On 1 June 2010 13:33, Jason Cunningham <[email protected]> wrote: > 1... What's the correct way of tagging a street as 'dangerous/suicidal' for > pedestrians in OSM? (Couldnt find an answer in the wiki) > Recently come across a road in my area (London, UK) that had no pavement and > which clearly should be avoided by pedestrains, but there were no > restrictions in place for pedestrians (apart from common sense). The UK also > does not have restrictions on pedestrains being on roads that some other > countries have. > > So, in my opinion, foot=no would be wrong because it incorrectly indicates > pedestrians are not allowed. I guess foot=dangerous would be useful for > routing software, but is there agreed way of tagging these problem roads.
The road should simply be marked as having no pavement/sidewalk. Something like pavement=yes/no is a start at least. It's best to avoid subject assessments like how dangerous a road is. -- Matt Williams http://milliams.com _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
