I seem to recall there are fewer rifles per head of population in the UK. The problem is more a North American one although with the ease of which guns can be 3D printed it could be a UK eventually.
On a side issue I wonder if Microsoft's building detector could pick out telephone boxes in the UK? Cheerio John On Thu, Jan 19, 2023, 12:40 Nick Whitelegg <[email protected]> wrote: > > Even still, the location of major substations (e.g the 400-132kv type) > isn't really a secret. I could reel off quite a few in the UK without even > looking at a map. > > Nick > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* john whelan <[email protected]> > *Sent:* 19 January 2023 17:38 > *To:* Nick Whitelegg <[email protected]> > *Cc:* OpenStreetMap talk mailing list <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [OSM-talk] Should we be mapping transformers and > powerlines? > > I accept powerlines are fine and visible on other maps but the case for > transformers isn't quite so strong. > > Cheerio John > > On Thu, Jan 19, 2023, 12:15 Nick Whitelegg via talk < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > I thought the whole point of OSM was to map the ground truth? > > Power lines are there, and they are an important navigational aid when out > walking or hiking. > > And besides, just about every commercial mapping provider that I've used > shows them. The OS does, as do maps that I've seen in a range of > continental European countries. > > Nick > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* john whelan <[email protected]> > *Sent:* 19 January 2023 03:03 > *To:* OpenStreetMap talk mailing list <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [OSM-talk] Should we be mapping transformers and powerlines? > > 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. > > Thoughts? > > Thanks John > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > <https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.openstreetmap.org%2Flistinfo%2Ftalk&data=05%7C01%7Cnick.whitelegg%40solent.ac.uk%7C976f4ceec26941fdf68a08dafa43f19b%7Cd684e4cd491a4577bf33546478d72e3c%7C0%7C0%7C638097466969506677%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Wnt8Dqlivd%2F9kn3Npf%2BfPSCc2w8ZSGkGBI1hNvtsuRc%3D&reserved=0> > >
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