[OSM-talk] Should we be mapping transformers and powerlines?

[Jóhannes Birgir Jensson]

The example from Marc_marc tells us keeping underground things hidden is bad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghislenghien_disaster

As for underwater, in the 1990s and early 2000s Iceland kept getting disconnected from the rest of the Internet by fishing ships trawling the CANTAT-3 branch, which for the early parts was the only connection to the Internet for the whole country.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CANTAT-3



19. janúar 2023 kl. 12:57, skrifaði "Niels Elgaard Larsen" <elgaard at agol.dk>:

> john whelan:
> 
>> Apparently you can do a lot of expensive damage by firing a rifle bullet through them > as happened
>> more than once in the US and given the situation in Europe at the moment > is there a risk that
>> something similar could happen there?
>> Should we have a process that says some things should not be mapped?
>> I seem to recall that the location of the pipeline that supplies aviation fuel to > airports is
>> considered an official secret in the UK.
> 
> Transformers and powerlines are not official secrets. And they can be spotted by anyone passing by
> and be seen on aerial images.
> 
> It does make more sense to keep objects underground or underwater secret.
> 
> We do have https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1098580572
> 
> But I do not know if it is precise enough for a submarine with a bomb.
> And there are official maps with the layout, e.g.,
> https://www.mynewsdesk.com/dk/energistyrelsen/documents/kort-over-nord-stream-2-linjefoering-paa-dan
> k-omraade-68552
> 
> -- Niels Elgaard Larsen
> 
> _______________________________________________
> talk mailing list
> talk at openstreetmap.org
> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk