[2016-08-03 00:27] Tor <[email protected]> > > Really? By removing the quick and easy way to tag pavements, > people will suddenly start mapping pavements?
Thanks for pointing on this. I much agree. If in our rural region we would start to map sidewalks (which we have not done so far, apart from some experiments), we would prefer to do it in a lightweight way. Sidewalks have few importance where I live (small villages in south Germany), because you can expect that every street has one or two and you'll find a crossing possibility without problem. And those streets that have no sidewalks almost always don't need one, practically. Hence, sidewalk information is mainly for fun, in my region and in my eyes. I see no practical relevance for routing here. (Which can surely be different somewhere else!) So, if mapping sidewalks is a lot of effort (kerbs and such), there will be few motivation to do it at all. Having it as trivial as possible increases the probability of users doing it. I'd suggest to keep both possibilities: simple/basic mapping and complex/sophisticated mapping of sidewalks, thus letting the mappers choose what is more appropriate in the specific case. meillo P.S. Standardization does not need to eliminate all but one. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
