On 1/12/2012 5:35 AM, John Sturdy wrote:
I just hope such data doesn't get used for directed marketing; but if it does, the marketing industry is probably going to come up with the data anyway before long (I don't think it would be difficult for a swimming pool accessories company to get software written for spotting swimming pools on Bing / Google Maps, correlating it with address data (perhaps by outsourcing to a country with cheap labour -- or perhaps the pool-spotting could be done that way anyway), and mailshot all pool owners) so not mapping such features isn't really going to protect privacy that much.
Depending on where you live, the government may already have such data available:
http://www.ocpafl.org/searches/ParcelSearch.aspx?pid=282316389901790 "PL3 - Large Elaborate Pool" _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
