[OSM-talk] California bill to limit detail on online mapping tools

[Kenneth Gonsalves]

On Friday 13 March 2009 13:53:05 Mike Collinson wrote:
> ­ California Assemblyman Joel Anderson, sponsor of a bill that would
> require online mapping services using satellite imagery to blur the details
> of schools, places of worship, government buildings, and medical facilities
> to prevent terrorists from using them for planning purposes.

the Mumbai attacks showed that the only people hampered by lack of accurate 
maps readily available were not the terrorists, but the security forces. In 
emergencies maps locked in safes where the guy with the key is at home and 
asleep are of no help to anyone.
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regards
Kenneth Gonsalves
Associate
NRC-FOSS
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