<div dir="ltr"><div>It appears to play a role in a <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/10773339#map=16/51.6086/-0.3739">relation</a> connected with the London Loop, and generally meets the criteria I'd want for a separately mapped footpath: footway=sidewalk, well-connected to roads and crossings. So it's not incorrect mapping, and it's one-off nature is to do with supporting a long-distance path, with some accessibility tagging. The pavement along Uxbridge Road is less well mapped and there are a couple of short stubs near the station, although short enough not to interfere with pedestrian routing.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Whereas like you  I would generally chose to add sidewalk tags to the road, separate footway=sidewalk is a widely advocated style of mapping, and I think it is best to accept that.</div><div><br></div><div>Jerry<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 14 Dec 2022 at 21:36, Andrew Hain <<a href="mailto:andrewhainosm@hotmail.co.uk">andrewhainosm@hotmail.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg8748080954546837213">




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<div><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">I am considering whether or not to act on a note [<a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/note/3176003" id="m_8748080954546837213LPlnkOWALinkPreview" target="_blank">https://www.openstreetmap.org/note/3176003</a>]
 suggesting a one-off separately mapped pavement (that is traversable to the road) should be replaced with tags on the road. The road is in a suburb where most roads have pavements on both sides.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">I am trying to digest the forum discussion on the topic.
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As of 2022, there is no consensus. A core reason for this situation is that both commonly used approaches lack the ability to capture some important knowledge about the world: Tags on the main highway=* cannot faithfully represent sidewalk geometries (and struggle
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