[Routing] Safe pedestrian routing profile

[Georg Feddern]

Josh Doe schrieb:
> Has anyone done something with safe pedestrian routing profiles?

Me not - but maybe you would consider my input, too? ;-)

> == Safe walking, least distance ==
> *   Allow use of highway=footway, highway=path, highway=cycleway,
> highway=steps, highway=living_street, highway=pedestrian,
> highway=bridleway, highway=service, and highway=residential unless
> there is a foot=no/private tag.
>   

I suppose you have to consider some more restrictions - or pitfalls of 
the tagging, namely in continental Europe ...
- highway=path or highway=cycleway with bicycle=designated or =official, 
which implies foot=no in some countries, which may not be tagged 
explicitly then.
- highway=cycleway where some people in some countries think it implies 
bicycle=designated or =official which implies foot=no - so they do not 
tag that explicitly.
Similar for bridleway.

Some people think, implicit tags should not be tagged or be deleted - 
may be, they will see the problems finally sometimes in the future ...
You have a sublime approach - maybe you should use your chance to twist 
the knife (in this wound) and open some(ones) eyes. ;-)

Sorry for such bad input - here, and in the database.
Georg