[Talk-us] Removal of sensitive data in East Bay Regional Park District, CA

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

On 12.05.22 03:34, Anthony Costanzo wrote:
> While I understand the concerns expressed on this matter, I do not 
> believe intentional censorship is consistent 

There are many things we intentionally do not put on the map, or remove 
if someone does - for example, the names (and occupations and ages and 
genders...) of people who live in a building, or the fact that a 
building is a women's shelter. There have also been cases where someone 
mapped a nesting place of a rare bird and the community agreed to remove 
that.

I don't want to weigh in on the concrete situation because I have no 
pertinent knowledge, I just wanted to make it clear that the statement

> It IS our 
> responsibility as mappers to objectively and thoroughly document the 
> world as it exists.

has its limits, and there's broad agreement in OSM that it does.

Bye
Frederik

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