[Talk-GB] One-off separately mapped pavement, keep or delete?

[SK53]

It appears to play a role in a relation
<https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/10773339#map=16/51.6086/-0.3739>
connected with the London Loop, and generally meets the criteria I'd want
for a separately mapped footpath: footway=sidewalk, well-connected to roads
and crossings. So it's not incorrect mapping, and it's one-off nature is to
do with supporting a long-distance path, with some accessibility tagging.
The pavement along Uxbridge Road is less well mapped and there are a couple
of short stubs near the station, although short enough not to interfere
with pedestrian routing.

Whereas like you  I would generally chose to add sidewalk tags to the road,
separate footway=sidewalk is a widely advocated style of mapping, and I
think it is best to accept that.

Jerry

On Wed, 14 Dec 2022 at 21:36, Andrew Hain <andrewhainosm at hotmail.co.uk>
wrote:

> I am considering whether or not to act on a note [
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/note/3176003] suggesting a one-off
> separately mapped pavement (that is traversable to the road) should be
> replaced with tags on the road. The road is in a suburb where most roads
> have pavements on both sides.
>
> I am trying to digest the forum discussion on the topic. [
> https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/is-there-consensus-on-mapping-pavements-sidewalks-separately-to-roads/1067
> ]
>
> --
> Andrew
>
> <https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/is-there-consensus-on-mapping-pavements-sidewalks-separately-to-roads/1067>
> Tagging help & support - OpenStreetMap Community
> <https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/is-there-consensus-on-mapping-pavements-sidewalks-separately-to-roads/1067>
> As of 2022, there is no consensus. A core reason for this situation is
> that both commonly used approaches lack the ability to capture some
> important knowledge about the world: Tags on the main highway=* cannot
> faithfully represent sidewalk geometries (and struggle to represent details
> such as barriers on sidewalks), while separate ways fail to capture the
> information which road a sidewalk ...
> community.openstreetmap.org
>
> <https://www.openstreetmap.org/note/3176003>
> Note: 3176003 | OpenStreetMap <https://www.openstreetmap.org/note/3176003>
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