[OSM-talk] About OSM social implications and what can/should be displayed on the map (or not)

Mateusz Konieczny matkoniecz at tutanota.com
Fri Jun 29 17:19:03 UTC 2018


29. Jun 2018 17:27 by carlos.camara at gmail.com <mailto:carlos.camara at gmail.com>:


> OSM does not take "any ethical stance and display the world as it is."
> It is for that reason that I want to raise that particular topic to OSM community: 
> Is that true?




yes


 

>  and if so, should it be that way? 
>




yes




> My reasons for such statement are the following ones:
>
> First: Any map is also a political act in terms that the mappers decide which information is displayed and which one is not,




Are you aware about difference between OSM database and maps made from OSM database?




 

> openstreetmap-carto




I am not convinced that this mailing list is a good place to discuss it, I think it belongs

in openstreetmap-carto bug tracker discussion.
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