[HOT] Pakistan Anti-Mapping Legislation: Implications for HOT/OSM

[Kate Chapman]

Hi Mark,

I think it depends. If we were going to start a project in Pakistan
physically on the ground it is a huge deal. Remote activations it
probably isn't a huge issue for us specifically, though I wonder about
people on the ground using the data. Would it be an issue if they were
not mapping, but just using unofficial map sources.

There are some similar sounding laws in Indonesia, but the
implementation has been really different. For example 2 years ago a
law was passed that in summary says if you distribute inaccurate data
you will pay a big fine or do jail time. We are working closely with
Badan Informasi Geospasial (the NMA) on this however. The law is a lot
less scary in implementation in our case than when it first come out.

Can't say that Pakistan will do the same, but it is one of those
things where I'm not sure what we can do other than wait and see.

-Kate

On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 10:43 PM, Mark Iliffe <mark at markiliffe.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I've just seen this through Twitter, it may be of relevance to those mapping
> in/near Pakistan. The short version is thus; it seems that Pakistan is
> legislating against mapping which ins't conducted by the national mapping
> agency.
>
> http://dawn.com/2012/11/21/pakistanis-lost-without-maps/
>
> Best,
>
> Mark
>
>
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