[OSM-newbies] Pavements, pedestrian crossings, road widths, house numbers, parking restrictions, speed limits, public transport timetables

[Sam Kuper]

On 17 March 2011 13:46, SomeoneElse <lists at mail.atownsend.org.uk> wrote:

>  On 17/03/2011 13:29, Serge Wroclawski wrote:
>
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:sidewalk
>
>
> Actually, I probably wouldn't use that tag when mapping (at least not
> locally).
>
> Tagwatch for GB
> http://tagwatch.stoecker.eu/Great_britain/En/tags.html
> suggests "footway=both/left/right" etc. is more common:
>

Ta. However, I see that
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:footwaystates that "footway" is
"abandoned".

Anyhow, the two tags seem to be synonymous.

On this topic, I'm a bit puzzled by the idea of a street (other than a
one-way street, perhaps) being marked as having a pavement
(footway/sidewalk/whatever) on the left or the right. Left or right from
whose perspective?

Thanks,

Sam
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