On Mon, 1 Apr 2019 at 20:27, Ian Sergeant <inas66+...@gmail.com> wrote:
> How do we actually contact "local elders"? > Would have to be done "on the ground" in that local area > Where do we record their consent? > Possibly in Notes? Maybe the Oz Data Catalogue page https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Australian_data_catalogue or similar? What if they change their minds? > Then I think we would need to delete the entries, similar to the way that you can request your premises not be shown on Google Maps. I have seen a comment on the Tagging list that some town in the US requested that all it's minor streets be deleted from all online maps to prevent rat-runners from driving down them! > > Are we saying other mappers should delete these sites if they see them on > the map? How do they know if approval was obtained? > I would hope that people have done things "properly". As mentioned though, if the site is advertised / signposted, then it's fine to map. But if you're walking in the Kimberley & find a cave full of paintings, then you should ask for approval before mapping them. This was discussed a while back about mapping a track up in that area, but I can't find the reference in the archives > is this form of censorship practised anywhere else in OSM - maybe for > other indigenous people - that we could copy their model? > I don't know? I'll post the question on the Tagging list. > P.S. It's Strait - not "Straight". > Thanks! Corrected :-) Thanks Graeme
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