> El 12 mar 2016, a las 04:18, Paul Johnson <ba...@ursamundi.org> escribió:
>
>> On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 6:02 PM, Janko Mihelic <janko.mihe...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> pet, 11. ožu 2016. 21:00 Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> je
>> napisao:
>>>
>>> what about the pavement/sidewalk, shall it be included? If yes, what is a
>>> lane there, e.g. when there are (partially) physical separations?
>>
>>
>> No, I wouldn't include sidewalks. You could argue that sidewalks are just
>> another lane, but there is a difference. The moment you step on a street,
>> you are following rules of a game. Everyone on the street should know about
>> each other, and act accordingly.
>> Sidewalks are a different story, you can stop and chat there, there are no
>> rules.
>>
>> So even if there are no physical separations, I would never include a
>> sidewalk in the lane scheme of a road (except with the sidewalk=*
>> attribute).
>
> I'm not a fan of the sidewalk tag on the centerline way; just map the
> footways.
I see it as simplified tagging. In Buenos Aires almost every road has
sidewalks, and I'm surely not going to draw them all as separate ways. Adding
the sidewalk tag is much easier. I would go as far as saying I would assume
sidewalk=both unless specified otherwise!
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Nicolás
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