Nick Whitelegg schrieb: >> I tend to keep my GPS unit in my pocket when I encounter people. The >> accuracy probably suffers, but at least I don't get the stares :) >> > > To be honest I'd have thought keeping the gps unit out would mean you're > less likely to get harassed - it makes you look like you're kind of doing > something official. > > Luckily I've never really had any major trouble but my standard response > would probably be "Got the internet? Look up www.openstreetmap.org. Is > your street on there and named? No? Will it soon will be..." > >
What about some flyers which you can give to somebody if he shows interest in what you are doing or is suspicous about it. You could even make custom flyers for the area you are mapping at the moment. This would show the person directly what you are working on and you can see for yourself where you still need to do some mapping. Some sort of scratchpad for yourself and others.... With some evidence in you hand it is much easier to show people what you are doing and even raise some interest in the project where you dont expect it. Photographers tend to have the same problem, when they want to photograph unusual (non touristic) places. I remember a story of a guy who was trying to photograph a highway by night (long time exposure). A policeman came by and was some kind of picky about what the strange guy with this strange equipment (DSLR, tripod, etc) was doing, unitl he showed him on the camera screen the results. Then the conversation started to go in the direction on how this was done and how he (the policeman) could do it by himself. Thomas _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
