Comment by anigbrowl

Hickisch’s home country of Austria publishes a LIDAR scan of the whole country every year, including the height of every object on the ground, along with high-resolution aerial photos.

Smells like communism! How are large corporations supposed to keep the public in thrall if the plebs have easy access to public resources? Why is the government even spending money on doing things for the general use of their citizens?! Public data must be kept in private hands! Won't someone think of the potential future billionaires?

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