[Tagging] Tagging dangerous intersections

[Mateusz Konieczny]

On Tue, 10 Nov 2015 11:24:13 +0200
Kieron Thwaites <kieron.thwaites at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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?
> 
> (As an aside: if we go with the "hazard" tag, perhaps some work on
> completing the proposal and getting it approved would be a good idea.
> taginfo shows a few thousand usages to date.)
> 
> --K
> 
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For start, traffic sign itself may be also mapped. It would also make
clear that hazard (or other method to tag this) is based on something
verifiable, not opinion of the mapper.