Hejso! The Apple team has recently been investigating pedestrian navigability
in Denmark and we’ve come across some issues that would be best handled with
consensus from the OSM Denmark community.
Often streets intersect with dual carriageways where there are no crossings
marked for pedestrians. For example, how Fyensgade intersects with Viborgvej at
56.4631795, 10.0156701 (way 30155258). In this situation, and similar
situations across the country, it could be dangerous or illegal for pedestrians
to cross the dual carriageway. These crossings can also be all but impossible
for individuals with disabilities using OSM to navigate. Our team has been
adding ‘foot=no’ tags to these sections, but after a conversation with user
MikkoLukas (https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/76508518
<https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/76508518>) we’ve decided to
investigate a solution which the rest of the OSM Denmark community agrees on.
There are several potential solutions to this problem. It could be argued that
‘foot=no’ could be inferred from Danish law on jay-walking and added to these
sections. It could also be argued that ‘sidewalk=no’ or ‘sidewalk=none’ can be
added to these sections, and would be accurate to ground truth, and used to
discourage pedestrian crossings. Finally, it could also be argued that
‘crossing=no’ could be added to these sections, as it true to what is on the
ground and the most accurate tag to describe why pedestrians should not be
using these crossings.
I think this information would be very valuable to include in OSM for both
individuals with disabilities as well as for pedestrians. What solution to this
issue would the OSM Denmark community prefer going forward? Our team can go
back and add whichever tags are decided on in place of the ‘foot=no’ tags
previously added. Med venlig hilsen,
-Theodore
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