[Tagging] Is a sidewalk always adjacent to a traversable road?

Anthony osm at inbox.org
Sat Aug 27 23:23:00 BST 2011


On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 5:07 PM, Nathan Edgars II <neroute2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/27/2011 4:52 PM, Anthony wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 4:36 PM, Nathan Edgars II<neroute2 at gmail.com>
>>  wrote:
>>>
>>> On 8/27/2011 4:11 PM, Anthony wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Nathan Edgars II<neroute2 at gmail.com>
>>>>  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On 8/27/2011 9:12 AM, Anthony wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Under Florida law [FS 316.003(47)], a sidewalk is always adjacent to a
>>>>>> roadway.
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, but the sidewalk tag does not apply to unmaintained grassy areas.
>>>>
>>>> Personally I'm not aware of any unmaintained grassy areas which are
>>>> adjacent to a roadway, so I'm not sure if the tag should apply to them
>>>> or not.
>>>
>>> Sorry, mowed grassy areas that are not maintained for foot traffic.
>>
>> I'm not sure what that has to do with your question, but okay.
>
> It means that the sidewalk tag does not mean the same thing as Florida law.

What's the difference?  An area which is not meant for foot traffic is
not a sidewalk under Florida law.



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