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Indian GPS Cartographers Charged As Terrorists
chrb writes "Following on from the discussion about Apple disabling GPS in Egyptian iPhones, we have a new case of the conflict between the traditional secrecy of government, and the widening availability of cheap, accurate GPS devices around the world. On 5th December, two software engineers employed by Biond Software in India were arrested for mapping highways using vehicle based GPS devices. Further evidence against the pair emerged when it was found that a laptop they had been using in the car contained some photos of the local airforce base. The company claims they had been commissioned by Nokia Navigator to create maps of local roads and terrain. Following an investigation by the Anti Terrorist Squad of Gujarat the cartographers have now been charged with violating the Official
Secrets Act and will remain in custody."
At least it isnt Guantanamo..
Why is this article title red?
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Ah another misleading /. headline. Being charged under the Official Secrets Act is not being charged under anti-terrorism laws.
The most dangerous thing in the world is a second lieutenant with a map and a compass.
no, that terrorism is caused by greed, fear & ego run amok. better days ahead.
"You are in violation of the Official Secrets Act, you are under arrest."
"The official secrets act? What's that?"
"An official secret. Now put your hands behind your back. You have the right to remain ignorant of your crimes. You have the right to a low quality attorney. And you have the right to not ask any more stupid questions..."
Governments spend billions of dollars and many years building up their credibility. Every time the justice system fails, that credit is lost. In time, if corrective measures aren't taken, the justice department finds itself bankrupt - people have zero respect for the law (because it is corrupt), and much contempt for the law. Society becomes lawless.
And not just for the commoner - government workers break the law as well, and for the same reason. Lack of respect.
I posit that debiting the "justice account" by making examples of people, we (regardless of which country) fundamentally damage society and lay burden on those who will follow. It is immoral, and must be stopped.
A government is a body of people notably ungoverned - AC
How about Google Maps having photos of same roads already for *years*. Made by flying holy cow.
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Ummm...that first link doesn't work at all. Way to go editors.
Anyways, this really sucks for them. The article doesn't really say what they are being charged with or why having maps is such a bad thing. Lord knows I'd hate to be "grilled" for simply collecting data. Very scary.
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Unless more is known, they shouldn't be classified as terrorists.
India doesn't foster terrorists and I certainly hope they are not in the personas of Software Engineers.
The Times of India article claims that the two are being held and charged more for having film of an airport and an air force base, than they are for collecting GPS data. Using a DUI for an analogy, the poor lane control would be the GPS dish, and the film of the air facilities the half-empty beer bottle.
Which ironically makes them look corrupt and incompetent...
According to TFA they were arrested for "snooping around Jamnagar" which according to Wikipedia "has shot to prominence as Reliance Industries, India's largest private company, established the world's largest [oil] refinery near Moti Khavdi village."
So very basically, this seems akin so someone driving in a car, decked out with electronics, around say, a nuclear power plant in the U.S. Not saying the charges are or aren't appropriate and there's no information as to how close to said refinery they actually were, but given the area through which they were traveling they should have expected some attention.
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The convoy was supposed to detour around the town and instead turned directly into it, eventually running into an ambush. The ambush was unlikely to have been set up in advance, because the Iraqis did not know which course the convoy would take. The navigational error has never been properly explained, because the soldiers had GPS receivers and maps
My buddy revealed that it was common knowledge in the sandbox that the Officer in charge of the convoy, Capt. Troy Kent King, was the one who was responsible for making the wrong turns. According to google searches, the report is classified Secret and so the official cause is still "unknown".
So that's what happens when LT's with a map and compass go on to become captains.
I'm an Indian. Buildings and installations covered under official secrets act have a clear sign that says "photography is prohibited and you can be charged under the act for violation".
So if they did photograph the air force base then they basically broke the law and have been charged. What's the problem?
Try taking photos of a secret Army, Air Force installation in US and see what happens ... guarantee the same result.
There is nothing to see here ... move on.
Governments have to understand cartography can no longer be restricted to military or other officials.
GPS, camera, satellites are ubiquitous, and we can see the result with things like Google Earth or wiki-like mapping. You can no longer make imprecise or secret maps. You can no longer forbid photos of any place you can see from a public location. You can no longer base your security on obscurity.
After all, the bad guys probably already have all this information. You have to assume they have it, or your doomed to failure. Just make officially all those things public, and find new ways to implement security for your important places, for people, for the country...
My Dad has been saying that for decades. Where's it from?
I like to place meaningful quotes in my sig, so people will know that I know what meaningful quotes are.
These guys could *actually* have been terrorists. Did Nokia Navigator commission them to photograph and document Indian military installations?
It's good to see that India isn't taking any chances. Imagine the outcry if a terrorist attack occurred, and it was later revealed India knew the attackers were documenting military installations and major roads but did nothing about it.
At this point in time, India is NOT the place to be testing the limits of political correctness.
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Step 1: Create and heavily market new technology to public as a profitable venture
Step 2: Make use of technology ILLEGAL
Step 3: Fill privately owned/operated prisons with resulting miscreants OR...
Optional Step 4: Use resulting abuse(illegality) as validation to extort money from general populace
This model fits with the whole Media/DRM crap and now seems to be used for purposes other then making money.
I'm trying to keep an open mind about the government charging these guys and not just say the government is evil. But time and time again, governments around the world have shown they aren't interested in whats right, they are interested in controlling the population.
Republics, Democracies, Communist, the type of government doesn't matter. The only thing that seems to matter is that those at the top, stay at the top and in control of those around them.
With all of the differing views around the planet, all of the different ways of thinking and ways of living from one culture to the next, one thing isn't different. Those at the top are doing everything possible to control those around them.
Makes the conspiracy theorist alarm in my head go off.
Actually I know of two things more dangerous:
1) A programmer with a screwdriver
2) A salesman with an install disc
Why would cartographers be taking pictures of airforce bases, in addition to their more expected mapping out of GPS routes? Does sound just a tad suspicious. Can't blame India for wanting to ask them a few questions--the first question being "Are you a Pakistani spy or a terrorist?"
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
This is India. They couldn't possibly arrest a flying holy cow.
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How is it defined by our governments?
The dictionary defines it as
"the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion"
It seems that the current *real* definition is "doing anything that a government or a private security employee sees as suspicious."
I am concerned by the lack of clarity and the over-reaching powers given to all kinds of enforcement agencies (I wouldn't call all of these "law-" enforcement).
Are we (the U.S.) becoming a society with anonymous reporting of "suspicious" activity and warrantless arrests? Are we scared enough to allow our guard dogs to tear apart anyone they or their masters don't like, just because?
Who is really safe in such an environment?
Everyone has their rational and semi-rational anxiety, fears and suspicions. Giving power to these is destroying our society and pissing me off.
Obviously we are not ready to fight for our freedoms and therefore don't deserve to be free. Meanwhile it's becoming more difficult and dangerous to do so without having one's own life destroyed (activists ending up on terrorist lists etc.)
Seeing this article made me think of something I've been wondering for a while re: Google street view.
We've all seen the Google street view cars, or at least pictures of them: cars with 5-foot tripods and cameras on the roofs. We also know that Google has street-view imagery of LOTS of streets, including the passenger loading zones in front of airport terminal entrances.
We already know what overzealous/uneducated/paranoid airport security guards and police officers do when they see someone taking pictures in public, especially of an airport. Can you imagine what they must think of a Googlemobile? I can see a Googlemobile being pulled over and seriously harassed for "taking pictures of an airport" or some other made-up offense.
(I'd like to mention parenthetically that my buddy's MOS was 88M(motor-t, essentialy truck driver) and his convoy was next in line from Lynch's when her's was attacked. Fortunately, his convoy did not make a wrong turn and their trip was incident-free)
For any publically viewable place it would be neglegent to assume every square inch of it has not already been photographed and distributed to everyone in the world.
If your AT strategy depend on this level of secrecy the citiziens of your country should rightfully be outraged and ask for resignations of the idiots who have so utterly failed at their jobs.
Deal with it, live with it, plan accordingly. All the governments of the world already assume their militiary activities are under constant survalliance from space... Since they ususally are :)
The more just, accepted, legitimate, and mature is a nation's government, the less paranoid and totalitarian it becomes.
Where are we going and why are we in a handbasket?
Therefore we can deduce that a salesman with a screwdriver would be truly terrifying.
if they were muslims they were terrorists. all muslims are part of a barbaric tradition that can be classified as nothing less than terrorism. reject the lie muslims!
FUCK ALLAH, FUCK MOHAMMAD, FUCK ISLAM.
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I know that I and many other Americans have reservations about Indians...
Realistically though, this is India. Parts of it might appear the same on the surface where you'd visit as a tourist, but it's still not the USA or any similar country. There are a massive number of people (nearly 4 times the USA's population crammed into 1/3 the land area), poverty in general and overall standards of living are much lower, there are major distinctions in wealth, and a strong social class system still exists in some places and results in discrimination and unfair due process that couldn't be tolereated in many developed countries... despite some attempts from parts of government to curb people's attitudes. India is constantly on edge about its neighbours (especially Pakistan), and on a recurring basis it's a subject of some quite major terrorist attacks inside its own territory.
Through accident or otherwise, at least according to the linked article, it sounds as if these guys were mapping the area without having properly lodged an application and information with the local authorities beforehand to tell them what was going on and what to expect. To me it doesn't look as if they're being treated completely fairly, either, but compared with many others in India they're still pretty well off. Simply coming out and saying the government is being stupid because it apparently doesn't know about things like satellites doesn't seem very relevant to the situation. It'd make more sense to criticise some of the other problems that are much more serious, but they're also unlikely to change overnight. The authorities act as they are for a variety of reasons which are pretty complex and different from what might be usual, and it shouldn't be too unexpected that this sort of thing will happen from time to time.
So if they did photograph the air force base then they basically broke the law and have been charged. What's the problem?
The law does almost nothing to prevent terrorism while throwing innocent people in jail for doing things a free person would normally do.
That's the problem.
We could have a really safe society by placing everybody under house arrest, unless they were being transported by the government to their work centers. Official delivery people could provide rations and perhaps emergency services personnel could use the roads as well. Then we just arrest anybody else traveling illegally and execute them for attempted terrorism.
I'll take some risk with my freedom, thanks.
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OUTSIDE_IP=$(dig +short my.ip @outsideip.net)
You can take pictures of pretty much anything in public view, including things like military bases. For that matter, pictures are usually freely available online. Where the US's bases are and such are not secret. Even the locations where secret things happen, such as testing facilities you can photograph from public land. What they do is simply create a large exclusionary zone. So while the facility might be, say, a square mile, there'll be 50 square miles around it that are owned by the government and off limits. If you wander on, you'll be escorted off. However for regular bases located in cities you can see plenty of them. You can usually take a tour, if you ask.
I have a friend who is originally from India and one of the things that most blew his mind about America was the openness of the military. He went to an airshow and found out that you could walk up and touch many of the planes. That was rather unbelievable to him, that you'd be allowed such close access to this sort of thing. It's no big deal though, happens all over the US all the time.
There ARE plenty of off limits things but they are physically off limits. For example while you could certainly go and have a look at a military base, you could just drive on to it and go in any room you wished. But you can go take pictures if you like. Doesn't mean some idiot MP who doesn't know any better might not hassle you about it, but if it came down to you getting arrested, they'd be the ones that would get in trouble.
Standoff enters day 11,834. It's a powder-keg. For sure. They could totally nuke each other any second.
Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure everything I just said is completely wrong.
Old military lore.
Fresh officers (boots, butterbars, third-butter-cutter, all sorts of names for them) out of officer school are all hot to show their Stuff. Typically, within weeks of commissioning they were given a platoon of men to lead. As the head cheese, it is their responsibility to get the platoon where it needs to go.
These guys are around 22 years old. In this platoon, you are sure to have one old salt, and a couple on their way. The unwritten rule is to make sure the butterbar has adult supervision in the form of a senior non-com. This senior non-com goes out of his way _not_ to make decisions. So, you will hear plenty of stories about how a platoon gets hopelessly lost while the non-coms who could have 'prevented' the tragedy do nothing. The officers learn from their mistakes with the benefit of senior non-coms as training wheels.
In modern times, the officers go through some OJT as an exec. or something in addition to the more extensive field training currently in the system.
Wrong.
The most dangerous thing in the world is a second lieutenant.
Undetectable Steganography? Yep, there's an app fo
This is the perfect opportunity to use some sort of crypo that encrypts the data stored (video, whatever) in a block by block fashion as it is recorded, but encrypts with traditional PKI so that there is no open session to attack. Also, the secret key shouldn't be stored on the device but instead reside with the news agency, trusted friend in another country, etc. In a nutshell, devices from video cameras to general-purpose gps-enabled geek toys shouldn't be made into easy tools for a repressive government to compile evidence against the user of the tool. I also realize though that these repressive regimes could just outlaw the crypto and make that penalty very harsh/cruel/insane, but then there's also the whole field of stenography, and this cat and mouse game can still continue ad nauseum. I really would love to build something like this out of a DV camera and some sort of small embeddible computer that could handle the I/O and crypto at DV rates.
The truly-scary thing is an administrator with a screwdriver. A former boss of mine tried to do his own computer repair, and managed to connect the case of his machine to 110V AC. Fortunately, the only casualties were the PC, one input port on the server, and a scorch mark on the wallpaper above the cable jack. Had this been more recent, with networks rather than RS-232C connections, the damage would have been considerably more expensive.
Wrong... the most dangerous thing in the world: An elected politician... ;)
it's not said enough. we're all a bunch of retarded mutant apes.
stop doing anything!!!!
Photographing military installations is a crime in many countries, as is publishing maps of areas that include those installations.
Not to say that is right, but their employment by a GPS company was probably peripheral to the arrests.
-- Slashdot: When Public Access TV Says "No"
Yup, that happens when you wire an AT power switch wrong.
I suspect his power supply failed, and he was attempting to swap it without first documenting the switch pin-out orientation.
Life is not for the lazy.
If you think 1923 is old, check out the complete IPL (Indian Penal Code - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Penal_Code). There are still many laws from 1860s.
Back on topic, as an Indian, I can tell you that it's nowhere clear what you can take pictures of and what you can not. In India, its very easy to break laws not knowing what is legal and what isn't, and you would not know until you are caught - either by a cheap street cop looking for some quick money or by completely incompetent higher ups who have no idea about technology or reality, or simply, common sense.
Although I make a decent amount of cash from those id10ts so i shouldn't complain ;-)
ACs don't waste your time replying, your posts are never seen by me.
But maybe they actually are terrorists? Or are terrorists not allowed to hold a job that may be to their benefit? Maybe, just maybe there is a chance they got this right?
This seems awfully similar to the story of Richard Bliss's detention in Russia. He was using GPS to determine the locations to erect cellular base stations, and was charged with spying.
Was this the place they dared to photograph? http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=jamnagar+air+base&sll=22.182696,69.758506&sspn=0.010253,0.016565&ie=UTF8&ll=22.465133,70.002737&spn=0.019512,0.033131&t=h&z=15 It's nice how someone took the time to label the weapons storage bunkers. And those hangars would really blend into the background, wasn't it for the enormous concrete taxiways leading in and out of each one of them.
The above post has been classified "Secret".
- Troy Kent King
Every important engagement always takes place at the junction of two or more map sheets.
The Blue Force Tracker system is an OK navigation system. The daggers, military hand held GPS sytems, are total and complete shit. Your lucky if you can find your own ass with one of those things.
When I first got into Iraq, we where told we didn't need strip maps because our convoy commander had a GPS and and "had driven the route dozens of times." We took several wrong turns in Baghdad and were lost for over an hour. We ran into a EOD cordon around an IED, and they pointed us in the right direction. On the up side, we missed 2 IED's along our planned route.
I am very pissed at these GPS mapping whores and taking pictures where they are not allowed to. I have had to report to google maps three times about locations that are private and were wrongfully (ignorantly) trespassed and photographed.
These guys are lucky to get arrested. If they were to follow the apparently standard M.O. of trespassing and illegal photography on my property they'd be leaving with slashed tires and a broken nose.
The most dangerous thing in this world? A newborn human.
Once you sign. How long is it enforced for? I signed it over 30 years ago. Am I still bound by it?
Undetectable Steganography? Yep, there's an app fo
We used to say that a 2lt could choose from two of the following:
1. Live troops
2. Live rounds
3. Map & Compass.
Only platoon sargeants can be trusted with all three!
Where's it from?
Everyone who's ever been in the position of having to rely on a Butter Bar with a map and a compass. (speaking from experience)
Who is John Galt?
Sensationalist headlines read nice, don't they.
Actually they had photographs of military base on their laptop, areas which had prominently displayed "Photography prohibited"
My Aurora : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o91ZsGwJYyg
FB : https://www.facebook.com/TanveersPhotography
Well reported this happened in Gujarat, they were arrested because they didn't bribe enough or belonged to certain reiligious cult...
That would be Native Finnish....
Bigotry is widespread, India's is just unusually specific. Hell, it took the US eleven generations to break our streak of electing forty-three rich christian white guys in a row. We're actually proud just to get our first rich christian black guy. How sad is that?
And one common argument against him was that he was actually not Christian.
I sell screwdrivers, you insensitive clod!
Except there's no nuclear material.
Which, AFAIR, is what makes the difference between a nuclear plant and a warehouse.
Kind of important really.
Analogy: sucks.
I am the director of the company and want to put the entire episode in the proper context.
Biond Software Technologies is the leading GPS survey company in India and has a staff of more than 350 people.
Few salient points about the entire episode.
1.Prior to starting the Survey in Gujarat, Biond had already submitted a letter to the Gujarat State Police, stating that they will be carrying out a survey of Road attributes and Points of interest for Nokia subsidiary Navteq.
2.All the work is being exclusively done for Nokia subsidiary Navteq.
3.All the map data created by the survey is submitted to the Ministry of Defense for approval. After their approval for publication, the Maps are given to Nokia for their cellphone Navigation application. All correspondence with the ministry of defense regarding approval is submitted to Gujarat police. Also, approval from ministry of defense regarding previously published maps is submitted to Gujarat Police. In short, all the data is verified by Ministry of Defense before publication.
4.We have worked on GIS-GPS projects of different police departments across India, like Mumbai Police, Bangalore Police and Rajasthan Police. All the relevant information has also been submitted to Gujarat Police.
5.Gujarat police has not taken objection to any of the survey parts.
6.Survey team had carried with them a digital camera in their personal capacity and was used to capture photographs of themselves, places visited etc., like any other tourist would. Please note that this was not a part of their work and was done as a hobby / tourist activity. Amongst all the photos and video clips taken, there were a few that the Gujarat police found objectionable in light of the atmosphere prevailing after the Mumbai Terrorist Attacks.
Please note that only objectional video was they had tried to capture was the video of plane takeoff at Jamnagar airport from the outside of the boundary wall. They had only attempted it and no plane seems to appear in the video clip. Other than this they didnot find anything objectional.
7.In the aftermath of the Mumbai episode, the people and Police are extremely vigilant and as a part of the vigilance, this survey team was detained and their activities investigated. The bonadfides have been investigated and found clear.
I hope this puts the unfortunate incidents in a proper context.
The airport's run way is shared with the Indian armed forces.
The airport is actually used for a few commercial flights.
Nokia wants this information in it's databases. Photos and videos are routinely taken when collecting geo data for mapping, for data quality control, validation, capturing signs, restrictions etc.
One of the allegations is that they "tried to take a photo" of two fighter planes. This to me means that they didn't actually take a photo of said planes.
The people collecting this data were arrested.
The company they were working for actually informed to the local authorities that they were collecting the data.
No wonder so many of you are moving here. Feels just like home...
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I am the director of the Biond Software and want to put the entire episode in proper context.
Biond Software Technologies is the leading GPS survey company in India and has a staff of more than 350 people.
Few salient points about the entire episode.
1.Prior to starting the Survey in Gujarat, Biond had already submitted a letter to the Gujarat State Police, stating that they will be carrying out a survey of Road attributes and Points of interest for Nokia subsidiary Navteq.
2.All the work is being exclusively done for Nokia subsidiary Navteq.
3.All the map data created by the survey is submitted to the Ministry of Defense for approval. After their approval for publication, the Maps are given to Nokia for their cellphone Navigation application. All correspondence with the ministry of defense regarding approval is submitted to Gujarat police. Also, approval from ministry of defense regarding previously published maps is submitted to Gujarat Police. In short, all the data is verified by Ministry of Defense before publication.
4.We have worked on GIS-GPS projects of different police departments across India, like Mumbai Police, Bangalore Police and Rajasthan Police. All the relevant information has also been submitted to Gujarat Police.
5.Gujarat police has not taken objection to any of the survey parts.
6.Survey team had carried with them a digital camera in their personal capacity and was used to capture photographs of themselves, places visited etc., like any other tourist would. Please note that this was not a part of their work and was done as a hobby / tourist activity. Amongst all the photos and video clips taken, there were a few that the Gujarat police found objectionable in light of the atmosphere prevailing after the Mumbai Terrorist Attacks.
Only clip which Police found objectionable is attempted capture of Plane takeoff at Jamnagar Airport. Please note that this is done from outside the airport boundary wall and no plane is seen in the clip. Please note that they just tried to capture the plane takeoff but were not able to capture in the clip. This single clip was found objectionable and nothing else.
7.In the aftermath of the Mumbai episode, the people and Police are extremely vigilant and as a part of the vigilance, this survey team was detained and their activities investigated. The bonadfides have been investigated and found clear.
8.We hope this puts the unfortunate incidents in a proper context.
2) A salesman with an install disc
Q: What is the difference between a used car and software sales?
A: The car salesman knows he is lying.
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Actually I know of two things more dangerous:
1) A programmer with a screwdriver 2) A salesman with an install disc
Add to that a copilot who says "I've been thinking..."
I'm a consultant - I convert gibberish into cash-flow.
Every important engagement always takes place at the junction of two or more map sheets.
and in the dark, with bad weather
I'm a consultant - I convert gibberish into cash-flow.
DAGR
The car salesman probably also knows how to drive.
I am the director of Biond Software and want to put entire episode in a proper context. Biond Software Technologies is the leading GPS survey company in India and has a staff of more than 350 people. Few salient points about the entire episode. 1.Prior to starting the Survey in Gujarat, Biond had already submitted a letter to the Gujarat State Police, stating that they will be carrying out a survey of Road attributes and Points of interest for Nokia subsidiary Navteq. 2.All the work is being exclusively done for Nokia subsidiary Navteq. 3.All the map data created by the survey is submitted to the Ministry of Defense for approval. After their approval for publication, the Maps are given to Nokia for their cellphone Navigation application. All correspondence with the ministry of defense regarding approval is submitted to Gujarat police. Also, approval from ministry of defense regarding previously published maps is submitted to Gujarat Police. In short, all the data is verified by Ministry of Defense before publication. 4.We have worked on GIS-GPS projects of different police departments across India, like Mumbai Police, Bangalore Police and Rajasthan Police. All the relevant information has also been submitted to Gujarat Police. 5.Gujarat police has not taken objection to any of the survey parts. 6.Survey team had carried with them a digital camera in their personal capacity and was used to capture photographs of themselves, places visited etc., like any other tourist would. Please note that this was not a part of their work and was done as a hobby / tourist activity. Amongst all the photos and video clips taken, there were a few that the Gujarat police found objectionable in light of the atmosphere prevailing after the Mumbai Terrorist Attacks. 7.In the aftermath of the Mumbai episode, the people and Police are extremely vigilant and as a part of the vigilance, this survey team was detained and their activities investigated. The bonadfides have been investigated and found clear. 8.We hope this puts the unfortunate incidents in a proper context.
I don't think that a programmer with a screwdriver, or a a salesman with an install disc ever walked 30 people into a friendly fire incident.
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no personal offence - english is far from my native language - but mentioning iraq makes me think it might be yours... except the part that says "Your lucky if you can find". :)
sorry about the weak grammar nazi
Rich
I've been following this story for a few days now, increasingly concerned as it impacts the ability for people to use GPS to map their own environments, and because I think Nokia/Navteq should make a statement.
Today, Milind Dalvi from Biond Software has answered some of my questions, and have given some important clarifications.
http://thinkwhere.wordpress.com/2008/12/19/indian-mappers-still-under-arrest-update/
including: "All the work is being exclusively done for Nokia subsidiary Navteq Survey team had carried with them a digital camera in their personal capacity and was used to capture photographs of themselves, places visited etc., like any other tourist would. Please note that this was not a part of their work and was done as a hobby / tourist activity"