[OSM-talk] Tactical mapping in Ukraine?

Mark Wagner mark+osm at carnildo.com
Fri Apr 8 18:48:29 UTC 2022


On Fri, 8 Apr 2022 18:48:32 +1000
Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com> wrote:

> The military (all of them) already have better mapping or at least as 
> good as OSM. SO mapping or not in OSM will have very little if any
> impact.

"The military" may, but the Soviet Union was infamous for treating maps
as highly-classified secrets, to the point that the best available maps
of Moscow were those in the US embassy.  I would not be surprised to
learn that that mindset has carried over such that the generals have
high-quality maps of Ukraine, but the average soldier is depending on
Google or OSM.

-- 
Mark



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