> On Nov 24, 2015, at 6:40 PM, Richard Fairhurst <rich...@systemed.net> wrote: > > Jaywalking is a North American concept.
Jaywalking will get you a bored policeman giving you a ticket in Tokyo. They pride themselves in people who follow the rules and wait for crosswalks and such. However the sidewalk "grid" disappears very quickly (most unclassified and residential streets have no sidewalks), but there are "green" zones on the sides of some narrow roads (like narrow residential roads and back alleys of Tokyo) where the shoulder of the road is expected to be used for pedestrian access (not a full sidewalk). This makes mapping the sidewalks quite easy in Japan - they disappear quite quickly once you leave secondary roads. For Places where they they go on and on and on - like huge planned housing communities in California - it's a good question! Javbw _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
