On Sat, 2 Nov 2019 at 20:37, Clifford Snow <cliff...@snowandsnow.us> wrote: > > I like your proposal but think it needs to clarify the difference between a > pedestrian lane and a shoulder [1]. In the US, most (many?) states allow > pedestrians to walk on shoulders if there is no sidewalk/footway, with the > exception of motorways. How would a mapper know if this is a shoulder or a > pedestrian lane?
Thanks for your input. I didn't think about that because here in Switzerland shoulders only seem to exist on motorways and trunk roads and because of their difference in appearance (shoulder: continuous white line [1], pedestrian lane: continuous yellow line with yellow diagonal stripes [2]). In the United States, it seems that pedestrian lanes are marked accordingly. [3] I guess that in other countries, pedestrian lanes are also marked or signed accordingly or have a different appearance like in Switzerland, but when in doubt, it is certainly better to not tag a lane as pedestrian lane. I'll add a warning to the proposal page. [1]: https://www.mapillary.com/map/im/vhd1RZj0JXfpHIZ1uHj0xA [2]: https://www.mapillary.com/map/im/6NiPeYEe87G_ex49SqwFtg [3]: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/bicycle_pedestrian/publications/small_towns/fhwahep17024_lg.pdf, p. 102 (5-7). _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
