[OSM-talk] Tagging dangerous areas

[Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)]

This should be tagged in a different way that uses fact instead of
opinion/fiction. Perhaps by referring to crime statistics for a given
boundary area.

Cheers

Andy


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>Subject: [OSM-talk] Tagging dangerous areas
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>This isn't a formal proposal so much as presenting an idea. When i was
>booking a hotel recently for travel, a friend who knew the area advised me
>that it was a dangerous neighborhood. That allowed me to find a different
>hotel in a safer area and possibly save myself some unpleasantness. This
>kind of word-of-mouth knowledge is the kind of thing open projects can
>excel at providing. The problem, of course, is a metric for something as
>subjective as "dangerous neighborhood". It it dangerous at 12:00 or at
>01:00? Is it unsafe to park a bike/car there?
>
>Would some tagging system to indicate dangerous area be desirable, and how
>would it best be implemented?
>
>Cheers
>P