[Talk-GB] Pavements (footways/sidewalks) mapped as pedestrian areas AND footways

[Jon Pennycook]

(resending because my original message didn't seem to go through)

Hello.

In the Elsea Park area of Bourne in Lincolnshire, I can see pavements
(footways/sidewalks) mapped twice - once as highway=footway and again as
highway=pedestrian, and these (the ways on the map) are not reliably linked
to mapped roads in a useful way.  These are simple ordinary pavements (i.e.
separated from the road only by kerbs and with crossings in obvious
places).  I think the overlay of the pedestrian areas is overkill - what do
other people think?  I can see the possibility for router confusion (e.g.
if a router tries to start a journey on the pedestrian area rather than the
footway).

https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/52.75863/-0.38357
https://www.mapillary.com/app/?pKey=244949387389449
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1037350139

I left some notes through StreetComplete suggesting the double-mapping was
unnecessary, but they were closed by the original mapper.

I can now see these extend beyond Elsea Park, e.g.
https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/52.76642/-0.37521

Other than using StreetComplete, Lincolnshire isn't a focus area for me at
the moment (I'm trying to get through my backlog of traces and notes for
Purbeck and the Isle of Wight, and then housing estates near where I live).

Jon
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