[Tagging] Sidewalk Tagging for Routing

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

2015-11-24 10:40 GMT+01:00 Richard Fairhurst <richard at systemed.net>:

> Another issue with routing along pavements ("sidewalks") as separate ways
> is
> the name tag. IME pavement-mappers rarely add the street name to the
> pavement/sidewalk, but in fact the name applies to the pavement/sidewalk as
> much as to the bicycle/car lanes. "Walk along unnamed footway then turn
> left
> onto unnamed footway" is a less helpful direction than "Walk along Broad
> Street then turn left onto Cornmarket Street". (The ref, on the other hand,
> usually applies only to the bicycle/car lanes.)
>



very true. The same issue often occurs with cycleways (omitted names).

Cheers,
Martin
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