On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 9:32 AM, Matt Williams <li...@milliams.com> wrote:
> On 1 June 2010 13:33, Jason Cunningham <jamicu...@googlemail.com> 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. > Hmm, is "shoulder" a fairly universal term? Because shoulder=no would be much more daunting to me than pavement=no. Also, if the street really is dangerous/suicidal, is there any chance you can report it to the govt. so they can either fix it or ban pedestrians?
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