nickpeihl's Diary Comments
Diary Comments added by nickpeihl
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Disputed boundary tagging sprint (2019-03) |
I never proposed such a thing. Please do not misrepresent my statement for the purposes of presenting your own argument. |
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Disputed boundary tagging sprint (2019-03) | Thank you for taking this on @nvk. As a consumer and redistributor of administrative boundaries from OpenStreetMap I believe that it is imperative that disputed boundaries be mapped in OpenStreetMap. If we want a worldwide community of mappers in OSM, we must not force users to a single world view perspective. In 2016, a draft bill was proposed in India with severe penalties for using a map inconsistent with India’s official borders. The bill failed to pass, but could could be revived at any time. Would we be comfortable with losing 1.4 billion potential mappers/users? What if Russia passed a similar bill with respect to boundaries in Crimea? This effort by @nvk promotes inclusivity and diversity for all OSM users. I fully support this project. |