On 20 Aug 2012, at 13:30, Philip Barnes <[email protected]> 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. > > http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/12795153 The use of the word sidewalk has been used as it internationally will cause the least confusion. The word footway in a way has already been used, thus reusing it may cause confusion, and has different meaning in parts of the industry. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Sidewalk The following map shows where the sidewalk data have been added to OSM: http://www.itoworld.com/map/126 Shaun _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
