[Tagging] Sidewalk Tagging for Routing

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

2015-11-24 13:48 GMT+01:00 Philip Barnes <phil at trigpoint.me.uk>:

> A pedestrian simply needs to be told to follow
> the road, they are quite capable of deciding which side to walk, where
> to cross and whether it is simply easier to walk on the road.
>


that's partly true, but there are groups of people who could benefit from
more detailed descriptions: the blind, people in wheelchairs, routers that
try to avoid less safe situations (e.g. for kids), and generally, knowing
about the actual details for pedestrians will improve the routing for every
pedestrian, because a better route can be found (less true in rural
settings with less alternatives, obviously).

Cheers,
Martin
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