Andy,Outl
Given your criterion--less than 3
meters, and thanks for that, by the way--they
would, indeed, be footways. They are not more
than 10 feet across, if that. Outlining them as
an area, like I did for the Santa Monica
Promenade, would be beyond my ability to steady
my hand. Sounds like it's "footways" then.
Thanks to all!
--C
At 07:04 AM 11/9/2009, you wrote:
On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 10:07 PM, Charlotte
Wolter <[email protected]> wrote: > Folks,
> > Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â I'm working on an area of
LA, Venice, where we have a phenomenon
> called locally "walk streets." These
"streets" are, in fact, wide sidewalks.
> Houses front onto these sidewalks. There is no access for cars, and bike
> riding is not encouraged (but not prohibited)
because the "walk street" can
> have many pedestrians at times. Residents who have cars, access the houses
> and parking via alleys behind the houses. >
        I was busily converting these from "residential street" to
> "pedestrian," when I came across work by someone else who was using
> "footway." Which do you think is correct?
There's a fuzzy line between them, but from what
you have described, I would say they are
highway=pedestrian. If they are called "streets"
then that suggests they might even be wide
enough that you can convert them from lines into
areas. If they were less than 2 or 3 metres
wide, then I would start considering
highway=footway instead. A handful of pictures
often helps for these situations, there's often
a lot of confusion when trying to describe them in words.
> I don't care (though I think the
> dotted red line for "footway" looks cooler on
the rendered map than the grey
> of "pedestrian"). I just want to get it right.
A good attitude!
:-) Cheers, Andy
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