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

Kærast kaerast at qvox.org
Fri Mar 13 12:11:01 GMT 2009


On Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:59:33 -0000
"Ed Loach" <ed at loach.me.uk> wrote:

> Is it me, or is blurring out the bits you don’t want to be targets
> just going to highlight where they are? 
> 
>  
> 

I'm not sure that blurring is what would happen, simply not showing the
data would be what happens.  But you're right, by having a blank or
blurred section of an otherwise detailed map just shows that there is
something of interest there.

The more sensible option would be to map the area in high enough detail
to not be obviously "blurred" but not so high as it'll be useful.  Take
for example what Ordnance Survey do with sensitive military sites, map
enough of it to not have a blank bit but label it as something
as innocuous as possible.


-- 
Alice




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