[Talk-GB] removing of "private" items from the map

[Andy Townsend]

On 25/01/2022 19:24, Jon Pennycook via Talk-GB wrote:
>
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/The%20Grange%20Hampshire/history is 
> removing items from the map that are private.  I don't disagree that 
> they are private, but I think this is the wrong approach (for a start, 
> the delivery companies will just add the delivery routes back to the 
> map).  Could someone contact them to discuss this?
>
If no one local fancies contacting them, you could drop an email to the 
DWG* - we occasionally deal with this sort of thing, and can put forward 
arguments (if appropriate) for not deleting - such as "if you delete it 
someone will just redraw it from imagery".

Best Regards,

Andy (from the DWG)

* data at osmfoundation.org