[Talk-ca] Mapping Private Roads?

[Colin McGregor]

On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 12:20 PM, Gregory <nomoregrapes at googlemail.com> wrote:
> I don't think there should be any problems.
> Unless it is a big super secret what the grounds are like, e.g. Area 51. Do
> they also have the air space restricted to stop aerial photography?

There are no airspace restriction. The property does have heavy
equipment that when in motion could easily flatten automobiles who get
in the way...

> It's only roads, that will presumably be marked with access=private, not
> like the company documents.
> Ultimately it is how comfortably your friend feels. Is he allowed to wander
> around(e.g. in his lunch break). Is he happy explaining that the GPS is just
> recording his location of the road, and explaining the OSM project. It might
> be handy to casually chat to a friend in his department about OSM, so if he
> does get in trouble he can say call X who knows me and can say I work here
> and what I'm doing.

Friend is comfortable traveling around the property, very early in his
career with the company he briefly worked on the property, before
being promoted and moved to an office in a nearby city. He has been
back since the promotion and as noted has been stopped by security.
Friend's current role doesn't require that he know what is happening
on the property, but he is part of a team that tracks what heavy
equipment enters/leaves that property. His last visit was I gather to
look at entrances/exits to the property (done on his own time to
satisfy his own curiosity, but very work related). Friend has offered
to take me around the property (something I'm not comfortable with).

Still, the idea of touching base with his superior in the company
before making the trip seems like a good idea to me.

Thanks.

Colin.

> Greg.
> On 4 June 2010 16:40, Colin McGregor <colin.mc151 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> A friend of mine works for a MAJOR Canadian corporation whose land
>> holdings are such that they have private (but named) roads / streets.
>> We are talking about about land where unless you have an employee ID
>> card you are ... VERY unwelcome.
>>
>> A corporate property near where my friend works has some streets in
>> Open Street Map, but not all, and there are I gather some serious
>> errors. So, friend is willing to take a GPS around the property and at
>> least collect track data, so the road network on the property can be
>> fixed. Friend has been on this property before, been stopped by
>> security, and on presentation of employee ID, not had any problems
>> (any of us who are not employees of said company would not have
>> anything like as easy a time).
>>
>> As a matter of completion I would love to see that bit of private
>> property (properly) mapped, on the other hand I don't want my friend
>> to get in trouble, or Open Street Map to get in trouble. So, any
>> thoughts on the legalities and/or other issues that my friend should
>> be aware of, before he carries a GPS with him onto company property?
>>
>>
>>
>> Colin McGregor
>>
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