[Tagging] How to tag pedestrian lanes?

[Mateusz Konieczny]

+1 to this tagging scheme.
I strongly prefer new tags for additional
detail over new incompatible ones.
20 Oct 2019, 19:49 by jan at mueschelsoft.de:

> On 20.10.19 12:40, Tobias Zwick wrote:
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>> I have seen this kind of sidewalk that is just a marked lane in Germany as well, usually as part of parking lots or larger company grounds.
>>
>> How about:
>>
>> sidewalk=right
>> sidewalk:right:kerb=no
>> sidewalk:right:surface=asphalt
>>
>
> I also prefer this kind of tagging. I don't see a reason to invent a fully new tag for this - it is an area meant just for pedestrians just like a sidewalk. In this way, it's fully backwards compatible, only additional information is added by the tag mentioning the kerb.
>
> For me, a kerb is not a necessary feature of a sidewalk, e.g. here
> https://www.mapillary.com/map/im/Hx17IpF-pZWl6AakpYUc2g
> There is no kerb or other barrier at all, but still it's obviously a sidewalk.
>
> On 19.10.19 21:44, Markus wrote:
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>> While a sidewalk provides some safety for
>> pedestrians, a pedestrian lanes does not.
>>
>
> I don't see how a 2-3 cm high kerb provides any kind of safety for a pedestrian.
>
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> On 19.10.19 23:01, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
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>> or e.g.sidewalk:right=lane
>>
>
> That would be an option, very much alike the tagging for cycleways - but this is a tag that needs to be clearly defined and worked into all the existing tools that make use of sidewalks in one way or the other.
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> Jan
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