[Tagging] Foot / sidewalk access tagging

[Brian M. Sperlongano]

On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 2:15 AM Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging <
tagging at openstreetmap.org> wrote:

> foot=use_sidepath was invented to mark "yes, on carriageway you cannot
> walk, but you can walk on separately mapped sidewalk"
>

This makes sense to me, but the wiki[1] is somewhat confusing about the
difference between foot=use_sidepath and foot=no:

"This tag, like bicycle=use_sidepath, applies only to roads with a
classification that allows pedestrian use. In some countries it is illegal
for pedestrians to use a road if a parallel compulsory sidepath exists. On
OSM, this can be indicated by tagging the main road as foot=use_sidepath if
the sidepath is mapped separately. This tag should only be applied in
countries that have compulsory footways. Where the main road is explicitly
forbidden, typically by a traffic sign on the main road, whether a sidepath
exists or not, foot=no should be used."

[1] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:foot=use_sidepath
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