[OSM-talk] Abnormal votings on military objects in RU wiki part; PocketGIS madness

[andrzej zaborowski]

Hi,

On 12 April 2010 08:32, Eugene Iline <evgeniy at ily.in> wrote:
> Moreover, in general it is often not possible to distinguish each object
> with a wall or fence around it even with a building with a plate "control
> checkpoint" or "military unit #####" on it as an object owned by military,
> so the only "absolute truth on ground" about it is that that is just a wall
> and access is prohibited ("no"). Giving the wall tag landuse=military that
> stands for "military owned" in Map features will be just a guess of the
> author, even if he has seen armed man behind the fence.

I think you forget that a military complex is often a normal workplace
for a lot of people where they have to drive in every morning and may
want things like routing or search or any other application, to work
equally inside and outside that place.  The locations of most things
in military units around the world are not state secrets.  Also, what
is prohibited for one mapper, may be allowed for another mapper.

Cheers