[OSM-talk] About large streets

[Andy Robinson]

For any future navigational use, and for how a final map might look, it is
best to have even these very wide undivided highways as a single line
running down the centre. It only looks odd at the moment because all the
clients are drawing streets at a common width.

Sidewalks/pavements are normally just extensions of the highway right-of-way
and therefore IMO should not be drawn separately, regardless of width,
except where there is no possibility to cross from the sidewalk to the road
(i.e. it is divided off with a permanent barrier).

Andy

Andy Robinson
Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk 

>-----Original Message-----
>From: talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-
>bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Rev Simon Rumble
>Sent: 22 February 2006 17:13
>To: thomas at walraet.com; talk at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] About large streets
>
>
>On 22/2/2006, "Thomas Walraet" <thomas at walraet.com> wrote:
>
>>I just want to point out that Champs Elysee is just 2 lanes up and 2
>>lanes down, without separation. (but it has huge sidewalks)
>
>That didn't ring true for me so I had a poke around for some photos:
>http://aris.ss.uci.edu/cogsci/personnel/kjameson/ParisPixs/Champs.jpg
>http://www.pbase.com/karibaer/image/34811291
>
>That looks like five lanes each way to me, as well as little on/off ramps
>down to underground parking garages.
>
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