[Tagging] Tagging dangerous intersections

[Tom Pfeifer]

The situation you describe is a social hazard, and if continued it
would lead to mapping social hotspots in general, which would be
a very controversial issue, that could be seen as discrimination
by people living there.

In larger towns you see lots of warnings, e.g. pickpocketing in
crowded places or public transport systems -- where would we draw the line?

tom

Kieron Thwaites wrote on 2015-11-10 10:24:
> Hi,
>
> I recently passed through an intersection in a particularly dodgy part
> of town that actually had warning signs up, warning motorists that
> said intersection is a hotspot for "smash and grab" robberies.  (If
> anyone is interested, it's on Google Streetview too:
> https://goo.gl/maps/kYkdMR9Kmpk)
>
> I'd like to add this information to OSM -- certainly, it could be used
> by routing software to avoid the area unless there was no other
> sensible alternative.  However, I'm not sure how best to tag it.  The
> only thing that I've found is the proposed "hazard" tag
> (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/hazard), but as
> it seems to be in a permanent draft state (since 2009), I'm not sure
> if this is the best solution.
>
> Are there better, more current ways of tagging things like these, or
> is the proposed "hazard" tag the best option?