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We, the Free software user's group in Trivandrum , as a free knowledge community has the following to say.

#Mapping parties ( whether openstreetmap or privately sponsored ) come under our ~~constituition~~'s ~~guarentee~~ of free speech. Condemning mapping parties in the name under farcical and short sighted claims of security would be a violation of the democratic governance. Moreover, content generated by such mapping parties are ~~extremly~~ useful for the general public. eg: when organizing an event , pointing out the location in a map thats available online will be useful.

#Mapping parties ( whether openstreetmap or privately sponsored ) come under our constitution's guarantee of free speech. Condemning mapping parties in the name under farcical and short sighted claims of security would be a violation of the democratic governance. Moreover, content generated by such mapping parties are extremely useful for the general public. eg: when organizing an event , pointing out the location in a map thats available online will be useful.

#Government departments are actually giving unnecessary publicity/endorsment to privately held companies like Google by joining this mapping effort. It will be far better if the government where to sponsor openstreetmap mapping parties and generate maps for their own use. Government can also release the data they own ( the land survey information ) through the openstreetmap effort and ensure that all data are publicly owned and need not be licensed from a private company.

#We request all people who take part in the Google sponsored mapping party to share the data they generate with the openstreetmap website so that it will stay in public domian and will be of great use to the general public.

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 We, the Free software user's group in Trivandrum , as a free knowledge community has the following to say.
-#Mapping parties ( whether openstreetmap or privately sponsored ) come under our constituition's guarentee of free speech. Condemning mapping parties in the name under farcical and short sighted claims of security would be a violation of the democratic governance. Moreover, content generated by such mapping parties are extremly useful for the general public. eg: when organizing an event , pointing out the location in a map thats available online will be useful.
+#Mapping parties ( whether openstreetmap or privately sponsored ) come under our constitution's guarantee of free speech. Condemning mapping parties in the name under farcical and short sighted claims of security would be a violation of the democratic governance. Moreover, content generated by such mapping parties are extremely useful for the general public. eg: when organizing an event , pointing out the location in a map thats available online will be useful.
 #Government departments are actually giving unnecessary publicity/endorsment to privately held companies like Google by joining this mapping effort. It will be far better if the government where to sponsor openstreetmap mapping parties and generate maps for their own use. Government can also release the data they own ( the land survey information ) through the openstreetmap effort and ensure that all data are publicly owned and need not be licensed from a private company.
 #We request all people who take part in the Google sponsored mapping party to share the data they generate with the openstreetmap website so that it will stay in public domian and will be of great use to the general public.