So, entering China with any GPS-capable phones is then a bit like entering the USAID HQ office (and I assume similarly a number of other gov offices) a few years back when they didn't allow any cameras into the building -- "please leave all your BlackBerries and other smartphones with cameras here upon entering -- we'llk give them back to you when you leave". This time just due to the GPS. Gr8.
-Jaakko On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 7:17 AM, Michael Kugelmann <[email protected]>wrote: > On 19.10.2012 15:22, Christian Quest wrote: > >> Next SOTM in China ? >> > You want ho hold a "free conference" in a "non free country" with strange > rules for GPS and Geo-issues? > > Just to remember: the FOSS4G 2012 Beijing has been cancelled... > > Regarding these rules for GPS (as far as I'm aware of them): > * the use of normal GPS-devices/loggers is not allowed > * used e.g. in a car navigation they are not allowed to display coordinates > * the map data for a car sat nav must be used from a chinese supplier, the > data may not leave the country > * ... [further strange details not written down] >
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