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

[PlaneMad]

photography is still a valid security threat at sensitive place, photographs
can show things that a satellite image cant from a top down view, but lets
not get into that. as long as we stay away from military areas, we should be
pretty safe. if this same incident had happened in the us, im sure he'll be
in even more trouble. its just a case of good old common sense taking a back
seat.

but the existence of something like http://www.mycoordinates.org/ is good to
know. i wonder if there is anyway to push an article about osm in there and
get feedback from professional cartographers.

-arun
On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves <lawgon at au-kbc.org>wrote:

> On Tuesday 16 Dec 2008 1:12:05 pm Tanveer Singh wrote:
> > > police force doesnt - idiot press reporters write rubbish. ATS can
> > > arrest, but the rest is in the hands of the judiciary. Gujarat is more
> or
> > > less under fascist rule, but the moment this is taken up to the supreme
> > > court, they will get off.
> >
> > Did anybody care to read the full reports?
> > More than the GPS, it was the photographs of Military Airbase that
> > attracted attention. That is a restricted area with "Photography
> > prohibited" prominently posted.
>
> those notices are over 50 years old! Valid in the days before satellites. I
> am
> sure Pakistan has inch accurate satellite photos of every military base of
> ours, and we of theirs. There are a lot of archaic laws in the books - like
> it is still illegal to generate electricity without a license! Or to take a
> phone instrument into another room. Or, for that matter, use a modem
> without
> a license
>
> > I think some silly reporter latched on to GPS thingy and this got
> > blown out of proportion. However to be on the safe side, its indeed
> > prudent to be careful. The police of this country is corrupt, and
> > every cop will try to extract money from you one way or the other
>
> well so far, I have been lucky - every security guy who has bumped into my
> bag
> full of gps units has let me by without question. But I suppose this will
> not
> last.
>
>
>
> --
> regards
> Kenneth Gonsalves
> Associate
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