Heute wurde das #Ghostbike für #Natenom aufgestellt.
Vor 10 Tagen waren (laut @ghostbikebot) in #OpenStreetMap schon 770 Ghostbikes markiert.
Über https://mapcomplete.org/ghostbikes lassen sich die #Ghostbikes relativ einfach einpflegen, auch ohne #OSM-Kenntnisse.
#StopKillingCyclists #VisionZero
#mapcomplete #Verkehrswende
@StephanMatthiesen@troet.cafe @mastobikes@a.gup.pe @fedibikes_de@a.gup.pe
For the other information, I’d like to point to Wikidata/Wikipedia, which is a better fit for this.
(For those unfamiliar with Wikidata: it is a database where one can enter statements about pretty much everything)
As such, one could make a Wikidata-entry (with linked Wikipedia article) about the person who was killed in the crash - and link to this from the ghost bike.
Similarly, one could make a wikidata entry about the accident and link it.
@StephanMatthiesen@troet.cafe @mastobikes@a.gup.pe @fedibikes_de@a.gup.pe
(This technique is also used to link a street to the person/object/… that the street is named after, as visible in https://mapcomplete.org/etymology )
This way, one could write and see a nice article and relevant pictures about the person who was killed directly from the map or add all relevant details to a wikidata entry about the fatal crash.
@StephanMatthiesen@troet.cafe @mastobikes@a.gup.pe @fedibikes_de@a.gup.pe
I hope that this answers your question why the “date of the crash” is not in the ghostbike map, whereas “date of installation” is.
It also feels a bit uncomfortable to give such a dry and technical answer about a very emotional topic - I have ties with the local cycling association and helped with placing Ghost bikes as well. Every time, I hope that there won’t be the need to place more of them, but there just are so much killings by (huge) cars…