2016-08-02 13:54 GMT+02:00 Philip Barnes <p...@trigpoint.me.uk>: > In that case they should be mapped as separate ways, but in a > residential areas, for example, links to the road should be mapped to > allow routing. >
Agree with that, links to roads should always be mapped for routing. > > That is assuming there are protected crossings, where they will exist > in cities and large towns on arterial roads, but you will not find > crossings in residential streets or even town centres. In many cases > the need has been eliminated by lower speed limits and the shared space > concept. > Good point > > Your scheme seems to have been drawn up with large North American > cities in mind, and in situations where it works then there is no > reason not to use it. As an alternative scheme it is fine, but please > don't try to remove the mappers option to use sidewalk=left/right/both > in places where that is the most suitable scheme, that should be left > to a local mappers judgment. > Then, it would be nice to find a single tag set which suits both approaches (all on the same way or distinguished road and sidewalks). That is mainly why I agree with such proposals. All the best François
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