Update - I've compiled and extended this thread in a blog post! Check it out 🙂
https://contrapunctus.codeberg.page/blog/mandawali-madness.html
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I wasn't sure if I wanted to share this story with the world, but here we go.
On the 1st of May, I was beaten up by a crowd while I was out on an #OpenStreetMap survey in Mandāwali, #Delhi, #India.
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It's quite common during such surveys for people to ask me about what I'm doing. I'm usually happy to explain, and everyone I met so far had been satisfied with my explanations. I'd often show them the data on Organic Maps and suggest that they install it.
This time, however, I ran into a real problematic person. Worse still, an *influential* one.
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@contrapunctus I'm sorry. I have no words.
Maybe, you can also wear a bib/vest with the logo of openstreetmap and/or some informative material/depliant.
In this way people will know in advance what you are doing, and as side-bonus, they will know that openstreetmap exist.
