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> Personally I refer to the path next to the road designed for pedestrians as
> the footpath, assuming sidewalk is an am
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Personally I refer to the path next to the road designed for pedestrians as the
footpath, assuming sidewalk is an american term not really used in Australia
On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 at 20:59, Andrew Harvey
wrote:
> Personally I refer to the path next to the road designed for
> pedestrians as the footpath, assuming sidewalk is an american term not
> really used in Australian English.
>
I agree entirely!
> At the moment iD has two presets "Foot path"
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> In iD for me at least, paths next to roads are called "Pavement". I
> agree with this terminology the most and think it was a mistake for OSM
> to adapt the footway=sidewalk tag.
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>From my experience "pavement" in the road transport industry commonly
refers to the road pavement or road
In iD for me at least, paths next to roads are called "Pavement". I
agree with this terminology the most and think it was a mistake for OSM
to adapt the footway=sidewalk tag.
On 20/9/18 8:57 pm, Andrew Harvey wrote:
> Personally I refer to the path next to the road designed for
> pedestrians as
Personally I refer to the path next to the road designed for
pedestrians as the footpath, assuming sidewalk is an american term not
really used in Australian English.
So I had set the translation of "sidewalk" in the iD editor for
Australian English to Footpath, however it seems this is causing
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