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Marking roads as unsafe for walking? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago by br3d@lemmy.world to c/openstreetmap@lemmy.ml
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There are several roads near me where it's legal to walk - but where I know that walking would be extremely dangerous because of no footways, narrow carriageways and fast traffic. Is there a way to flag these that would help OSM-based routing services like Strava and Komoot stop recommending them? I know the local area well enough to ignore Strava when it suggests I run along these roads, but I fear for people who don't, and assume the route will be okay

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[โ€“] SK53@en.osm.town 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

@br3d https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/16685382#map=15%2F51.55238%2F-0.74677

You could use a hazard=* tag

[โ€“] lucg@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

That way has no hazard tag?

And it also misuses note tag, which is meant for information to other mappers, not information to data users (perhaps description could be used; not sure, I don't use that often since freeform text will go mostly unused when there's usually tags available for indicating conditions)