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<div>replicating my wiki talk page reply:<br></div><div><br></div><div>I think that mapping as usual should be in general fine. What is verifiable by survey<br></div><div>or by other copyright-compatible sources.<br></div><div><br></div><div>With caveat that mapper should be aware that mapping military installation in detail<br></div><div>may irritate some governments.<br></div><div>So mapping details of Chinese military bases and visiting China is probably not the best idea.<br>If something is actually a secret then it will be not mappable by general public.</div><div>(see discussion about warnings and whatever it is against OSM rules to map<br></div><div>what is forbidden by laws of foreign countries)<br></div><div><br></div><div>And at least some cases of weapon storage such as <br></div><div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/309th_Aerospace_Maintenance_and_Regeneration_Group#/media/File:Aerial_view_of_Davis-Monthan_AFB_AMARG_in_March_2015.JPG">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/309th_Aerospace_Maintenance_and_Regeneration_Group#/media/File:Aerial_view_of_Davis-Monthan_AFB_AMARG_in_March_2015.JPG</a><br></div><div>are extremely well known - mapping them in OSM as weapon storage would be fine.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Dec 25, 2020, 22:37 by graemefitz1@gmail.com:<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Also from talk discussion:<br></div><div><br></div><div><div>Earlier, I did mention this, but didn't get any response: <br></div><p>"with regard to =barracks (& some of the other military=
tags), I'm finding myself partially in agreement with the "Don't map
anything military" theory! I still think it's fine to map the area &
say that this is Edwards Air Force Base, but I'm wondering if we really
need to, or should, map interior details to say that this building is
the Officers Mess, these are the Enlisted Quarters & this is the
Armoury? (using the definition of the place where weapons &
ammunition are stored)"<br></p><p>What are all your thoughts? Should we map with as much detail as
possible (or at least as much as a civilian can determine from outside
the Base!), or just have the area of a Base filled with anonymous
buildings, except for those few that may have public access eg museums,
memorials etc?<br></p></div><div><div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" class="" dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks<br></div><div><br></div><div>Graeme<br></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div></div></div><div><br></div><div class=""><div class="" dir="ltr">On Sat, 26 Dec 2020 at 07:35, Graeme Fitzpatrick <<a href="mailto:graemefitz1@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">graemefitz1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class=""><div dir="ltr"><div class=""><div><br></div><div>Yes, if you can identify what the purpose of that building is, then use a
specific tag. <br></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div> </body>
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