On Thu, 24 Mar 2011 21:10:36 +0000, Craig Wallace wrote: > On 24/03/2011 20:15, David Paleino wrote: > > Hello everybody, > > as promised, I came back with an "official" proposal. > > > > > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Sidewalk_as_separate_way > > > > I tried to summarize what my ideas are, and why I don't believe that tagging > > the main road is any good. > > > > To summarize here: to tag a sidewalk: > > > > * highway=footway > > * footway=sidewalk > > > > It's that simple. > > The basic idea is that sidewalks *are* footways. From the highway=footway > > page: "for designated footpaths, i.e. mainly/exclusively for pedestrians". > > And sidewalks perfectly fit IMVHO :) > > How do you define "sidewalk"?
How do you define it in "real life"?
> Is it just pedestrian paths immediately adjacent to a road, with nothing
> except a kerb in between?
> What if its further away, with grass/barriers/trees etc in between, is
> it still a sidewalk?
Let's try to make a worldwide-acceptable definition.
I'd say, it's a sidewalk if you refer to it by referring to its main road. You
don't say: "go to the shop on the sidewalk of Main Rd.", you say "go to the
shop on Main Rd.". That's a sidewalk for me.
Otherwise, if you say "go to the shop in the middle of the park, take the
path, and turn at the second intersection, [..]", or if it has its own name
("go to the Foo Footway") -- it's a footway.
I'm sorry I can't come with a more precise definition; but I didn't think at
it at all before now, since I believed that "sidewalk"/"pavement" can easily be
recognized using common sense.
Kindly,
David
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