[OSM-newbies] Pavements and footpaths along streets

[Eddy Petrișor]

Craig Wallace a scris:
> On 04/05/2009 17:43, Russ Nelson wrote:
>> On May 3, 2009, at 6:52 AM, Craig Wallace wrote:
>>    
>>> I think for most pavements / footpaths / sidewalks right next to roads
>>> they are not tagged. There have been a few suggestions for "sidewalk"
>>> tags, but I don't think they are commonly used.
>>>      
>> Not commonly used is not a good reason to refrain from doing something
>> good.  I think the suggestion is for sidewalk=left, sidewalk=right,
>> sidewalk=both, or sidewalk=none.  The default interpretation for
>> highway=residential would be sidewalk=both, and for highway=trunk it
>> would be sidewalk=none.  I'm sure there are sensible defaults for
>> other kinds of highways as well.

I agree, may I suggest these defaults:

motorway   : sidewalk=none
trunk      : sidewalk=none
primary    : sidewalk=none
secondary  : sidewalk=both
tertiary   : sidewalk=both
residential: sidewalk=both
track      : sidewalk=none

> I think it makes sense to have footway/sidewalk=none as default for 
> most/all highways. Its better to have something missing from the map 
> than to map things which aren't there. And I'm sure in some parts of the 
> world, most residential streets don't have any footways/sidewalks.

I would be very surprised to find out there are many more residential roads
without sidewalks than there are with.

Having sidewalk=both by default for residential seems like a *VERY* sane
value, since in most residential areas people are expected to do a lot of
walking, so sidewalks would be very common.

-- 
Regards,
EddyP
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