[OSM-newbies] Working on Manhattan

[Andy Robinson (blackadder)]

topo at joelertola.com wrote:
>Sent: 08 February 2008 3:56 PM
>To: newbies at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: Re: [OSM-newbies] Working on Manhattan
>
>Ok I added connections to the street for the main park. But I left the
>foot paths for little triangular park unconnected to the street. It is
>not clear to me where these paths should end. They exit the park at
>the sidewalk but you would not want to cross the street at those points.

Yes, join the footpaths to the street. Even though you might not cross the
street at that point it's the logical connector from street to footpath and
the way it's normally done.

>
>On a similar subject I was working on the West Side Highway last
>night. http://www.openstreetmap.org/?
>lat=40.7482&lon=-74.00846&zoom=16. If you look at the area with the
>Edit tab I think you can see what I have done. There are places where
>pedestrians can cross the highway at traffic lights. Should I draw a
>pedestrian crossing line across the street at those places? If so the
>ends of those lines will not touch anything as the map does not show
>sidewalks. Also should I put in traffic lights?

If its just a place where you cross the street and there are no other
footpaths going to that point other than the normal sidewalks then set a
node at the crossing point and tag it with highway=crossing or
highway=traffic_lights depending upon what's there. You can also define the
type of crossing using crossing=

Hope this helps

Cheers

Andy
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