[Tagging] How to tag pedestrian lanes?
Tobias Knerr
osm at tobias-knerr.de
Mon Oct 21 16:13:17 UTC 2019
On 21.10.19 12:12, Tobias Zwick wrote:
> Though, in regards of software support, I my earlier suggestion is better, as no modification on existing software is necessary to understand that a sidewalk without kerb is still for pedestrians and used the same as a sidewalk, regardless of whether in (Oxford) English, one may or may not call this thing "sidewalk".
Me too. As I see it, the core of the question comes down to whether the
OSM data model should put a pedestrian road section without a kerb in
the same general category as one with a kerb, or whether these should be
treated as separate concepts.
To me, it makes more sense to consider them as roughly the same thing
and model the distinction with an additional tag. For most use cases,
data users can likely handle them very similarly, even though I
acknowledge that there may be exceptions (such as Markus's example of
navigation for blind users).
In general, I don't think the definition of OSM keys should
automatically duplicate all nuances of the English dictionary,
especially ones that many non-native speakers will be unaware of.
Tobias
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