[Tagging] How to tag pedestrian lanes?
Markus
selfishseahorse at gmail.com
Sun Oct 20 17:08:25 UTC 2019
On Sun, 20 Oct 2019 at 12:42, Tobias Zwick <osm at westnordost.de> wrote:
>
> How about:
>
> sidewalk=right
> sidewalk:right:kerb=no
I dislike using these tags for pedestrian lanes for the following
reasons (sorry if i repeat myself):
* It doesn't make sense: if it doesn't have a kerb (or any other
physical barrier) it isn't a sidewalk.
* Blind people are able to make out a sidewalk, but not a pedestrian lane.
* It's misleading: Data users may not know the tag
sidewalk:right:kerb=no and thus may make wrong assumptions. For
example, a navigation application may guide a pedestrian along a route
with only pedestrian lanes instead of safer route with sidewalks.
* pedestrian_lane=<left/right/both> is simpler for mappers and data users.
* The distinction between physical separation or road markings is
already made for cycleways.
As sidewalk:right:kerb=no sidewalk:left:kerb=no has only been used 4
and 9 times respectively, almost no retagging were required.
> The most important thing is to tag whether there is a sidewalk or not. Regardless of whether it has a keen [kerb] or not.
I disagree: as already written, a sidewalk offers some safety for
pedestrians because of the kerb, while a pedestrian lane doesn't.
Regards
Markus
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