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On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 08:17, Eddy Petrișor <[email protected]> wrote: > Craig Wallace a scris: >> On 04/05/2009 17:43, Russ Nelson wrote: >>> On May 3, 2009, at 6:52 AM, Craig Wallace wrote: >>> >>>> I think for most pavements / footpaths / sidewalks right next to roads >>>> they are not tagged. There have been a few suggestions for "sidewalk" >>>> tags, but I don't think they are commonly used. >>>> >>> Not commonly used is not a good reason to refrain from doing something >>> good. I think the suggestion is for sidewalk=left, sidewalk=right, >>> sidewalk=both, or sidewalk=none. The default interpretation for >>> highway=residential would be sidewalk=both, and for highway=trunk it >>> would be sidewalk=none. I'm sure there are sensible defaults for >>> other kinds of highways as well. > > I agree, may I suggest these defaults: > > motorway : sidewalk=none > trunk : sidewalk=none > primary : sidewalk=none > secondary : sidewalk=both > tertiary : sidewalk=both > residential: sidewalk=both > track : sidewalk=none > >> I think it makes sense to have footway/sidewalk=none as default for >> most/all highways. Its better to have something missing from the map >> than to map things which aren't there. And I'm sure in some parts of the >> world, most residential streets don't have any footways/sidewalks. > > I would be very surprised to find out there are many more residential roads > without sidewalks than there are with. > > Having sidewalk=both by default for residential seems like a *VERY* sane > value, since in most residential areas people are expected to do a lot of > walking, so sidewalks would be very common. At a first glance, I think that these approach makes sense in big cities, but it's to be noticed that on small cities (at least here in Brazil) it's quite common that the highway=residential and highway=living_street have no sidewalk and people walk on the street itself. > > -- > Regards, > EddyP > ============================================= > "Imagination is more important than knowledge" A.Einstein > > > _______________________________________________ > newbies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies > > - -- Arlindo Saraiva Pereira Jr. Bacharelando em Sistemas de Informação - UNIRIO - uniriotec.br Consultor de Software Livre da UNIRIOTEC Consultoria - uniriotec.com Acadêmico: [email protected] Profissional: [email protected] Geral: [email protected] Tel.: +5521 92504072 Jabber/Google Talk: [email protected] Skype: nighto_sumomo Chave pública: BD065DEC -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Use GnuPG with Firefox : http://getfiregpg.org (Version: 0.7.5) iEYEARECAAYFAkoAXQQACgkQN8/PzL0GXew9hQCfZg2kdMVZ9R+0jrkpjTHUBoQr PeEAn0NGgjSSNe8zNh2qKvdcyIa6Ej9+ =GwDq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies
