As an American, I'd say tracing out the sidewalk is perfectly legitimate, considering jaywalking laws that typically apply in locations with sidewalks, the total non universal nature of sidewalks. On May 1, 2014 11:40 PM, "Tod Fitch" <t...@fitchdesign.com> wrote:
> It is my understanding that in the US the roadway design in a > urban/suburban environment includes the sidewalks, possibly a > parkway/planting strip, the curbs and the traveled way. From that point of > view I'd only consider mapping a walkway as a separate way only if it did > not run parallel and close to the road. > > -Tod > > > > On May 1, 2014, at 8:35 PM, John F. Eldredge wrote: > > > Here in Nashville TN, sidewalks in some business districts alternate > every few yards between having concrete extend all of the way to the curb, > and having planted strips with grass, flowers, and small trees between the > sidewalk and the curb. It would be rather tedious to have the tagging have > to alternate between sidewalk and footway every few yards. > > > > > > On April 30, 2014 11:19:31 PM CDT, Russ Nelson <nel...@crynwr.com> > wrote: > >> Kai Krueger writes: > >>> But in the US (at least in suburbia), the sidewalks are often much > >>> more detached from the road with wide grass strips between > >>> them. They also sometimes aren't entirely parallel to the road. > >> > >> Indeed. In Potsdam, NY, we get enough snow that we need those wide > >> grass strips to plow the snow onto. But they're not practical in some > >> places, so the sidewalk can come close to the road in places. It's > >> still a sidewalk, though, and not a "way" of its own. > >> > >> There is not a wonderful solution for how do map pedestrian routing > >> when it differs from road-associated routing. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > >
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