[Tagging] sidewalk unsuitable for wheelchair

ajt1047 at gmail.com ajt1047 at gmail.com
Mon Dec 11 01:34:36 UTC 2017


On 11/12/2017 00:25, Nick Bolten wrote:
> ...
> Absolutely, this is an open problem. However, there's no reason we 
> can't tag streets with `sidewalk=left/right/yes/no` to keep that 
> question answerable, while putting the pedestrian network itself (and 
> its details) on proper ways. In addition, the question, 'does this 
> street have a sidewalk?' is answerable for separate ways using 
> geometric relationships, even if a `sidewalk=* tag` were missing.

Actually, "sidewalk=separate" seems to be the accepted way of doing this 
(and of course that doesn't detract from the point that "it's still 
possible to say that a road has a sidewalk if the sidewalk is mapped 
separately").

Best Regards,

Andy




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