Re: [Talk-GB] sidewalks

On 3 Jun 2019, at 09:15, Stuart Reynolds mailto:stu...@travelinesoutheast.org.uk>> wrote: As Jerry says, from a routing perspective having lots of separate footpaths doesn’t help when you can just walk across the road at any given point. Boulevard-type roads with central grassed areas are ver

Re: [Talk-GB] sidewalks

Sent: 02 June 2019 14:10 To: Andy Townsend Cc: Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] sidewalks I recently extended<https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/4072429#map=18/52.22564/0.11783&layers=N> some already mapped pavements in N. Cambridge. I'm not really a fan of the c

Re: [Talk-GB] sidewalks

I recently extended some already mapped pavements in N. Cambridge. I'm not really a fan of the current approach because I don't think it works particularly well, and I'm not aware of any good routers using this type of dat

Re: [Talk-GB] sidewalks

On 01/06/2019 13:55, Michael Collinson wrote: ... I tried, then going out to "just verify" and found that I was hopelessly inaccurate. It defeats the point, to get a highly accurate localised network for folks who might depend on it. I did something similar on the dev server a while back h

Re: [Talk-GB] sidewalks

On 2019-06-01 13:26, Andy Townsend wrote: On 01/06/2019 11:11, Jez Nicholson wrote: Brighton has also just gained a sidewalk https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/JAn which i'm not overly impressed withor am I being a Luddite? I personally wouldn't map sidewalks in a dense UK city like that (tho

Re: [Talk-GB] sidewalks

I too was very anti at first. Reykavik was the first time I saw it on a systematic basis, and I thought it made a map I did aesthetically dreadful. But a small tweak, rendering sidewalk-tagged footways as a very unobtrusive narrow line fixed that. I now map them zealously for three reasons: 1

Re: [Talk-GB] sidewalks

On 01/06/2019 11:11, Jez Nicholson wrote: Brighton has also just gained a sidewalk https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/JAn which i'm not overly impressed withor am I being a Luddite? I personally wouldn't map sidewalks in a dense UK city like that (though some people do, with the intention of mi

Re: [Talk-GB] sidewalks

Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] sidewalks Agree with both Gareth and Dan. It's all part of the discussion on how detailed the map goes, and possibly more relevant in countries with wider roads and obviously separate sidewalks. In the UK we always assume that a road has a pavement unless stated

Re: [Talk-GB] sidewalks

Agree with both Gareth and Dan. It's all part of the discussion on how detailed the map goes, and possibly more relevant in countries with wider roads and obviously separate sidewalks. In the UK we always assume that a road has a pavement unless stated otherwise. I came slightly unstuck myself when

Re: [Talk-GB] sidewalks

I noticed a "sidewalk" here too in Brighton: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/684610225 I'm ambivalent. Both of these examples are pavements that are fully adjacent (continguous) to their roads, and by default I'd prefer not to map them separately. I guess the long one that you refer to does some

Re: [Talk-GB] sidewalks

the pavements on the intersecting streets shown also? Gareth From: Jez Nicholson Sent: Saturday, June 1, 2019 11:11:28 AM To: Talk-GB Subject: [Talk-GB] sidewalks Brighton has also just gained a sidewalk https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/JAn which i'm not o

[Talk-GB] sidewalks

Brighton has also just gained a sidewalk https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/JAn which i'm not overly impressed withor am I being a Luddite? Regards, Jez ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinf