Serge, I think we're really talking about two proposals here, both of which have merit. The linked proposal has been around for a while, and involves tagging the road to indicate the presence of a sidewalk walk on one or both sides of the road. David refers to this proposal as "deprecated" [1].
What David proposed, and what I'm interested in, is mapping the sidewalk as a separate way from the road. This rough proposal is on his page here [2]. I think both schemes can coexist. In cities, especially ones with regular grids, the first scheme might be preferable for simplicity. However David's scheme has advantages when sidewalks don't have a constant offset from the road, and if there is a desire for precise navigation. In my area of suburbia, I plan to use David's scheme. We should certainly link both together though, so users can determine what level of detail is appropriate. -Josh [1]: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Hanska/Sidewalk#Tagging_the_main_way_.28DEPRECATED.29 [2]: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Hanska/Sidewalk#Mapping_as_a_separate_way On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Serge Wroclawski <emac...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 12:35 PM, David Paleino <da...@debian.org> wrote: >> On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:29:28 +0100, David Paleino wrote: >> >>> On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:17:10 -0400, Serge Wroclawski wrote: >>> >>> > As per the discussion last week about Sidewalks, I'm re-opening the >>> > sidewalk proposal as per: >>> > >>> > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Sidewalk >>> > >>> > We've already had some preliminary discussion on this tag and there's >>> > been very minimal disagreement, which is a good sign for its adoption. >>> >>> NAK. >>> What I understood was that the first tagging example of my page was that [1] >>> was generally accepted. >> >> Erm.. ok, I hope it was understandable :) > > I don't understand, so maybe you can elaborate. > > David, you expressed some interest in this last week, and Josh > suggested that since you were so interested, you make the proposal, > but I didn't see anything, and I have a specific project I want to use > these tags, so I've gone ahead and done so. > > If you have specific issues with the proposal, please bring them up > for discussion. > > - Serge > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
