[Tagging] When does highway=footway become highway=pedestrian?

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

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> On 26 Oct 2021, at 16:05, nathan case <nathancase at outlook.com> wrote:
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> I’m wondering at what point, if at all, a highway=footway becomes highway=pedestrian (i.e., a pedestrian area)?


highway=pedestrian isn’t necessarily a pedestrian area, it is a street exclusively or mainly for pedestrians. Not every way inside a pedestrian area should be mapped as highway=pedestrian, if the way is narrow it will still be a footway.

Regarding the situation at hand, IMHO a pedestrian area representation is justifiable, although it could also be represented differently (sidewalk tag on road or footway=sidewalk for example). I wouldn’t represent it as a linear pedestrian highway though, as it is just a sidewalk and not a way on its own.

Cheers Martin