Re: Plant mapping

Paul Seymour (paulseym@ozemail.com.au)
Thu, 07 Mar 1996 15:41:20 +1000

>This issue is just the tip of the iceberg. The "information age" and
>the internet are raising many questions concerning proprietary information,
>dangerous information (bomb diagrams), privacy, military secrets, and
>Colonel Sander's secret recipie. I don't think everyone should have
>access to unlimited information. What are the limits? That's the
>controversy! :-)

Sure, but who do you really trust to make that decision? Look at what
we have just decided to do in this little group. From what I
understand, and I hope I'm wrong, plant habitat information is now
considered too sensitive to list alongside location data. What a
terrible shame, so many times I have looked in Erickson's book to try
and get an idea of how a particular plant may grow in the wild.

This is not fit to be compared to bomb making or any such nonsense.
This is scientific information, valuable to both the amateur and
professional alike, and we have just decided to censor it. Very, very
sad!

Regards,

Paul.