Stares

2008-03-09 Thread SteveC
On 9 Mar 2008, at 20:33, 80n wrote: I think this might be the cause: http://www.met.police.uk/campaigns/counter_terrorism/ ct_camera_2008.pdf Fight back with http://www.boingboing.net/2008/03/05/remixing-the-london.html More details: