[OSM-talk] #Occupy camps in OSM?

[Janko Mihelić]

Occupy Hamburg<http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=53.551355&lon=9.999325&zoom=18&layers=M>:)

There is an unwritten rule for temporary content. The problem is with some
applications that have offline data. They get the state when it's
downloaded, and then it's refreshed after a few months. So you shouldn't
draw stuff that is going to be gone in less than a few months. That said,
tags like start and end date should fix this. This should be a problem for
developers, not mappers.

If you ask me, put it in :)


2011/11/8 Alan McConchie <alan.mcconchie at gmail.com>

> Hi everyone,
>
> I mooted this question on the IRC, but I also wanted to ask it here, too.
> Should the temporary camps of the #OccupyWallStreet movement be mapped in
> OSM? Clearly these are temporary and rapidly changing structures, but some
> of the camps have remained relatively stable for several weeks now. OSM
> already includes things like Burning Man, which only lasts for one week.
>
> Does anyone know of any #Occupy camps that have already been mapped? I
> checked NYC, London, San Francisco and Oakland and didn't see anything. Or,
> have any similar camps been mapped in OSM already, other than Burning Man?
>
> I figure we could use many of the same features that Burning Man uses,
> primarily tourism:camp_site, plus keys like start_date and end_date (if
> applicable).
>
> I also should say that I don't think it needs to be a political question
> whether or not OSM supports the #Occupy movement. Whether or not we agree
> with the protests, these are newsworthy places that many people would like
> to know about, not just the protestors.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alan
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