You misunderstood me. I don't _care_ about private swimming pools and I don't think they are public interest. I don't think that mapping them can get us trouble with GDPR. You see that's my problem with a page like this: it blurs the line between ethics, legals and recommending to map things that add the greatest value to the largest number of users. I think these should have their separate pages.
On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 4:39 PM Paul Allen <pla16...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, 16 Sep 2020 at 14:47, bkil <bkil.hu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> Private swimming pools aren't that interesting but people seem to >> enjoy tracing them. Maybe in case of emergency they could be used as a >> nearby water source by the fire brigade? > > > Depending on the terrain, they may be visible and serve as navigational > references. "If I'm where I think I am, there should be a house with a > swimming pool in that direction." > > Also, swimming pools are not people and have no right to privacy under > the GDPR. > > Also, aerial imagery exists. People can look at such imagery in Google > Maps, Bing Maps, etc. If you don't want people knowing you have > a swimming pool then build a cover over it or bribe all the aerial imagery > companies to doctor their images so your swimming pool isn't visible. >> >> >> From the privacy section, am I reading correctly that you suggest that >> you find it acceptable to map each tomb in a cemetery by name? > > > I've mapped a few tombs by name. They're large, elaborate, and > (most importantly) are "listed buildings" meaning they are of > cultural significance and protected by law. I wouldn't bother > mapping any other tombs in a cemetery, not unless I ran out > of things to map (that isn't going to happen). > >> I think you are trying to basically gather "mapping ethics", and maybe >> this should be better be done in Wikipedia because it does not only >> concern OpenStreetMap, but any mapping provider. > > > And what if OSM feels those generic mapping ethics are too lax? > We'll end up with our own, one way or another. Even if it's only > guidance as to how to interpret generic ethics in the context of > the OSM mapping model. > > -- > Paul > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
