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== Other concerns ==
Beyond individual privacy, there may be other reasons not to map certain things outside the scope of this page. While a rough consensus exists on these, there are no written rules:
* Protection of endangered species. This would apply to, for example, mapping an eagle's nest or rare plants.
** Mapping rare plants in a botanical garden would be fine (or perhaps not, see [https://www.theguardian.com/news/2014/oct/28/-sp-plant-crime-of-the-century this] on a Water Lily at Kew Gardens). Ultimately, discretion is still needed.
** It is also considered fine to map existing roads/paths, if using them is forbidden; use {{tag|access|no}}/{{tag|access|private}} rather than deleting them.
* Safety concerns. This would apply to, for example, mapping the location of safe houses for victims of domestic violence, or places of worship of a religion persecuted in a given region.
** Such places will also not be signposted, so it goes hand in hand with [[verifiability]]. Note that a signposted place for victims of violence wants its location to be known, and mapping it would help, while mapping a secret safe house would cause problems - and would violate the [[verifiability rule]].
* Indigenous sacred sites where the traditional owners and their representatives have asked that the locations of sites be kept private to protect them and maintain their sanctity.
* Note that some activities may be perfectly acceptable in OpenStreetMap but illegal in a given location. For example, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restrictions_on_geographic_data_in_China in China, mapping without special permission is illegal]. Mapping of China is done, acceptable, and welcome, but may pose a risk if you are in a China-controlled area.
