We have a widely used scheme for tagging cycle lanes/paths on the road way: cycleway=lane|track with variants. Extrapolating from that for the pedestrian "lane" seems obvious to me: sidewalk=lane (plus variants). For separate sidewalks there is sidewalk=yes (plus variants)
Why invent something different? On Sun, 20 Oct 2019, 12:42 Tobias Zwick, <o...@westnordost.de> wrote: > I have seen this kind of sidewalk that is just a marked lane in Germany as > well, usually as part of parking lots or larger company grounds. > > How about: > > sidewalk=right > sidewalk:right:kerb=no > sidewalk:right:surface=asphalt > > The most important thing is to tag whether there is a sidewalk or not. > Regardless of whether it has a keen or not. > > According to taginfo, sidewalk:right:kerb is already used a few times: > https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/sidewalk%3Aright%3Akerb#overview > > Tobias > > On October 20, 2019 8:39:14 AM GMT+02:00, John Willis via Tagging < > tagging@openstreetmap.org> wrote: > > > > > >> On Oct 20, 2019, at 4:44 AM, Markus <selfishseaho...@gmail.com> > >wrote: > >> > >> However i think that a sidewalk requires a physical separation to the > >> roadway > > > > > >I agree with you, and I tag all separated standard sidewalks as > >“sidewalks” (iD preset). > > > >however, there are a lot of narrow roads in Japan where the side of the > >road (between the white lane border line and the barrier wall along the > >road) is painted with a (thin) green stripe, and is considered a > >pedestrian path - usually around schools where children walk. The > >infrastructure in the area is very old, and they cannot widen the roads > >to be safer, so they paint the green line on to remind drivers to be > >safe and keep the pedestrians on one side. this is only around schools > >with narrow roads. New roads all have separated sidewalks, so no > >painted area is necessary. > > > >I tag the green line as a highway=path and add a note=* to the way. > > > >One example I have seen is much larger, and is a new “lane” created by > >converting a 2-way road to 1-way and giving the margin to pedestrians. > >https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/667338935 > ><https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/667338935>. > > > >I do not think this is ideal, but it does properly map the marking and > >the routing that should be used for pedestrians. usually many roads in > >the area are narrow, and the designated way is best. > > > >If some method is standardized, I will correct my mapping. > > > >Note: these are not the blue cycle-lanes or cycle arrows in the road > >found on many narrow high traffic roads. > > > > > >Javbw > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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