[OSM-talk] radioactivity

Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdreist at gmail.com
Tue Aug 11 17:26:39 BST 2009


2009/8/11 Jonathan Bennett <openstreetmap at jonno.cix.co.uk>:
> Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
>> no, we shouldn't. But what's so strange about the desire to tag
>> nuclear installations? Why not tag all chemical plants? There is a lot
>> of benefit in mapping not just "industrial" but also the type of
>> industry, be it chemical, automotive, steel, clothing or whatever.
>
> There's a difference between mapping what you can verify -- the
> presences of buildings, fences, structures, etc. and mapping pollution
> or radioactivity levels, especially when you're not allowed anywhere
> near the plant itself.

OK, than I got you wrong, of course we don't have either measures nor
an adequat database-model to store concentrations of either nuclear or
chemical fallout, but we can map the plants themselfs as well as
storage places of their waste.

cheers,
Martin




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