Hi, since you'd want to get a visitors pass anyway, it would be great to also say that you want to draw a polypon around the whole property & you want it as accurate as possable and also drawing in fence/wall if & where it is physically present. Marking gates at every entrance will help map users know to avoid the property & for someone to 'create a cycling route around around it using bikemap.net' :-)
I hope this company is 'Western Forest Products', as many map users will be greatfull for this info :) The polygon could still be done after, but would be better to get a more accurate version of it. cheers, Sam On 6/4/10, Brent Fraser <[email protected]> wrote: > >> My friend is very comfortable traveling around the property. I'm not >> so comfortable with his offer to take me around the property (he has >> an employee ID, I don't). The airspace overhead is not restricted (at >> least not any more than non-company property nearby), so the road grid >> information could be obtained from a small airplane flying overhead. >> Obtaining the street names from overhead would be a problem. The issue >> in my mind is the collection of GPS tracks (on the ground), >> would/could the employer object? > > Sure, they could do anything they like. The key to minimizing problems is > to > respect the company's ownership/right to use the land. I'd recommend asking > for > permission in writing (and get a response in writing). > > And get a vistor's pass for yourself (there could liability issues if you > don't). > >> Further could this sort of data >> collection cause any grief to Open Street Map? > > If you have their permission to be on the property, no problem with the data > collection. Since you are creating the data, there's no data ownership > problem. > > But I'm not a lawyer, so don't take the above as a professional legal > opinion... > >> I gather that some of the people living near the property do sometimes >> try to use the property as a shortcut route (and when caught are >> charged with trespass). Better maps would not help the trespass >> situation... >> >> >> Colin McGregor > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ca mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca > -- Twitter: @Acrosscanada Blogs: http://acrosscanadatrails.posterous.com/ http://Acrosscanadatrails.blogspot.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans Skype: samvekemans IRC: irc://irc.oftc.net #osm-ca Canadian OSM channel (an open chat room) @Acrosscanadatrails _______________________________________________ Talk-ca mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
