Jonathan <bigfatfro...@gmail.com> wrote: > Why can we not have: > > man_made=surveillance > surveillance:type=webcam > surveillance:zone=weather;traffic;scenic..... > url=http://.... > > The overarching category of man_made=surveillance is important because > > no matter what the intention of a webcam it is pushing to the internet > > and therefore there is no control on who sees it and what they use it > for, so you can't say it isn't surveillance because that's what it is. > > This is in keeping with current usage and allows current renderers to > capture any newly added "webcams" without recoding. > > Jonathan > > http://bigfatfrog67.me > > On 29/11/2013 13:24, Georg Feddern wrote: > > Am 29.11.2013 13:03, schrieb Egil Hjelmeland: > >> On 29. nov. 2013 10:32, Jonathan wrote: > >>> I would agree, I think that covers it. > >>> > >>> A webcam is surveillance, it's a camera that is watching you > making > >>> it available to anyone. Some would say that is a greater > >>> infringement than an official camera that is regulated. > >>> > >>> Maybe the wiki page needs re-wording to reflect that it doesn't > >>> matter who is watching just that if they're watching with a camera > > >>> then it's surveillance. > >>> > >> > >> I think we live in different universes. This is the kind of stuff I > > >> am interested in: > >> http://webcam.svorka.net/bollen/ > >> > >> http://webcam.sollia.net/image.jpg > > > > not living, just thinking: > > You can surveil the wheather condition, snow condition, forest fire > > there. ;-) > > > > Well, I think I understand what you mean - I would have prefered a > > generic man_made=camera instead of =surveillance. > > I normally can not decide which view angle, zoom or purpose it has. > > Only: There is someone watching - but what and why? > > > > Best regards > > Georg > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Tagging mailing list > > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
Internet-connected cameras aren't necessarily publicly-viewable. Access to the camera may require a password, or the video stream may be sent, encrypted, to some other point. -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com "Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that." Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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