[Tagging] kerb=regular vs. raised

Jarek Piórkowski jarek at piorkowski.ca
Thu Jul 30 00:15:41 UTC 2020


On Wed, 29 Jul 2020 at 19:46, Martin Koppenhoefer
<dieterdreist at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 30. Jul 2020, at 00:03, Clifford Snow <clifford at snowandsnow.us> wrote:
>> The wiki has a raised kerb as any kerb greater than 3cm in height. Your definition of a regular kerb is one greater than or equal to 10cm
>
> when reading the term raised kerb I’d rather think about something like 25-40cm, while 4 cm surely wouldn’t be considered “raised”

You have to consider the purpose of the tag. To a wheelchair user,
there might not be a lot of practical difference between 25 and 10 cm,
because both are impassable.

> I agree that introducing regular kerbs would only make sense if the raised kerb would change its definition (or be deprecated).
>
> eg this is pretty raised
> http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/07/29/article-2380778-1B0CC26E000005DC-458_634x386.jpg

I would suggest that's a low retaining wall

--Jarek



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