[Talk-GB] Shoulders

[Andy Townsend]

On 15/04/2022 13:52, Alan Mackie wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, 15 Apr 2022 at 12:49, Andy Townsend <ajt1047 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>     Thanks for mentioning verges. <climbs soapbox> As someone who fairly
>     regularly walks along rural roads it's really useful to know which
>     roads
>     have usable verges.  They're no use to cyclists though, and I suspect
>     that the small gaps between the painted edge of the carriageway on
>     some
>     "expressway-style" UK roads are.  How should those be tagged? 
>     Some of
>     the Americans mentioned earlier would call that a "narrow
>     shoulder"; I
>     probably wouldn't - but what is it?
>
>     Best Regards,
>
>     Andy
>
> I've wondered about this one myself. I've seen quite a few roads where 
> no one has created dedicated pedestrian infrastructure, but you can 
> walk just fine on the grass. It seems like we need a hyperlocal 
> "abutters" tag.

<climbs back on soapbox again>

The "verge" tag is perfect for these places.  Use it just like you'd use 
a sidewalk tag if you were tagging a sidewalk value on a road.  See 
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:verge .

https://map.atownsend.org.uk/maps/map/map.html#zoom=16&lat=54.18657&lon=-1.18293 
shows verges on most roads with a green casing (and sidewalks with a 
grey casing) to distinguish them from roads with no verges (or sidewalks).

Best Regards,

Andy


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