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

[Matt Williams]

On 17 March 2011 15:01, Sam Kuper <sam.kuper at uclmail.net> wrote:
> 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:footway
> states 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?

It's from the perspective of the direction of the 'way'. That is the
order in which the nodes are connected. In JOSM for example you see
arrows pointing along this direction. I'm not sure about Potlatch.

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