On Mon, 20 Aug 2012, Philip Barnes wrote: > Have just spotted this changeset, which has globally changed footway > tags to sidewalk, the area covers the UK. > > Any thoughts, to me sidewalk is one of those American words that should > not find its way into English.
They're not even equivalent things? I've mapped many things with highway=footway, that are most definitely not "sidewalks". They go for example between blocks of houses... or in the country side. Also, mass-retagging I frown upon. Why was this even done?! cheers, Derick -- http://derickrethans.nl | http://xdebug.org Like Xdebug? Consider a donation: http://xdebug.org/donate.php twitter: @derickr and @xdebug _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
