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Even still, the location of major substations (e.g the 400-132kv type) isn't really a secret. I could reel off quite a few in the UK without even looking at a map.</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> john whelan <jwhelan0112@gmail.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 19 January 2023 17:38<br>
<b>To:</b> Nick Whitelegg <nick.whitelegg@solent.ac.uk><br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [OSM-talk] Should we be mapping transformers and powerlines?</font>
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<div dir="auto">I accept powerlines are fine and visible on other maps but the case for transformers isn't quite so strong.
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<div dir="auto">Cheerio John</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="x_gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 19, 2023, 12:15 Nick Whitelegg via talk <<a href="mailto:talk@openstreetmap.org">talk@openstreetmap.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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I thought the whole point of OSM was to map the ground truth?</div>
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Power lines are there, and they are an important navigational aid when out walking or hiking.</div>
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And besides, just about every commercial mapping provider that I've used shows them. The OS does, as do maps that I've seen in a range of continental European countries.</div>
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<div id="x_m_-4337873489762328212divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> john whelan <<a href="mailto:jwhelan0112@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">jwhelan0112@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 19 January 2023 03:03<br>
<b>To:</b> OpenStreetMap talk mailing list <<a href="mailto:talk@openstreetmap.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">talk@openstreetmap.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [OSM-talk] Should we be mapping transformers and powerlines?</font>
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<div dir="auto">Apparently you can do a lot of expensive damage by firing a rifle bullet through them as happened more than once in the US and given the situation in Europe at the moment is there a risk that something similar could happen there?
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<div dir="auto">Should we have a process that says some things should not be mapped?</div>
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<div dir="auto">I seem to recall that the location of the pipeline that supplies aviation fuel to airports is considered an official secret in the UK. </div>
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<div dir="auto">Thoughts?</div>
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<div dir="auto">Thanks John</div>
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