On 21.10.19 12:12, Tobias Zwick wrote: > Though, in regards of software support, I my earlier suggestion is better, > as no modification on existing software is necessary to understand that a > sidewalk without kerb is still for pedestrians and used the same as a > sidewalk, regardless of whether in (Oxford) English, one may or may not call > this thing "sidewalk".
Me too. As I see it, the core of the question comes down to whether the OSM data model should put a pedestrian road section without a kerb in the same general category as one with a kerb, or whether these should be treated as separate concepts. To me, it makes more sense to consider them as roughly the same thing and model the distinction with an additional tag. For most use cases, data users can likely handle them very similarly, even though I acknowledge that there may be exceptions (such as Markus's example of navigation for blind users). In general, I don't think the definition of OSM keys should automatically duplicate all nuances of the English dictionary, especially ones that many non-native speakers will be unaware of. Tobias _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
