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.<br>
Gr8.<br><br>-Jaakko<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 7:17 AM, Michael Kugelmann <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:MichaelK_OSM@gmx.de" target="_blank">MichaelK_OSM@gmx.de</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 19.10.2012 15:22, Christian Quest wrote:<br>
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Next SOTM in China ?<br>
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You want ho hold a "free conference" in a "non free country" with strange rules for GPS and Geo-issues?<br>
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Just to remember: the FOSS4G 2012 Beijing has been cancelled...<br>
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Regarding these rules for GPS (as far as I'm aware of them):<br>
* the use of normal GPS-devices/loggers is not allowed<br>
* used e.g. in a car navigation they are not allowed to display coordinates<br>
* the map data for a car sat nav must be used from a chinese supplier, the data may not leave the country<br>
* ... [further strange details not written down]<br></blockquote></div>