<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Hey Meg,</div><div class="">I read through your proposal at <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/sidewalk_schema" class="">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/sidewalk_schema</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I don’t see anything in there that is any different from how sidewalks and crossings are already being tagged in OSM. This is good!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As far as I can tell, it doesn’t change any tags - it just establishes a preference for tagging sidewalks and crossings as separate features rather than including sidewalk tags on the related street geometry.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">When sidewalks, curb ramps, and crossings are tagged as a separate features, it allows mappers to supply attributes essential for tagging situations like:</div><div class=""><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/ky4eolv1nm0805y/sidewalk.jpg?dl=0" class="">https://www.dropbox.com/s/ky4eolv1nm0805y/sidewalk.jpg?dl=0</a></div><div class="">…which can really ruin your day if you were to encounter that sidewalk in a wheelchair.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks for your work in this area! </div><div class="">Bryan</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 1, 2016, at 5:35 PM, Meg Drouhard <<a href="mailto:mdrouhar@uw.edu" class="">mdrouhar@uw.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Hello,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Our team is proposing a standardization of sidewalk tagging conventions in OSM to simplify pedestrian network annotations and better represent the physical reality of sidewalk ways. This proposal is particularly concerned with features of sidewalks that may aid or impede travel for people with limited mobility.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Our schema proposal is available here: <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/sidewalk_schema" class="">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/sidewalk_schema</a>.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">You can also read more about our project and group here: <a href="http://www.opensidewalks.com/" class="">www.opensidewalks.com</a>.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Through the Imports list, we are also proposing to jump start sidewalk annotation by importing open municipal data from the city of Seattle (<a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Seattle,_Washington/Sidewalk_Import" class="">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Seattle,_Washington/Sidewalk_Import</a>).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We appreciate any feedback you may have either through our discussion pages or by <a href="mailto:info@opensidewalks.com" class="">email</a>.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Meg Drouhard</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div>
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