[OSM-talk] Emergency button on phone OSM apps?

[Christian Pietzsch]

Sounds interesting. The problem is that if you show all these things at the
same time the map might get cluttered. So after pressing the button you
could show a dialog (Fire?/Health?/...).
The emergency wiki page should give an good over few over possible
additions: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:emergency_%28facilities%29
or taginfo: http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/?key=emergency#values
there are a few special local things like rescue boxes in Saxon Switzerland

regards

2015-10-25 23:57 GMT+01:00 Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com>:

> Hi,
>
> On the cell phone apps that use OSM I would like to seen an "Emergency"
> button ... for use in an emergency.
>
> It would bring up on the map the local emergency items;
>
> emergency phones,
> AEDs (Automatic Emergency Defibrillators - used for heart attack victims)
> Life belts/rings
> Hospitals with emergency facilities
> Doctors
> Pharmacies
> Fire extinguishers
> Police stations
>
> and anything else that could be of use in an emergency.
>
> By doing this these things can be left off the map ... until the button is
> pressed ... then they appear and other things can be suppressed. Press the
> emergency button again to revet to the normal view.
>
> It could provide a usefull feature that could save a life, and declutters
> the map when not required.
> Of course there are some exceptions ... Hospitals and Doctors for non
> emergencies for example.
>
> Any thoughts/comments?
>
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