On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 10:20 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi All, > > A bit late, but better late than never. > http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?673095 is yet another story of > "gps-mapper-terrorist".(Pardon the technology handicapped journos who had > put GPRS instead of GPS) Pradeep BV suggested that we must actually have a > printout of "who-we-are-what-is-OSM-we-are-mappers-not-terrorists" page > whenever we go out for mapping.I think this is very much required given the > terror phobia people and security agencies have. Thoughts welcome. > > The other thing that worries me is the term "prohibited area". The one > mentioned in the article is Anushakti Nagar in Bombay which is the > residential colony of employees in BARC which is no where close to > prohibited area( The actual N-reactor / research centre). Is there a way we > can know a place is prohibited or not? The article also says "prohibited > areas are blanked out in maps" which to my knowledge never happens with > Google etc(I can be damn sure about this). So my question is how does one > know what is prohibited area / not. > > This came as a significant shock to me when my Dad asked about it as i used > to map around "Kalpakkam township".(Similar place in Tamil Nadu where my > parents live). I havent tried out roaming recently and might not do so > though i feel its should be perfectly OK to map the Township. > > Srikanth, Cant agree more with this, I have myself been almost handed over once for this. The report seems to mention 'without a proper sanction'. Even for residential areas which have boards of 'No Trespassing', what constitues sanction? Regards, Shalabh > -- > Regards > Srikanth.L > http://j.mp/SrikanthL > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-in mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in > >
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