Re: [OSM-talk] GPS banned in Egypt

2008-12-15 Thread Steve Chilton
2008 00:38 To: Talk Openstreetmap Subject: [OSM-talk] GPS banned in Egypt Hi, probably not news to most of you but until recently I had assumed that only a few outlandish places like China and Saudi Arabia had banned GPSes; now I read that Egypt - hitherto regarded by Y.T. as an at least

Re: [OSM-talk] GPS banned in Egypt

2008-12-15 Thread Tim Waters (chippy)
[mailto:talk-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Frederik Ramm Sent: 14 December 2008 00:38 To: Talk Openstreetmap Subject: [OSM-talk] GPS banned in Egypt Hi, probably not news to most of you but until recently I had assumed that only a few outlandish places like China and Saudi Arabia had

Re: [OSM-talk] GPS banned in Egypt

2008-12-15 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: this is bullshit - gujarat is under semi-fascist rule. The moment these people approach the high court/supreme court, they will be set free. Well then let's hope they get a chance to approach the high court/supreme court at all - which cannot be taken for

[OSM-talk] GPS banned in Egypt

2008-12-13 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, probably not news to most of you but until recently I had assumed that only a few outlandish places like China and Saudi Arabia had banned GPSes; now I read that Egypt - hitherto regarded by Y.T. as an at least halfway civil place - has had a GPS ban in place for 5 years now: