[OSM-talk] Danger zone for pedestrians

[Ben Oliver]

On 18-03-05 13:00:10, Richard wrote:
>On Mon, Mar 05, 2018 at 11:10:40AM +0100, Tom Pfeifer wrote:
>
>> Besides the verifiability problem, such tagging would discriminate one
>> demographic group against another, and increase the cultural bias in OSM.
>
>where does such political correctness end? Consider that mapping
>brothels, landfills, busy roads and many other features will allow
>someone to draw conclusions about the socioeconomic status of the
>Area. Most of the time you can deduce income status purely by
>the geometry of houses and roads.
>
>Richard

Surely then that is enough and we shouldn't need to flag 'dangerous' 
areas?

I think if you were to do something like this you would have to underpin 
it with crime stats or something.

As a semi-off-topic aside - this was actually the subject of an episode 
of 'The Good Wife'...!