[OSM-newbies] pedestrian or footway?

[Charlotte Wolter]

Andy,Outl

         Given your criterion--less than 3 
meters, and thanks for that, by the way--they 
would, indeed, be footways. They are not more 
than 10 feet across, if that.  Outlining them as 
an area, like I did for the Santa Monica 
Promenade, would be beyond my ability to steady 
my hand. Sounds like it's "footways" then.
Thanks to all!

--C


At 07:04 AM 11/9/2009, you wrote:
>On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 10:07 PM, Charlotte 
>Wolter <techlady at techlady.com> wrote: > Folks,
>
> > > Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â I'm working on an area of 
> LA, Venice, where we have a phenomenon
> > called locally "walk streets." These 
> "streets" are, in fact, wide sidewalks.
> > Houses front onto these sidewalks. There is no access for cars, and bike
> > riding is not encouraged (but not prohibited) 
> because the "walk street" can
> > have many pedestrians at times. Residents who have cars, access the houses
> > and parking via alleys behind the houses. >
>Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â I was busily converting these from "residential street" to
> > "pedestrian," when I came across work by someone else who was using
> > "footway." Which do you think is correct?
>
>There's a fuzzy line between them, but from what 
>you have described, I would say they are 
>highway=pedestrian. If they are called "streets" 
>then that suggests they might even be wide 
>enough that you can convert them from lines into 
>areas. If they were less than 2 or 3 metres 
>wide, then I would start considering 
>highway=footway instead. A handful of pictures 
>often helps for these situations, there's often 
>a lot of confusion when trying to describe them in words.
>
> > I don't care (though I think the
> > dotted red line for "footway" looks cooler on 
> the rendered map than the grey
> > of "pedestrian"). I just want to get it right.
>
>A good attitude!
>
>:-) Cheers, Andy
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