[Talk-us] Opinions on Devil's Slide Bunker (San Mateo, CA)

[Mateusz Konieczny]

31 Aug 2020, 05:38 by steveaOSM at softworkers.com:

> On Aug 30, 2020, at 5:50 PM, Brian Stromberg <brian.stromberg at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I would argue that maps can only show the world as the mapmaker wants it to be shown, and OSM should probably not be encouraging people (in any way) to be visiting sites that are clearly marked as illegal to visit. This seems like a bad precedent to set. I would include the bunker but not mark it as tourism. People will find it if they want to, whatever OSM tags it as, so it doesn't seem necessary to participate/encourage in whatever degree of illegality the access entails.
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> And here is where some disagree:  OSM does not "encourage."  OSM is data.  It simply says "this is" and "these are."  OSM does not encourage people (in any way) to visit a site or trespass.  It is a collection of data (of "what is") expressed as a map.  Full stop.
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At the same time we know that viewpoint
data can be used, is used and it's typical 
use is to display interesting locations
worth visiting.
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