On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 8:16 PM, Josh Doe <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 3:51 PM, Anthony <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 9:44 AM, Josh Doe <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Of course you'd want to make >>> sure you connect the other footways to the roads, so a router can send >>> someone along this strip. >> >> Not of course. A better route would be to cross the street and use >> that sidewalk. > > Sure, coming from the west along the sidewalk next to S Tampa Ave, it > might be safer to turn right and go along the "link", then turn left > on the other "link" and get back on the sidewalk continuing to the > east along S Tampa Ave. However you'll still connect the sidewalks to > the road, so a routing engine can send someone along a faster and more > direct route along S Tampa Ave on the shoulder, or a safer route along > the "links".
I just checked other places, and it doesn't seem that we do that. Are unmarked (i.e. non-crosswalk) crossing areas even supposed to be mapped? >>> In the future someone might tag the section >>> of road with something like "shoulder:width=4 ft", >>> "shoulder:surface=asphalt", "shoulder:type=striped", etc., which >>> routers could use to determine the safety level this section. >> >> Except that it's not a shoulder. > > It is a shoulder, but it's part of a traffic island. Would you also call this a shoulder? http://maps.google.com/maps?q=hillsborough+and+memorial&hl=en&ll=27.99668,-82.581544&spn=0.001896,0.002025&sll=27.99685,-82.581777&sspn=0.001896,0.002025&vpsrc=6&gl=us&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=27.996679,-82.581437&panoid=wuOm8S7pnbuRpxx802nJlQ&cbp=12,222.03,,0,10.97 I don't know, but it's certainly not how people are supposed to cross the intersection. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
