[Tagging] Foot / sidewalk access tagging

[Marc_marc]

Le 18.12.22 à 21:29, Brian M. Sperlongano a écrit :
> I would like to understand how folks in various places would interpret this:
> 
> highway=<whatever>
> foot=no
> sidewalk=separate

I interpret it exactly as you describe it in the text:
there is a carrierway not allowed to pedestrians
there is another object to describe the sidewalk
if you don't want to load highway=footway/path,
then use this highway=* but the accuracy will be
a little less good since the geometry will be that
of the centre of the carrierway and not that of
the centre of the sidewalk

regarding the alternative :
highway=<whatever>
foot=no
sidewalk=use_sidepath
it doesn't have the same meaning, it said that a sidewalk
exist but it doesn't said that the sidewalk have another object.
as a datauser agaim, if you don't want to load highway=footway/path,
then use this highway=*

but the real question is why would you not want to load objects
specific [1] to your use case, I find that strange

[1] highway=path path=sidewalk or highway=footway footway=sidewalk
and mayb highway=cycleway cycleway=sidewalk

Regards,
Marc