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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 17/03/2015 10:46 AM, Bryce Nesbitt
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"Please do not map private objects in private space. In general
if
<div>the object could create a privacy concern, or is just not
useful to </div>
<div>a member of the public, please don't add it to the
database. Note</div>
<div>it is fully OK to map facilities within membership or fee
based venues,</div>
<div>as long as the facilities are reasonably available to
members of the public."</div>
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<div><b>Examples not to map</b>: toilets in homes, employee only
toilets in businesses, private recycling bins, playgrounds in
private homes or day care facilities.</div>
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<div><b>Examples to map: </b>toilets inside DisneyLand,
buildings visible from air photos, private facilities with a
history of public "permissive" use.</div>
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If OSM encourages others to use the OSM data base.. why cannot they
add data that is 'private' to them? <br>
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If renderers were not to render any access=private object then the
general public would not be aware of these 'private' objects and <br>
those who want them may enter them and configure there own render to
show 'their' data alongside OSM data. <br>
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One idea is to only map stuff that is 'publicly viewable'. Some
define this as 'from a public place' such as a street. However with
satellite views being publicly available then mapping things that
are not viewable from a public street becomes possible with more
accuracy than that of a visual estimation from a public street. <br>
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I think that mapping stuff that is not usefull, in some way, is a
waste of time, public stuff or private stuff. If a person with
authority wants to map private stuff .. then I think that is OK. The
key is the authority. <br>
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And then the definition of 'private' is? <br>
Are Universities 'private'? Are bicycle repair stations inside
university grounds private? <br>
Are private swimming pools in backyards to be mapped as they may be
used in an emergency to fight fires? <br>
The boundaries between private and public are grey ... and then
their is community emergency use. Murky waters. <br>
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