On 17 March 2011 13:46, SomeoneElse <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lists@mail.atownsend.org.uk">lists@mail.atownsend.org.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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On 17/03/2011 13:29, Serge Wroclawski wrote:
<blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:sidewalk" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:sidewalk</a></blockquote>
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Actually, I probably wouldn't use that tag when mapping (at least
not locally). <br>
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suggests "footway=both/left/right" etc. is more common:<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Ta. However, I see that <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:footway">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:footway</a> states that "footway" is "abandoned".</div>
<div><br></div><div>Anyhow, the two tags seem to be synonymous.</div><div><br></div><div>On this topic, I'm a bit puzzled by the idea of a street (other than a one-way street, perhaps) being marked as having a pavement (footway/sidewalk/whatever) on the left or the right. Left or right from whose perspective?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Sam</div></div>