Cryptography. If something exists, its very existence conveys something or is about to.
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What is involved with town mapping - do you have some kind of Google type camera rig on your car or a GPS device that automates the process and just drive through street, or what?
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I watched the video you linked. So it's enhancing existing maps - I was thinking it was building the maps themselves from scratch. A long time ago I worked with a small company that created digital street maps for cities to use for utility work etc.
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What are you doing with your time this week then? 😬
We love OSM for finding gravel routes for our bikes. However, since no bike maps ever say the state of the gravel, and mark many as paved, we've been pre-driving and contributing. It's fun!
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What are you doing with your time this week then? 😬
This week I mapped one small town in full (took only 2 days lol). I also mapped various cemetery roads and did a few other assorted things. I also had a couple days off since OSM was down.
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And also I know a lot about breaking video DRM.
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How do you map
Is there any liability? NSA, angry exes, employer, anybody finding out that you mapped your own town?
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