[Tagging] Proposed feature - RFC - Military Bases

[Mateusz Konieczny]

replicating my wiki talk page reply:

I think that mapping as usual should be in general fine. What is verifiable by survey
or by other copyright-compatible sources.

With caveat that mapper should be aware that mapping military installation in detail
may irritate some governments.
So mapping details of Chinese military bases and visiting China is probably not the best idea.
If something is actually a secret then it will be not mappable by general public.(see discussion about warnings and whatever it is against OSM rules to map
what is forbidden by laws of foreign countries)

And at least some cases of weapon storage such as 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/309th_Aerospace_Maintenance_and_Regeneration_Group#/media/File:Aerial_view_of_Davis-Monthan_AFB_AMARG_in_March_2015.JPG
are extremely well known - mapping them in OSM as weapon storage would be fine.

Dec 25, 2020, 22:37 by graemefitz1 at gmail.com:

> Also from talk discussion:
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> Earlier, I did mention this, but didn't get any response: 
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> "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)"
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> 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?
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> Thanks
>
> Graeme
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> On Sat, 26 Dec 2020 at 07:35, Graeme Fitzpatrick <> graemefitz1 at gmail.com> > wrote:
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>> Yes, if you can identify what the purpose of that building is, then use a specific tag. 
>>

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