[Tagging] StreetComplete 10 / foot=yes on residential

[Philip Barnes]

On 14 February 2019 15:05:56 GMT, Rory McCann <rory at technomancy.org> wrote:
>I can't find any issue on Github for this feature.
>
>But in Ireland (& I think UK), all public roads except motorways, are 
>foot=yes. Legally you can walk on the road, even if there is not 
>footpath ("sidewalk"). I think this adds bloat and quests which will 
>annoy mappers.

You are correct Rory, in the UK you can normally walk (or cycle) on all non motorways. There are a few exceptions but these will be trunk, never ever residential, and will be associated with underpasses or bridges. 

Would anyone live somewhere you are legally not allowed to walk to your house? 

Phil (trigpoint) 




>
>On 14/02/2019 10:26, Florian Lohoff wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> i am seeing a growing number of changesets setting foot=yes
>> on all kinds of roads e.g. residential
>> 
>> https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/403719315
>> 
>> Commit message is:
>> 
>> "Add whether roads are accessible for pedestrians"
>> 
>> All residentials are accessible to pedestrians so i a bit puzzled
>> what this challenge is good for. It just adds redundant tags to
>> all roads.
>> 
>> Flo
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