[Talk-in] Border Disclaimer

Kenneth Gonsalves lawgon at au-kbc.org
Fri Nov 27 04:53:34 GMT 2009


On Friday 27 Nov 2009 10:20:13 am PlaneMad wrote:
> i personally feel that the indian server should show the claimed boundary
>  of entire j&k in addition to the present line of control (which btw is not
>  yet an official boundary). maybe this can be added to the osm db as a
>  historical border? we would need to discuss this with the folks across the
>  border as well.

all data on the Indian server is taken from OSM. The idea of separate data is 
too scary to contemplate. However the boundaries are from a separate file, I 
will take a look at that and see what can be done.
> 
> kenneth, the disclaimer is below the license:
> "The frontiers depicted on the Indian maps in Wikipedia are from a neutral
> point of view and may differ from official government maps of India,
> Pakistan and China. Please consult local laws governing publication of maps
> before usage."
> 

ok - will put this up

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regards
Kenneth Gonsalves
Senior Project Officer
NRC-FOSS
http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/




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