Just to clarify, Martijn, are you saying example #1 is physically separate because there's a curb *and* a grassy median in between the street and sidewalk, but example #2 is not physically separate because there's only a curb in between? As a pedestrian, I would hope that a curb would be physically separate enough :) Brad
On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 12:28 PM, Martijn van Exel <mart...@openstreetmap.us > wrote: > I do that too - but only when the sidewalk is really physically separate > from the main roadway. > > So I would add a separate highway=footway here: http://binged.it/1fttMse > But not here: http://binged.it/1heqqnR > > Generally - don't map for the renderer. If there is a clear use case and > the data conforms with general guidelines for inclusion in the map I would > suggest, yea, get over it :) > > Martijn > > > On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 8:38 AM, William Morris > <wboyk...@geosprocket.com>wrote: > >> Is there a general OSM policy on marking sidewalks as highway=footway? >> User dolphinling appears to have gone crazy in downtown Burlington,VT >> tracing the sidewalks and calling them footways. Which wouldn't be a >> problem if footways weren't so cartographically distinct in everyone's >> stylesheets: >> >> http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/44.47772/-73.21112 >> >> Should I: >> >> 1. Revert >> 2. Get in touch with the editor >> 3. Get over it >> >> Thanks! >> >> -Bill Morris >> @vtcraghead >> >> >> ---------- >> William Morris | Cartographer >> (802)-870-0880 | geosprocket.io | GeoSprocket LLC, Burlington VT >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-us mailing list >> Talk-us@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >> > > > > -- > Martijn van Exel > President, US Chapter > OpenStreetMap > http://openstreetmap.us/ > http://osm.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > >
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