[Talk-in] OSM Local Chapters are coming. Looking for feedback.

[PlaneMad]

i was just going through the national map policy
http://www.mycoordinates.org/pdf/nationalmappolicy.pdf and something that
caught my interest is this:

"In addition, the SOI is currently preparing City Maps. These City Maps will
be on large scales in WGS-84 datum and in public domain. The contents of
such maps will be decided by the SOI in consultation with Ministry of
Defence." just before section 4

has onyone interacted with the SOI yet or may have an update on this?

from all that i have read, mapping seems safe as long as we stay well away
from military areas. although the new article is scary, its quite clear that
the two were way over their limits (if the article is indeed accurate). i
really cant imagine anyone with common sense going down that path.

-arun


On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 11:15 PM, प्रवीण नळे <praveen.nale at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 10:38 AM, Shajeer Mohammed <shajeer at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Two GPS surveyors have recently been arrested by Gujarat Police:
> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Ahmedabad/GPS_surveyors_booked_under_OSA_/articleshow/3831158.cms
> > So I suggest that we be careful  on where how the GPS device is used
> > and also work to see if we can get the government agencies recognize OSM
> ..
>
>
> That's scary. Maybe better to carry the device in a bag so that those
> blinking LEDs don't attract undue attention (did it last time while
> tracing on a public transport).
>
> Found some policy related articles on a site run by NGO:
>
> http://www.mycoordinates.org/policy.php
>
> -Praveen.
>
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