[Tagging] Sidewalk Tagging for Routing

[Warin]

On 24/11/2015 6:28 PM, John Willis wrote:
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>> On Nov 24, 2015, at 1:22 PM, Marc Gemis <marc.gemis at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> The problem with separate ways, is that none of the current routers
>> will tell you that you have to cross the street to reach a house on
>> the other side of the road. Most likely, they will let you walk till
>> the next street crossing and let you walk back then.
> Perhaps we can have a routing engine at will interpret a sidewalk with residential road junctions as being along a residential road and route for Jay Walking.
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> Otherwise, being routed to the nearest crosswalk to cross to the other side the street sounds like "working as intended". Jay walking a secondary road will get you killed (or at least I will slap you as You step off the curb in front of me when I'm on my bike), and routing disabled people (where curb cuts may be necessary) means a crosswalk is the only place where they should be routed to cross.
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> I would rather the router always error on the side of crosswalks, and let the person decide to Jaywalk if they feel like it.
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I believe it is legal to cross the road normal to its path at least in Australia and in the UK!

If you cross at some angle (other than normal) then it is 'Jay Walking'.

Going to the next council cross street in some parts of Australia may be a very long walk ... may be 150 miles in any direction.