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 <61sundow...@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? > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >
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