Faisal - On Nov 26, 2012, at 1:31 AM, Faisal Chohan <[email protected]> wrote: > > 2. We were doing on-ground mapping in Pakistan especially our TED prize > winner project "SaafPindi". After reading this news we have stopped on ground > mapping and are not updating open street map from Friday on-wards. We are > just pondering different options. >
What specifically motiviated you guys stop by Friday? I assume the law is not in effect yet? Maybe we should actually step up mapping in Rawalpindi and other areas you're active in and make it a show case of what's soon not going to be possible anymore. Could be a great blog post for HOT. > > > > On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 7:38 AM, Kate Chapman <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Mark, > > I think it depends. If we were going to start a project in Pakistan > physically on the ground it is a huge deal. Remote activations it > probably isn't a huge issue for us specifically, though I wonder about > people on the ground using the data. Would it be an issue if they were > not mapping, but just using unofficial map sources. > > There are some similar sounding laws in Indonesia, but the > implementation has been really different. For example 2 years ago a > law was passed that in summary says if you distribute inaccurate data > you will pay a big fine or do jail time. We are working closely with > Badan Informasi Geospasial (the NMA) on this however. The law is a lot > less scary in implementation in our case than when it first come out. > > Can't say that Pakistan will do the same, but it is one of those > things where I'm not sure what we can do other than wait and see. > > -Kate > > On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 10:43 PM, Mark Iliffe <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I've just seen this through Twitter, it may be of relevance to those mapping > > in/near Pakistan. The short version is thus; it seems that Pakistan is > > legislating against mapping which ins't conducted by the national mapping > > agency. > > > > http://dawn.com/2012/11/21/pakistanis-lost-without-maps/ > > > > Best, > > > > Mark > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > HOT mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot Alex Barth http://twitter.com/lxbarth tel (+1) 202 250 3633 _______________________________________________ HOT mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
