There is already a page on the wiki, especially section [1]. Those properties are used by the wheelchair navigation tool mentioned at the top of that page.
regards m [1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Wheelchair_routing#Sidewalks_and_properties On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 3:02 PM, <p...@trigpoint.me.uk> wrote: > On Tue Nov 24 13:40:38 2015 GMT, Marc Gemis wrote: >> On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 1:48 PM, Philip Barnes <p...@trigpoint.me.uk> wrote: >> > >> > Sidewalks, unless they are physically separated in some way are an >> > integral part of the highway. Sidewalk tags can allow a router to, maybe >> > prefer, roads with sidewalks but there a lot of cases where this would >> > just be plain annoying. A pedestrian simply needs to be told to follow >> > the road, they are quite capable of deciding which side to walk, where >> > to cross and whether it is simply easier to walk on the road. >> > >> >> >> Then we do not have an answer for Clifford's original question: how do >> you tag sidewalk characteristics for wheelchair users: such as kerb, >> slope, width, surface ? Especially when tagging is done by novices ? >> > I was thinking that, not easy but important. We do need to do this, just not > so that it breaks normal pedestrian routing. > > I guess the things that need mapping are: > drop kerbs - Probably a highway node, sidewalk:drop_kerb=left/right/both. We > will need to map driveway drop kerbs too as these will be crossing point too. > > width - very important as many sidewalks are singlefile for walking. > sidewalk:left:width=0.6, or 1.5 etc > > kerb height - Again important, different heights are barriers for different > people, different wheelchairs. sidewalk:left:kerb_height=10 cm. > > Phil (trigpoint) > -- > Sent from my Jolla > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
