Where does the data come from for defining sketch areas?
> For this hackathon we used data about whether a street is lit or not from Open Street Map. Later we could incorporate official UK gov data about street lighting or even incorporate satellite imaging data.
What an excellent opportunity for consistency by certain worldviews.
Given the market share Google Maps has, the economic fallout from them suddenly avoiding certain areas deemed "unsafe" could swing billions of dollars annually from one set of businesses to another.
[1] https://www.npr.org/2012/01/25/145337346/this-app-was-made-f...
More seriously there are some serious ethical concerns people are missing here.