[OSM-newbies] Pavements and footpaths along streets

[Russ Nelson]

On May 5, 2009, at 11:36 AM, Arlindo Pereira wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>
> At a first glance, I think that these approach makes sense in big
> cities, but it's to be noticed that on small cities (at least here in
> Brazil) it's quite common that the highway=residential and
> highway=living_street have no sidewalk and people walk on the street
> itself.


Hrm.  The sensible default is country-specific, then, eh?  Then maybe  
that's how it should be: only mark sidewalk= if it's different than  
most streets in your area.  Then let anybody rendering decide what the  
default in your area should be.

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