[OSM-talk] Pavements and Rights of way (was: Map Feature default |was: Re: Annotation presets])

[Andy Robinson]

ah ha, now we are getting into the meaning of words as well. Pavement is
normally defined as the highway surface and actually has nothing to do with
pedestrians or walking by foot.

Another one to be careful of is the Right-of-way. In many countries the ROW
is a definition of the demarcation between highway (or railway etc) land and
other normally private or municipality land. Thus the ROW has no
relationship with the right of passage.

Cheers

Andy

Andy Robinson
Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk 

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>From: talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-
>bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Tom Chance
>Sent: 13 September 2006 1:11 AM
>To: talk at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Map Feature default |was: Re: Annotation presets]
>
>On Wednesday 13 September 2006 00:58, matthew-osm at newtoncomputing.co.uk
>wrote:
>> *  I am assuming footpath = same as pavement. Possibly not, should be
>> checked.
>
>Surely not? Aren't all roads assumed to have pavements except motorways,
>and
>those explicitly marked foot=no?
>
>I've always treated highway=footway as meaning footpaths, i.e. ways that
>don't
>allow any kind of motor vehicle down them, and that aren't pedestrianised
>areas in town centres. I think of paths in the countryside and down the
>side
>of rivers in towns. These, by default, allow bicycles and usually have
>signs
>asking you to dismount if they don't.
>
>Incidentally, someone brought up cycle lanes. I've not yet come across a
>road
>that is *just* a cycle lane. They usually also allow buses, taxis and
>motorbikes where I live, so I mark them as an ordinary road with car=no.
>But
>how should we mark roads with one cycle+bus+etc. lane and one or more
>ordinary lanes?
>
>Another conundrum I've not yet worked out is a single carriageway where
>cars
>can only go one way, whilst buses+bikes+taxis can go both. Draw two ways?
>Or
>invent a new tagging definition, like car=oneway?
>
>Reading town centre is too crazy for words. I never realised it on bike,
>because I can go just about anywhere. But trying to map well enough for
>route
>planners it is requiring a lot of photos for reference, and messy roads
>that
>produce terrible Osmarenders :/
>
>Regards,
>Tom
>
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