[Tagging] sidewalks

[Nathan Edgars II]

On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 7:51 AM, Simon Biber <simonbiber at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>
> IMO it's not an incorrect footway, anywhere you can legally use as a sidewalk
> should be mapped. Just put surface=grass if that's the case :-)
>
> For example, here I've tagged the sidewalks as surface=grass
>
> http://www.nearmap.com/?ll=-34.854348,138.535446&z=22&t=h&nmd=20100614
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/54512800

Then why map the sidewalks at all, if you're just going to put them
next to every road whether or not one exists?