[OSM-talk] 'Distance to feature' maps?

[Tyler]

This is generally the sort of thing done with a full blown GIS. Which is how
I would approach it. Use OSM as a data file, stripping out all of the
un-needed information, create a buffer around the schools of interest, maybe
map registered sex offenders within the buffer (if you have the equivalent
where you are) and all known hazards (I'd probably call unlit, unplowed or
forest path hazardous), and then create maybe a heatmap of danger. All of
this should be doable in something like QGIS.

Good luck!

-Tyler
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