[Tagging] Sidewalk Tagging for Routing

[Mateusz Konieczny]

On Wed, 25 Nov 2015 00:14:48 +0000
Philip Barnes <phil at trigpoint.me.uk> wrote:

> On Tue, 2015-11-24 at 15:22 -0800, Clifford Snow wrote:
> > 
> > On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 2:12 PM, Tobias Knerr <osm at tobias-knerr.de>
> > wrote:
> > > Sure, but the sidewalk attribute is essential for other, much more
> > > basic
> > > use cases that separate ways fail to serve.
> > > 
> > Can you elaborate on why separate ways fail to serve?
> 
> They are not matching reality, can cause long detours and poor routing
> unless the mapper provides a lot of connections to the road. Remember
> normal pedestrians can cross wherever they want.

"Remember normal pedestrians can cross wherever they want." - Again,
that is not true for all places.

"unless the mapper provides a lot of connections to the
road" - or data is properly used.

> There is also the simple rendering issue, roads are already wide and
> are very close or clipping buildings. The sidewalk if mapped in
> position is likely to be hidden under the road.

And why it is supposed to be relevant?