[Tagging] Urbex

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On 09-01-18 08:01, Michal Fabík wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 9, 2018 at 1:35 AM, Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Should it be mapped at all?
> 
> Hi,
> I don't think it should be mapped. I used to take part in it years ago
> and I can tell you that the environments where UrbEx can be practiced
> are so highly varied I can't think of any meaningful way to tag it.
> Also, the tastes, experience and willingness to take risks vary widely
> among UrbExers. What some may consider interesting, others will find
> mundane and vice versa. Some may only explore an abandoned factory,
> others will climb the fence into a working one. Some like buildings,
> others like sewers, still others like railway infrastructure, old
> military installations etc.
> All the common UrbEx features already have their respective OSM tags.
> If I were looking for a place to go UrbExing, I'd look for physical
> features that interest me and pick those that are tagged as abandoned,
> ruined, disused, derelict etc.
> Regards,
> 

+1 as well. As an active explorer, I wouldn't encourage mapping those.
It has no use outside the very close and sometimes closed community, 
which has many means (fora, facebook pages) to share those locations.

Also, most urban explorers do not want to openly share locations, for 
fears of vandalism and grafitti artist.
So even for explorers it is beneficial to not share locations too openly.

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